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Support Clean Water through a Donor Advised Fund
What is a Donor-Advised Fund?
Think of a Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) like a savings account for charitable giving. A DAF makes it easy for you to support the organizations you care about while combining favorable tax advantages.
It’s like a piggy bank with benefits.
A DAF can be established through a financial institution or you can establish it directly through a community foundation or sponsoring 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
Regardless of where you set it up, a Donor-Advised Fund is as a 501(c)(3) public charity, which means that contributions to the DAF are tax deductible. After
Lead Hazard Awareness Project: Fighting Lead-contaminated Soil and Dust
Philadelphia’s smelters are shut down, and cars no longer run on leaded gasoline. But the lead they released still clings to the soil surface, along with flakes of exterior lead paint. The result: lead is in the dirt that sticks to shoes and hands after work or play in bare soil.
Lead Hazard Awareness Project: Lead in Paint
If your home was built before 1978, especially before 1960, it is very likely to have lead paint. Undisturbed paint with a smooth surface is not considered dangerous, and most lead paint has been covered with many layers of non-leaded paint. However, if the layered paint is loosened by water damage or pitted by the scrapes and dents of daily living, the old lead layers may become uncovered.
Lead Hazard Awareness Project: Housecleaning for Lead Safety
If you live in an old city house, you likely have lead in your paint and lead in your soil. Dust from both paint and soil contributes to house dust, and lead in house dust is a major source of lead poisoning in babies and small children. Minimizing lead dust is therefore one of the most important things you can do for your children.
Living More Safely With Lead - Safety Tip Guide
Keeping lead out of house dust | Cleaning up lead dust | Avoiding contact with lead in soil | Safe Drinking Water | Lead Paint Safety | More ways to keep children lead-safe