Cocatalyst makes your stock donation process wonderfully simple. For a full review of the benefits of donating stock, read our article “How to Donate Stock to Charities.” This guide will walk you step by step through the donation system, and help you prepare your materials to make your donation as simple as possible. If at any point you have difficulty completing the form, contact us at general@cocatalyst.org, or through the chat function on our home page.

While you might be used to getting cash and physical item donations, have you considered why your donors might want to donate stocks instead? There are a few different benefits that might resonate with your donors and result in more donations or donations of a larger size.

Donors who donate stocks instead of cash from stocks can get the entire market value deduction for the price of the shares. That isn't possible when selling stocks and then donating the money since a large portion of it is going into taxes. Since nobody wants to lose money, donating the stocks is a better option for someone who was already going to give to your nonprofit organization.