Giving

See what God can do through your generosity.

Why Give?

A New Giving Platform

We believe God is working through our church to make a significant impact in the Bay Area, and your generosity is key to making that vision a reality.

As part of our commitment to steward resources wisely, we’re transitioning to a new giving platform called Overflow. Overflow’s lower processing fees will allow more of your contributions to go directly toward ministry initiatives, increasing our impact in this region and beyond.

If you previously automated your giving through PushPay, you’ll need to take action.

  1. You’ll receive an email from Overflow with a personalized link to transfer your giving details. Follow the link to update your payment method and activate your recurring gift.
  2. Cancel your existing gift in PushPay. See below for instructions.

To access your Overflow account, simply log in. You can see past contributions, recurring gifts, and change account settings.

Simple & Convenient Giving

With Overflow, you have more options for giving online. You can make a one-time gift or set up recurring giving through:

You can also give non-cash assets — simply and securely — in under five minutes.

90-Day Tithe Challenge

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Legacy Gifts

We also accept other legacy gifts and are honored to be named as a beneficiary in retirement plans, wills, family trusts and estates, and qualified distributions through IRAs/donor-advisory funds.
All gifts are tax-deductible.
Our Tax ID: 22-3979908

More About Giving

About Overflow

Overflow is a digital solution for giving non-cash assets, enabling you to give in the most tax-efficient way. Through Overflow, you can give:

  • Via credit, debit, and ACH
  • Stocks
  • Cryptocurrency
  • Donor advised funds (a specialized financial account used for charitable giving)

You’ll also have access to a private donor portal to view giving history, transaction statuses, and the ability to update connected financial accounts.

Overflow’s Information Security Program is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and follows
strict criteria set forth by the SOC 2 Framework, a widely respected information security auditing procedure. Overflow does not have access to nor stores any brokerage account login information. For security and data privacy measures, Overflow uses Yodlee, a third-party provider, to handle the brokerage account login process. Over 600 companies
including PayPal, Mint, and Amazon use Yodlee to connect their clients’ accounts.

View Overflow’s frequently asked questions to learn more.

Claiming Your Charitable Tax Deduction
To claim your charitable tax deduction, file Form 8283 for the 1040 tax return. To calculate how much to deduct from your taxes, the general rule of thumb is to deduct the fair market value, which is the average of the high/low price of the stock on the day it was received by the nonprofit. This is for assets you’ve held for more than a year. The date the stock was received by the nonprofit can be found in the acknowledgment letter you receive from the nonprofit. Include this letter in your tax return.
End-of-Year Contribution Statements
We send your printed contribution statements by mail every year by January 31. We also send an email with a link to download your contributions statement at my.echo.church.
Giving History
If you’ve previously logged into your account:
  1. Go to my.echo.church.
  2. Enter your username and password.
  3. Click Log In.
  4. Under Account Info (top right corner), click Giving History.
If you’ve never logged in before, click Create Account and follow the prompts to set up online access.
401(k)s & IRAs
Overflow can process whole shares of publicly-traded stock, including 401(K)s and IRAs. However, because givers often incur penalties for withdrawing these assets before a certain date, we highly recommend consulting your tax professional before giving these types of assets. Giving 401(K)s or IRAs could result in tax penalties or even fewer tax benefits than giving cash.
Stock

You can give any publicly-traded stock through Overflow.

Giving Appreciated Stock
Giving stock that you’ve held for over a year can save you up to 37% in federal income taxes based on the value of the charitable gift when itemizing deductions and protect your realized gains from being subjected to long-term capital gains tax, which can be up to 20%.

Consult with a tax professional to understand the full tax benefits of giving appreciated stock, including potential state tax savings.

Giving Company Stock Outside the Trading Window
If you received company-distributed stock as an employee and the trading window is not open, your brokerage will likely reject the transfer request. We suggest you ask your company for the trading windows and give during those time periods, which typically are open quarterly for three to four weeks at a time.

Online Banking

You can give through your bank’s online bill payment service. Your bank will send Echo.Church the payment, and we will add it to your giving record as if you had written a check yourself. Just indicate “Echo.Church” as your payee, specify your name as the account, and use the following information for the payee address:

Echo.Church
1172 Murphy Ave. Suite 130
San Jose, CA 95131

Allow 24 to 48 hours for your transaction to post to your giving record after we receive the check.

Other Giving Options
Giving falls into two categories: charitable cash and asset-based contributions. Charitable cash includes cash, check, or debit card gifts. Asset-based contributions are non-cash and include stocks, cryptocurrency, mutual funds, charitable gift annuities (CGAs), real estate, and more. We accept all of these options.
Canceling Recurring Giving in PushPay

Once you’ve set up your recurring giving in Overflow, you’ll need to cancel your recurring gift in PushPay. Here’s how:

  1. Log in to PushPay.
  2. Click Home and type search for “echo church.”
  3. Select Echo.Church from the dropdown.
  4. On the right side of the page, click View under Recurring Payments.
  5. Click Actions above the gift you wish to cancel.
  6. Click Yes, Cancel on the popup.
You will receive an email that confirms your gift has been canceled.

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