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GIFT CERTIFICATES enable recipients to make donations to Catalogue charities. You--the gift giver--decide on the amount and use the instructions below to purchase the certificate either online or by US mail. Recipients receive a copy of the print Catalogue and a signed, authorized Gift Certificate (click here to see a copy) in the amount you name. They fill out the certificate, return it to us in our self-addressed envelope, and we distribute 100% of the funds as they direct. Unless they choose to remain anonymous, or choose not to include their address, Gift Certificate users will be thanked by the charities who receive their donations. If you prefer, thank yous can be sent to you, the gift giver, for distribution (on behalf of children, for example).

To purchase Gift Certificates online: PRINT THESE INSTRUCTIONS AND HAVE THEM IN VIEW WHEN YOU ARE READY TO BEGIN THE PROCESS

1—Decide on the amount of the Gift Certificate you wish to purchase. We recommend an additional contribution of $10 to Catalogue for Philanthropy: Greater Washington for each gift certificate; if you choose to contribute, add this to your total. (We will absorb the credit card fee charged by Network for Good.)
2—Click the DONATE NOW button below, and then click it again when it reappears on the next page. Enter the total donation amount.
3—Write "GIFT CERTIFICATE" in the “designation” box.
4—Write the NAME AND ADDRESS of the gift recipient in the “dedication or gift (optional) ” box and include a BRIEF message if you wish. Make sure to include your own email address in the email box (even if you want to be anonymous to your gift recipients!) so that we can contact you if we have any questions.
5—Follow the rest of the directions for making a donation.
6-- If you plan to order another GIFT CERTIFICATE, click your “back” button twice and you will be able to add a second recipient (and then a third, and so on) before completing the donation process. Do not choose the blue NFG “add another donation” button, as this will return you to NFG’s homepage.
7—You will receive an immediate acknowledgment and tax receipt from NFG. Within one day we will receive notification of your order and will send our new Catalogue, a GIFT CERTIFICATE, your brief message, and your name, to the gift recipients you have chosen. We aim to fill gift certificate orders within approximately one week; as the holidays approach, we will get them in the mail as speedily as possible.

To purchase Gift Certificates via US Mail:

Please note that you can use our order form to buy a GIFT CERTIFICATE. You decide on the amount, add the $10 recommended contribution to the Catalogue (should you choose to do so), make your check out to Catalogue for Philanthropy: Greater Washington, and mail the printed form and your check to us. (We will thank you and acknowledge your gift for tax purposes.) Your selected recipients receive a copy of the Catalogue and a signed, authorized Gift Certificate (click here to see a copy) in the amount you name.

Please mail the order form and your check to:

Catalogue for Philanthropy: Greater Washington
PO Box 9784
Washington, DC 20016-9998

To purchase more than three Gift Certificates--or for help with the GIFT CERTIFICATE program, just call our office and we will assist you: 202-549-6369.