Instructions to donate by USD check from a U.S. Bank

1. Make your check payable to The FAWCO Foundation
2. Designate the project, program, or fund you wish to support in the memo section of the check.
3. Mail your check to:

The FAWCO Foundation

c/o Kathy DeBest
1817 Prairie Dunes Ct. S
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108
USA

If you have any questions, please contact the Treasurer.

To donate by USD Transfer from a U.S. Bank, payments can be made through the Zelle App using the email treasurer@fawcofoundation.org. Be sure to designate the project, program or fund you wish to support. If you have questions, please contact the Treasurer.

AFEX (Associated Foreign Exchange) is the banking service the Foundation uses to receive and send non-U.S. funds which can be transferred to/from our USD bank account in the USA via various AFEX bank accounts around the world.

Click on the link, ​AFEX Bank Details​ and select the bank that sends your currency and the country of the sending bank. Use the AFEX bank details on your bank transfer order.

The following information must be included on the bank transfer order:

• Beneficiary/Name of Account Holder receiving the funds:  Associated Foreign Exchange
• Bank and Address noted on the AFEX bank detail sheet
• IBAN (routing number) and/or SWIFT Code, depending on what your bank requires 
• Reference/Description Field MUST include: FAWCO Foundation, Account Number 00008BDA

In addition, please send an email to the Foundation Treasurer, Kathy DeBest at treasurer@fawcofoundation.org and provide the following information:

• date of transfer to AFEX
• amount of transfer 
• name of account holder and who sent the funds
• the project, program, or fund you wish to support

If your currency is NOT included in the AFEX Bank Details OR if you have ANY questions, please contact Kathy at treasurer@fawcofoundation.org

German FAWCO member clubs and individuals must make donations to The Foundation through Maecenata Stiftung. Please note that Maecenata Stiftung disburses donated funds to The Foundation on a quarterly basis.

For donations, you have two options:
1. Visit the Maecanata Stiftung website (https://web.maecenata.eu/spenden/) and follow the online instructions to donate by credit card or bank transfer.

2. Make a wire transfer (Bankueberweisung) to transfer the funds to:

Kontoinhaber/Account Holder: Maecenata Stiftung


IBAN: DE89 1003 0500 1061 0007 01


Ko Nr/Account Number: 1061 0007 01


BLZ: 1003 0500


BIC: LOEB DEBB XXX


Bank name: Bankhaus Loebbecke

WICHTIG: Bitte geben Sie immer die gewuenschte Empfaengerorganisation (The FAWCO Foundation) in Verwendungszweck der Ueberweisung an. Moechten Sie ein Zuwendungsbestaetigung erhalten, denn nennen Sie zusaetzlich Ihre Anschrift.



IMPORTANT:  Please put the name of the desired recipient organization ("The FAWCO Foundation”) into the “purpose of payment” field in your bank transfer form.  If you would like a confirmation of your contribution, please also include your mailing address.

If you have any questions, please contact the Treasurer.