Tithes and Offerings

If this is your first text-to-give donation:

• You will be prompted to visit a secure URL
• Click this registration link to enter your credit or debit card information
• At this point your donation will process
• A confirmation text will confirm your your donation and registration were successful.

If this is not your first text-to-give donation

• You will not need to re-enter your card information
• You will be prompted for the amount of your donation
• A confirmation text will confirm your giving was successful.

To Give to a Specific Fund other than General Offertory

If you only text a monetary value, the funds are attributed to our General Offertory fund. 

If you text “keywords”, you will receive a reply text including a list of the fund names you can choose to donate to (Offertory, Christmas, Education, Building, Poor.)

If you text the amount + fund name, the funds will be attributed to that fund name. (Ex: $100 Christmas). If the fund name you texted does not match - you will receive a message with a list of fund names for you to choose from. Respond with the number of the correlating fund.

If you text “Reset”, you will receive a reply text that states: “Saved card information successfully removed. Please register your card information again when making your next gift by texting an amount to this number.

You can mail your envelope to American Martyrs Church, 700 15th Street, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 or drop it in the mail slot near the elevator at the Welcome Center.

Planned Giving is a way for you to continue to support the parish and the ministries that are important to you after your lifetime. Planned Giving is part of your larger estate planning responsibility that includes an updated Will and Trust. There are many options for making a planned gift to American Martyrs, but the most common way is through a bequest in your Will.

Planned Giving also offers tax advantaged ways for you to support the parish now with a gift of appreciated assets like stocks or by giving directly from a qualified retirement account.

• Make a Gift of Stock
• Make a Gift from your IRA

Click here Planned Giving to learn more about the many benefits of making a planned gift  or contact:

Bob Hodges, Parish Business Manager

or

Kimberly Jetton, Director of Planned Giving - LA Archdiocese, at 213-637-7512 or

If you are considering American Martyrs as a beneficiary in your will, our full legal name is:

Roman Catholic Archbishop of Los Angeles a corporation Sole,  for the benefit of American Martyrs Church, 700 15th Street, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266.

You can also designate your gift to: 

Roman Catholic Archbishop of Los Angeles a corporation Sole,  for the benefit of American Martyrs School, 1701 Laurel Avenue, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266.

Consult with your qualified tax and/or legal adviser.  Effective Planned Giving can have a significant impact on current and future resources and is often an integral part of a larger estate planning strategy. The expertise of qualified professionals should be employed to ensure that your plan is properly developed and your loved ones are protected.

American Martyrs Catholic Community is a tax exempt religious organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.  Consequently, your gifts to American Martyrs are tax-deductible, so long as you received no goods or services, other than intangible religious benefits, in connection with your gifts.  Our federal tax I.D. number is 95-1928640.