Giving online is simple and secure. You can make a one-time gift or set up a recurring gift using your checking account or a debit or credit card.

Text any amount to 859.340.3190. (e.g. $250 or 75.00). This secure system will ask you to register a debit or credit card the first time you give. Going forward, just text your donation amount for easy, instant giving.

You can give in person at any of our locations on Sunday mornings. You can drop a gift in a giving box (located in the auditorium at each campus) or in the offering bag during the service.

You can download your giving statement anytime throughout the year by signing in to your “My Lakeside” account, then by clicking on “Your Giving”.

Because of your generosity, lives are being changed at Lakeside. Read the stories and statistics in our annual report.

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We do accept stock gifts at Lakeside Christian Church. Giving stock you have owned more than one year, and which has gone up in value, can provide a double tax benefit.

The increase in value is called appreciation and can result in capital gain income tax when the stock is sold. The amount taxable is typically the sale price less than your basis, which usually is what you paid for it. In other words, if you paid $1,000 for 100 shares of stock, and later sold it for $3,000, you would pay tax on the $2,000 increase in value. However, making a charitable gift of the stock can avoid the long-term capital gain income tax.

Additionally, the amount you can deduct on your income tax return is the entire fair market value of the stock at the time of the gift, up to 30% of your adjusted gross income of the year. The five-year carry forward of any unused deduction also applies. In the above example, the tax deduction would be $3,000, the value of the stock, rather than $1,000, the amount paid. This is in addition to avoiding the capital gain income tax.

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Please contact , for assistance in making a gift of stock. You should also consult your tax advisor to be sure it makes sense for you.

Did you know 65% of Fortune 500 companies match donations from employees to a wide variety of nonprofits?

Employee Matching Gifts are donations a company makes to match its employees’ charitable contributions. Employee matching gifts are typically at a dollar-for-dollar rate but some companies go even further by tripling or quadrupling their employees’ donations.

Approximately 2/3 of companies with matching gift programs match employee donations to nearly any 501(c)(3) organization.

Here are just a few participating companies:
Toyota, Fidelity, Gap, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, Delta Airlines, Verizon, GE, Ford, Mazda, BP, Exxon Mobile, Microsoft, Google, Disney, Home Depot, Starbucks

Millions of individuals work for companies that will match their donations. Take the extra step and ask your employer if they participate in a match program!