Donate cryptocurrency to Salaam Food Pantry
Give Bitcoin or Ethereum directly. No sale, no capital-gains tax, and the whole value reaches the pantry.
Increase your gift
Nothing is sold, so no capital-gains tax comes out first. The whole of today's value goes to work.
Increase your tax deduction
Held longer than a year? Deduct the full fair-market value on the date of transfer, not what you paid for the coin.
Make the biggest impact
A gift that arrives whole buys more groceries, more meals, more of the month covered.
The IRS treats cryptocurrency as property, not currency — which is what makes a direct gift efficient. Sell an appreciated coin and you owe capital-gains tax on the increase, so only the remainder can be donated. Transfer the coin itself to a 501(c)(3) and there is no sale, no realized gain and nothing to tax, while you still deduct its full value on the day it moves.
What the difference actually looks like
One bitcoin position worth $10,000 today, bought for $2,000 more than a year ago, given two ways.
| Sell the coin, donate the cash |
Donate the coin directly |
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|---|---|---|
| Value of your crypto | $10,000 | $10,000 |
| Capital-gains tax you pay first | −$1,904 | $0 |
| Reaches the pantry | $8,096 | $10,000 |
| Your charitable deduction | $8,096 | $10,000 |
Illustration only, and the assumptions are doing real work here: a $2,000 cost basis, held more than one year, and a 23.8% federal long-term capital-gains rate (20% plus the 3.8% net investment income tax). State income tax is not included and would widen the gap further in California. Your own rate, holding period and basis will differ — the $1,904 is arithmetic on this example, not a promise about your return. Deductions of appreciated property are generally limited to 30% of adjusted gross income, with a five-year carryforward. Salaam Food Pantry cannot give tax advice; please talk to your own advisor.
Where a crypto gift lands
The four amounts the form offers, in what we actually buy with them.
100 hot meals
A hot, nourishing meal for a neighbor in need — $5 each.
10 weeks of groceries
A full week of groceries for one household — $100 each.
10 homes furnished
Beds, kitchenware and furnishings for a resettling family — $250 each.
200 emergency food boxes
Rapid-relief groceries to a family in crisis within 48 hours — $50 each.
Donate crypto in 3 easy steps
Nothing leaves your wallet until you send it yourself, in step 2.
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Tell us about your gift
Fill in the form below — your name, email, whether it is Bitcoin or Ethereum, and the amount. This is what lets us match the incoming transfer to you and get your receipt to the right place.
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Send the coin
We forward you to Every.org's secure crypto screen with your gift already filled in. It shows the wallet address and a QR code for your coin; send from your own wallet or exchange, exactly as you would any other transfer. No account to create.
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Get your receipt
Once the blockchain confirms — usually about half an hour — your tax-deductible receipt is issued automatically to the email you gave us, showing the fair-market value on the date of transfer. Keep it for your records.
Start your crypto gift
Your details carry over to Every.org — nothing to retype.
Questions donors ask
Which cryptocurrencies can I give?
Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH). Please do not send any other coin to the wallet address shown — a transfer we cannot match is very hard to receipt, and a blockchain transfer cannot be reversed.
Is my crypto gift tax-deductible?
Yes. Salaam Food Pantry is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit, Federal Tax ID 82-3100761, and your receipt records the fair-market value on the date of transfer.
How much you may deduct depends on how long you held the coin. Held more than a year, you generally deduct the full fair-market value. Held a year or less, the deduction is generally limited to your cost basis — what you paid. We cannot give tax advice; your advisor can tell you which case you are in.
Is there anything extra I need to file?
For a noncash gift, yes, and it is worth knowing before you give. A noncash donation over $500 is reported on IRS Form 8283 with your return.
Above $5,000 there is a rule that catches donors out: the IRS treats crypto as property rather than a publicly traded security, so a qualified appraisal is required and the price shown on an exchange is not sufficient on its own (IRS Chief Counsel Advice 202302012, January 2023). Arrange the appraisal before you file. Please plan for this with your tax advisor — a missing appraisal can cost the whole deduction.
Who is Every.org, and why am I sent there?
Every.org is a 501(c)(3) public charity that handles crypto and securities gifts for nonprofits, including the wallet infrastructure and the conversion. It processes the transfer on our behalf and the proceeds come to Salaam Food Pantry. You send to Every.org's wallet for our listing, not to an address we manage ourselves — that is deliberate, and it is what keeps custody of your coin out of the hands of a small pantry's volunteers.
Can I give anonymously?
Not through this form — a crypto gift needs your name and email so the transfer can be matched to you and receipted. Your name is never published, and we do not share or sell donor details.
What if I send the wrong amount, or change my mind?
A blockchain transfer cannot be reversed once it is broadcast, by us or by anyone else, so check the amount and the address before you confirm in your wallet. Filling in the form commits you to nothing — the gift only happens when you send from your own wallet.
If something has gone wrong, email salaamfoodpantry@gmail.com or call 510-519-7250 and a person will look at it with you.