Make a Donation

Thank you for making a difference in the lives of the incarcerated innocent!

If you’d like to mail a check in order to support our efforts to free the wrongly convicted, please make the check payable to:

Pennsylvania Innocence Project

And mail it to:
Pennsylvania Innocence Project
at Temple University
1515 Market Street, Suite 300
Philadelphia, PA 19102

If you have any questions or concerns about your gift, please contact Jamilah Woodards at jamilah.woodards@painnocence.org or (215)204-6416.
 

Please make your gift by credit or debit card using the form below. Please note that you must review your information and "submit payment" on the second page of the form in order to have your gift processed.

If you are having trouble seeing the form, click here to be redirected to a secure payment page.

If you have any additional questions regarding your gift, please contact Jamilah Woodards at jamilah.woodards@painnocence.org or (215)204-6416.

To make a wire transfer to the Pennsylvania Innocence Project to support our exonerees, you will need to provide the following information to your bank representative or financial advisor:  

ABA Routing #: 031000053
Account #: 8523592216
Account Name: The Pennsylvania Innocence Project
Temple University Center City
1515 Market Street, Suite 300
Philadelphia, PA 19102

EIN: 26-3176893 

In order to properly acknowledge your gift and provide a receipt, please provide the following information to Jamilah Woodards at jamilah.woodards@painnocence.org or (215)204-6416. 

• Your name, address, and either telephone number or email address
•  Amount to be wired and date of wire
• The name of the banking institution that is initiating the transfer

Gifts of appreciated securities can offer tax benefits while also supporting our work to free the innocent and prevent wrongful convictions. When you transfer ownership of securities to the Pennsylvania Innocence Project, you will receive a charitable deduction for the full market value as of the date of the transfer, and you will incur no capital gains tax subject to IRS limitations.  

To transfer a gift of stock to the Pennsylvania Innocence Project electronically, you will need to provide the following information to your brokerage firm or financial advisor:  

DTC #: 0062
Account Name: The Pennsylvania Innocence Project
Temple University Center City
1515 Market Street, Suite 300
Philadelphia, PA 19102

EIN: 26-3176893 
Account #: 20956391
Brokerage: VANGUARD
455 Devon Park Drive
Wayne, PA 19087-1815  

Transfers are generally completed within one to three business days.  

In order to properly acknowledge your gift and provide a receipt, please provide the following information to Jamilah Woodards at jamilah.woodards@painnocence.org or (215)204-6416.

• Your name, address, and either telephone number or email address
• Name of security
• Number of shares and estimated value as of date of donation
• Company name of your broker, and contact person’s name

Other types of gifts, including bequests, life insurance policies and gifts from charitable trusts, are available to support the Project’s work to reform the criminal justice system. Please contact your legal or financial advisor about these possible methods and let us know if you need any input from us.

Bequests
A simple way to leave a legacy gift to the Pennsylvania Innocence Project is by making a bequest in your will. If you already have a will, you can include the Pennsylvania Innocence Project by making a provision. Please check with your legal advisor about making this provision in your will.

Sample language:
“I give to the Pennsylvania Innocence Project the sum of $_____ (or __% of my residuary estate) for the unrestricted use and purposes of the organization [or specify restricted purpose].” 

Donors over the age of 70-1/2 may support the Project’s work by making charitable gifts up to a total of $100,000 each year from their IRA or other retirement accounts. Please contact your legal or financial advisor about these possible methods and let us know if you need any input from us.
 

If you have a Donor Advised Fund, this may be an easily accessible way for you to make a meaningful impact on the lives of those who are wrongfully convicted. 

Please contact your fund administrator and let it know that you’d like to make a gift to the Pennsylvania Innocence Project from your Donor Advised Fund. 

You may be able to login to your account and make the donation directly from your account’s online portal. Please contact the administrator of your fund for more information on how to do so.

If the administrator requires any additional information from us, please have them contact Jamilah Woodards at jamilah.woodards@painnocence.org or (215)204-6416.