SilentDonor

This is a smart solution, thanks - we like the ease of use that Stripe offers, but there are probably just as feasible providers we can use and save the money!

Will do - I can remember trying at one point in the past, but won't hurt to contact them and explain again!

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Today is a big day for giving - and also a big day for finding out that your email address is on a bunch of different charity/nonprofit organization's email lists.

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Keep the impact of your donation, and also keep your privacy (your home's mailbox and email inbox will thank you).

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Keep the impact of your donation, but also maintain your privacy! Our flexible platform allows for donors to send anonymous, tax-deductible donations to any charity or nonprofit organization they want to support. *please note you cannot send any political donations, nor donations to support any lobbying organizations (501c4 orgs) on our platform

Send an anonymous donation to your alma mater - and stay off of annoying email lists.

Also just a thought - consider offering online training classes to prospective yoga instructors. Maybe you can attract a more well-known yoga teacher in this regard, which will increase the attraction. You can charge people to learn from a popular yoga master (unsure of the industry terms in this space so I'll stick with 'yoga master'). Hope you continue to navigate through this tough situation!

It is still clearly a good thing. Even by your own account - until the tax system is taxing "people appropriately", this is the way that wealthy donors give back. I think you and many people who share your opinion have a distaste for the current way taxes are levied, but that distaste should not manifest itself in shaming public donors for giving back.