YES! Please make checks payable to ARA Water Foundation. These can be mailed to 8205 S. Priest Dr. #11026 Tempe, AZ 85284. If you are considering making a large donation a check is the best way to do this. For questions email hello@giveara.com

We are not currently accepting PayPal due to the fees associated with their platform. To ensure the most funds possible are going to the mission we have chosen not to partner with them at this time. Please consider donating on our secure website or by check!

An official receipt will be emailed to you via the email you provided. Keep a copy of this receipt for tax purposes. If you donation is set to be reoccurring, your receipt will be sent to you monthly when your donation goes through.

YES! We are an official 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization. This means that all donations made, are eligible tax deductible donations. Our EIN is 86-2677332

Yes! By checking the box "Dedicate my donation in honor or in memory of someone"  a box will come up that allows you to choose in honor or memory of someone. Fill out the info you donation will be made in their honor.

Stripe has a credit card fee of 2.9% + 30¢ for each donation. Our donation platform: Donorbox, has a 1.5% fee for each transaction as well. You can help us get more money directly to our mission by covering these fees and checking the "Optionally add [amount] to cover processing fee."

For sure! This helps focus money directly to our mission. To cover these fees ensure the box "Optionally add [amount] to cover processing fee" is checked.

You donation should appear as a gift/donation on your credit card statement. It will read as "GiveARA.com".

Totally! Our Donorbox, our donation platform uses Stripe's secure token mechanism. Card numbers are tokenized (the number is changed to an undecipherable string, IE: `tok_fafds23423') before we charge the card. Saved cards & bank accounts for recurring donations are also tokenized. Therefore, Donorbox doesn't have any record of the donor's card number in our database and logs. That means hackers will never get sensitive card or bank information from us.

Donorbox is also PCI compliant under "PCI validation: SAQ A". They utilize Stripe Elements technology that has financial input fields which are done securely in Stripe's iframe. Stripe is certified as a PCI Level 1 Service Provider. This is the most stringent level of certification available in the payments industry.

The transmission between the donors, the Donorbox form, and Stripe is encrypted using 256bit SSL/TLS. Stripe is one of the most secure and trusted payment providers. It is used by Twitter, Shopify, Kickstarter, and Lyft.

The easiest and fastest way to reach our team is by emailing hello@giveara.com.

Yes! Once you make your first reoccurring donation you will receive an email with instructions on how to access your personal donation portal. This will house all your donation records. You can increase your reoccurring donation at any time. This is also the area you can cancel your monthly donation if needed.