Yes. All gifts or bequests to the Peace Corps are gifts to the United States for exclusively public purposes within the meaning of section 170(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code and are deductible as charitable contributions under section 170(a) of the Code. Once the donation has been processed a thank you letter will be sent, which can be used as a tax receipt. The name on the tax receipt will reflect the account owner on the credit card or check.

Yes. You will receive an official thank you letter, stating the amount you donated, which can be used as a receipt for tax purposes.

Every penny! Your entire donation to the Partnership Program will be directed to a Volunteer project. No part of your donation will be used to cover staff or overhead costs of running the Partnership Program, as the office is supported by congressionally appropriated funds to the Peace Corps.

There are a couple reasons a project may not be online. In most cases, when a project is no longer online, it has been fully funded. Occasionally, projects have not yet been received by the Partnership Program and are not yet online. In rare cases, the system may be undergoing maintenance, and as a result some projects may not show up. Please check the website the next day to see if the project is online. If it is not there or if you need any additional information call our office at 855.855.1961 x2170 or e-mail (donate@peacecorps.gov) and a staff member would be glad to confirm the status of the project.

If you have received a letter or e-mail about donating and you have the Volunteer's name and/or project number, use the search to:

Enter only the Volunteer's last name.
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Enter the project number. Make sure to add the hyphen: 555-555 (example)
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Search by the Volunteer's country of service.

If the project does not show up - most likely it has already been fully funded. In rare cases, the system may be undergoing maintenance, and as a result a project will not show up. Please check the website the next day to see if the project is online. If you would like verification or any additional information, please call our office at 855.855.1961 x2170 or e-mail at donate@peacecorps.gov and a staff member would be glad to confirm the status of the project.

After a project has been fully funded, Partnership Program staff work with the Peace Corps Budget Office to obligate the funds. Once this is complete, funds must be transferred to the Volunteer by check or Electronic Funds Transfer. The whole process may take between two weeks to one month for money to be received by a Volunteer.

The Partnership Program uses Pay.gov to securely process donations. Once a donation has been entered on-line, it can take up to three business days before it will be reflected on the website.

If you donated to a Volunteer project, you may request a copy of the Final Report submitted by the Volunteer once the project is completed. Send an e-mail to donate@peacecorps.gov with your name, address, the Volunteer's name, and the project number that you donated to and we will provide you with further information. Or, you may give us a call at 855.855.1961 ext. 2170 and a staff member would be happy to take your information.

Yes, you may donate if you are outside of the United States. When you decide what project, Special Fund, or Country Fund that you would like to donate to, you will be asked to provide your contact information. Unfortunately, it will ask you to provide a State (in the United States). If you do not fill in a State, the website will not allow you to continue donating. In this case, we ask that you fill in any State, to allow the donation to continue. Once you have been transferred to the Pay.gov site, you will be allowed to update your contact information.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The Pay.gov website only accepts Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, and Diner's Club cards.

Although donating on-line is the fastest way for Volunteer projects to get funded, you may also donate by mail or over the phone:

Send a check to:
Peace Corps Headquarters
Office of Gifts and Grants Management
1111 20th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20526

Please make check payable to Peace Corps Partnership Program
Please also note the project number, Special Fund name, or Country Fund name in the memo section of the check.
(Please print and mail this donation form with your check, so we may contact you with information regarding your donation, if necessary.)

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Call the office and we can take credit card information over the phone at 855.855.1961 x2170.

Yes. If you are donating on-line, please enter this information in the "comments" box. You will receive a thank you letter for your donation. However, if you would like us to send a letter to the person (or family of the person) that you are honoring, please include their name and address in the "comments" box as well. Or if you are going to mail a check you may fill in this information on the donation form. Of course, you may also give us this information over the phone at 855.855.1961 x2170.

At this time, Peace Corps is not accepting un-solicited in-kind donations. Peace Corps staff or Volunteers should contact the Office of Gifts and Grants Management if they are interested in a potential in-kind donation, which supports current Peace Corps programming.

We are only able to fund a project up to the amount that a Volunteer requests. Once a project becomes fully funded, any extra funds will be allocated to the Global Fund where they will be used to support Partnership Program projects Worldwide.