FAQ

Campus Outreach Birmingham uses a service called iDonate to process all credit card and ACH/EFT gifts. iDonate provides donors with the ability to set up a donor portal to see your giving history and make changes to your giving. Instructions setting up your account can be found here. Please click here to access iDonate's donor portal. Please note, you must use the same email when setting up your donor portal account that was used when you set up your gift.

You can make checks out to Campus Outreach and mail to:

Campus Outreach

PO Box 43737

Birmingham, AL 35243

Please put the name of the staff person's ministry you would like to support in either the memo line or in a note with your check.

Set "Campus Outreach" up as the payee. Our address is:

Campus Outreach

PO Box 43737

Birmingham, AL 35243

Our phone number is 205-776-5519. Put the name of the staff person's ministry you would like to support on both the memo line and account number line if your bank gives that option.

Checks should be made out to:

Campus Outreach

PO Box 43737

Birmingham, AL 35243

Please request that your disbursement bank put the name of the staff member's ministry on the check along with your name. Please send an email to [email protected] with your name, address, IRA disbursement bank and the staff member's ministry you will be supporting with your IRA disbursement gift. This will help insure your gift is applied correctly to your giving account.

Campus Outreach Birmingham is a ministry of Briarwood Presbyterian Church. Briarwood's tax id number is 63-0653634. With some foundations, this will show up as Briarwood Presbyterian Church and other foundations will show Briarwood Presbyterian Church dba Campus Outreach Birmingham or Campus Outreach. Foundation checks should be made out to Briarwood Presbyterian Church dba Campus Outreach Birmingham. Please request for your foundation to put the name of the staff person's ministry you wish to support along with "Campus Outreach" in the documentation they send with the check. If your foundation is unable to designate a specific staff member's ministry on their documentation, please send an email to [email protected] with your name, the name of the foundation and the name of the staff member's ministry you will be supporting.

Click Here to login to iDonate's donor portal. Instructions on how to create a login and update your payment information can be found here. Please make sure you use the same email address you setup your giving with. Using a different email address will not allow you to view your current gift setups. If you have questions on which email address you used to setup your giving, please email [email protected], and we will be happy to help.

Click Here to login to iDonate's donor portal. Instructions on how to create a login and update your payment information can be found here. You can also email [email protected] with your request. Please give us 2-3 business days' notice to make the changes for you.

Email [email protected] with your request. Please give us 2-3 business days' notice to make the changes for you.

Automatic drafts continue as long as the staff member whose ministry you are supporting is on staff with us or until we hear from you in writing (email [email protected]) within 30 days of wanting to make a change to your gift, whichever comes first. A verbal commitment of a set length of giving will not automatically stop your gift at a set time.

Please email [email protected].

Year-end receipts are sent by January 30. If you typically receive e-receipts, these will be sent from the email address [email protected]. If you are unable to locate your receipt after searching by that email address, please email [email protected]. to request another copy. Requests for additional copies may take 2-3 days to process.

Yes, Campus Outreach is registered as 501©3 nonprofit organization under Briarwood Presbyterian Church, Birmingham, AL. All gifts given to Campus Outreach are tax deductible.

Please visit the staff page, select the staff member's giving page and choose "Assets" under "What would you like to donate?". Follow the steps outlined on the giving page. iDonate (our online giving platform) will send you the required forms to fill out, sign and submit back to them to complete the stock transfer process.

Under the guidance in IRC 170, the following elements must be met for a donation to be a charitable contribution and tax deductible; the gift must be made for the use of the qualified charitable organization, the gift must be made without adequate consideration (quid pro quo), the gift is made without the donor receiving something of value for payment and the gift is made with the donor relinquishing all dominion and control over the gift. There are established court rulings that have set the precedence that refunding a charitable contribution implies that any gift made to the ministry is not a charitable contribution. Accordingly, Campus Outreach does not refund donations solicited by a specific staff member or volunteer of the ministry if that person leaves the ministry.

This policy also applies to donations made to help further any Campus Outreach events such as New Year's Conference, Summer Beach Project and Cross Cultural Projects, even if the student volunteer soliciting the gift does not participate in the event or the event is canceled or fully funded.