Use the following information to set up the weekly/monthly recurring online bill pay from your bank.
STSMCC (or St. Thomas Syro Malabar Catholic Forane Church)
Address: 508 Elizabeth Avenue, Somerset, NJ 08873, Phone: 848-216-3363
Family ID#:0 (Feel free to keep this as 0. Your bank will still send a physical Check to the Church in your name)
Note: In the memo section, you may indicate the type of your contribution, example “Pledge contribution”.
(Select ACH option to save on transaction fees.)
Note: There is a transaction fees for online payments:
Credit/Debit Cards 2.9% + $0.30/transaction and Bank Transfer (ACH) 1% + $0.25/transaction
Zelle Payment
(add a Memo specifying what payment is for)
Zelle@StThomasSyroNJ.org
For online access issues, please contact Trustees.
Matching gifts are a type of corporate giving program that essentially double an employee’s initial donation to an eligible nonprofit organization.
The first matching gift program began in 1954. The GE Foundation created the Corporate Alumni Program that matched employee donations to schools and universities.
Since then, companies of all shapes and sizes have created matching gift programs to give back to nonprofits and encourage employee philanthropy.
ST THOMAS SYRO MALABAR CATHOLIC CHURCH INC
508 ELIZABETH AVE, SOMERSET, NJ 08873-1260
EIN / Tax ID/Charity ID: 510529528 or 51-0529528 or 51-0529528/000
Type: 170(B)(1)(a)(i)
TAX-EXEMPT SINCE FEB. 2005
MISSION
We are a worshipping community of Somerset NJ with missions ranging from providing a common place of adoration and worship and a mission to help others through various charitable initiatives such feeding the hungry, arranging financial help for the sick people, building homes for the poor etc. St Thomas Church’s St Vincent DePaul Society - We provide financial assistance to poor sick people (15 a year) for their expensive hospital expenses. We also distribute food to the poor people in the Princeton area on a quarterly basis. We also assisted flood victims last year in buying house utensils for them last year. Since 2016, 205 units of blood collected from our community to help 615 patients (in arrangement with NJ Blood Services). Visit https://svdp.stthomassyronj.org to learn more about SVDP projects.
Gift Matching Search:
A google search can provide links to Matching Gift databases to lookup whether your employer provides a gift match. See below for 2 examples:
https://www.charitynavigator.org/donor-basics/giving-101/employee-match-programs/?bay=content.view&cpid=1799
https://support.rutgers.edu/support-rutgers/cash-stocks-matching-gifts/matching-gift-form/
Announcement for Employer Matching gift program:
I’d like to provide a quick overview of the Employer matching gift program which is applicable to the pledged families in our Church, or anyone donating to the Church.
Many companies match dollar for dollar the charitable gifts their employees make - some will double or even triple match the donation, which is a terrific way to contribute to a cause & make a greater impact in your community. Employers will typically NOT match contributions given for religious purposes. However, our Church is an eligible nonprofit that serves the community by feeding the hungry, providing financial help to the sick, and building homes for the poor. Many major corporations have already confirmed that your pledge donations are eligible for the employer gift match. These matching gifts are usually very generous - a single company can sometimes give anywhere from $1000-$5000. Once the program is setup, the matching gift is automatically provided every year when you give your pledge. Some companies even provide matching gifts for your community service volunteer hours at the Church. At certain times, such as Giving Tuesday on Nov 29 this year, some companies may even double the matching gift.
Best of all, you get a bonus – every year, you get to decide how your matching gift should be used – perhaps a SVDP or Raising Hope project to help the poor & helpless, or a Joseph Father’s project build a house.
On the screen here, you can see 11 companies that are currently setup for matching pledge payments to our Church. This information is also listed on our Church website. If you work at any of these firms, please contact the Trustees & we can setup the match very quickly. Otherwise, please contact your company’s human resource department to find out if it has a matching gift program. To help with this process, the Trustees will send out an Employer information form that all parishioners can complete. The Trustees & I will also be available here in the Church this afternoon at 1pm to answer any questions that you may have on this gift matching program.
A quick reminder that we also have the Amazon Smile program that donates a percentage of your amazon purchases to a Charitable organization such as our Church. You just need to start your shopping at smile.amazon.com.
We also have a clothing drop box on the south side parking lot, so if you have any new or gently used clothing, please drop it there.
Simon Joseph
AmazonSmile is a program that donates 0.5% of your eligible purchases on Amazon to a charity of your choice. All you need to do is start your shopping at smile.amazon.com. The donation will be made at no extra cost to you and you can choose from nearly one million public charitable organizations.
For details, please visit - https://smile.amazon.com/
Enable AmazonSmile in the Amazon Shopping app - https://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=15576745011