We Rely on You for Our Success!

The American Tinnitus Association offers you several easy and convenient ways make your contribution. Remember, ATA is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization so your gifts are fully tax-deductible. Your generous gifts to ATA support cutting-edge research that will speed up progress toward our goal.

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People Make the Difference
Join ATA or Renew Membership Online
Summer 2010 Campaign
Monthly Giving
Gifts of Stock
Workplace Giving
Planned Giving
Tributes and Memorials
Other Ways to Donate
Contribute with Confidence
Secure Donation Page
 

Your Personal Stories on Making a Difference

A niece's race for a tinnitus cure
A devoted niece participates in a triathlon to raise money for tinnitus research, in honor of her aunt, who struggles with hearing loss and tinnitus.

A contribution eight times over
Phil Morton isn’t a magician. But when he found a way to turn his $1,000 donation to ATA into an $8,000 gift, it seemed like magic.

Leaving a legacy, boosting ATA’s mission
One financial advisor helped his client feel confident about his estate planning and boosted ATA's research dollars at the same time.

Join, Give or Renew Online

ATA’s secure donation page gives you a fast and safe way to contribute to ATA and support tinnitus research. Remember, a donation of $35 or more enrolls you as an ATA member and entitles you to a number of benefits including a subscription to Tinnitus Today, ATA's acclaimed magazine. Outside the United States, gifts of $50 or more will qualify you for ATA membership. Members giving more than $100 are acknowledged in Tinnitus Today. 

Summer 2010 Campaign

"Tinnitus was extremely difficult to deal with in the beginning. But with the American Tinnitus Association’s help, and the right management tools, I’m learning to push my tinnitus into the background – at least on most days. I have tried to change my perceptions of my tinnitus – I started to think of it as different types of music in my ear, or I would even say to myself that it was angels singing. Whatever it took to put myself in a better frame of mind. I never realized how valuable silence was until it was taken away from me..."
Continue reading message from Denise Capriati, tinnitus sufferer and mother of Jennifer Capriati.

Monthly Giving

A monthly contribution made from your bank or credit card account is a convenient, easy and time saving way to support ATA and our mission to cure tinnitus. You decide a regular amount to donate, give us your instructions on ATA’s secure donation page, then submit your instructions online or by mail. After receiving your authorization, we will charge your bank or credit card account on the 15th of each month. You can change or stop your gift at any time. We’ll send you a year-end tax receipt to help you keep track of your donations. Click here for printable form.

Gifts of Stock

Gifts of stocks and securities provide an appealing way for you to donate to the American Tinnitus Association (ATA). Contributors of stock receive a tax deduction for the market value of the securities, calculated on the day of their transfer, while avoiding payment of capital gains on the stock's appreciated value.

Workplace Giving

Many companies participate in workplace-giving programs such as United Way/Combined Federal Campaign. Workplace giving is an easy, effective way for employees to regularly make tax-deductible donations to ATA directly from their payroll, by credit card or by check. Some employers offer matching-gift programs that can double or even triple their workers’ charitable donations. Find out if your employer offers such a program, then designate ATA to receive your gift, which will support tinnitus research.

Planned Giving

As part of your legacy, a planned gift to ATA will support vital research and advance our mission to cure tinnitus. 

Tributes and Memorials

Many ATA supporters donate in honor or memory of family members, friends, colleagues, tinnitus patients or other loved ones. We acknowledge these tributes and memorials by sending cards to the recipients or someone close to them, and with a listing in Tinnitus Today.

Other Ways to Donate

Earn money for ATA by simply searching or shopping online! GoodSearch.com and GoodShop.com are search engines powered by Yahoo. Each time you search or shop you can earn money for ATA (approximately $0.01 per search). GoodSearch.com and GoodShop.com donate 50 percent of their advertising revenue. To learn more, click here.
 

Did you know that you can donate proceeds from your eBay sales to your favorite cause? If you buy and/or sell items on eBay, you can select the American Tinnitus Association as your donation recipient. Visit eBay Giving Works for more information.

On occasion, ATA will host an auction of items donated by celebrities who support the cause of tinnitus research. If you have an item that you would like to donate for such an auction, please contact Wes Breazeale, Development Director, at wes@ata.org. Click here to learn more about our auction efforts.

Do you have a MySpace/Facebook page, or a personal blog? Consider creating a free charity “badge” (check link below) to place on your personal Web page. Create awareness and spread the word about tinnitus within your social network and fundraise at the same time! Visit SixDegrees.org for more information.

Thinking about selling your car? Donate your vehicle to ATA through Charitable Auto Resources (CARS), select ATA as the recipient and we will receive 70 percent of net proceeds! Click here to donate today or call (877) 5-ATA-ATA/877-528-2282 for more information.

Every time you shop at Randalls, Tom Thumb or Safeway stores throughout Texas, you can make a contribution to ATA! (It doesn't cost you anything extra.) By simply designating the American Tinnitus Association as the recipient on your shopping card (ATA's code is #9969), the corporation will send us one percent of the cost of your groceries. For more information,click here!

Do you have old, unused hearing aids? Send them to ATA – we will then send them to Starkey’s Hear Now Program, a hearing aid recycling program. They assess their value and write ATA a check for the salvage amount. 

Sending flowers is a wonderful way to say "Happy Birthday!", "Get Well Soon!", "Congratulations!" and more. Did you know that when you order flowers from flowerpetal.com, 12% of the sale will benefit ATA? With every purchase made here you will be supporting our efforts.

 

Contribute With Confidence

ATA’s long-standing commitment to fund outstanding research is our promise to you, our supporters, that we will use your gifts wisely in our mission to find a tinnitus cure. ATA is a nonprofit organization - 501(c)(3) status - so your donations are tax-deductible. View ATA’s Form 990 tax return for the tax year 7/1/07-6/30/08.

Use ATA's secure donation form to make your contribution. We will not share your name, contact information or pledge amount. It is our policy to publish the names of donors who give $100 or more in Tinnitus Today, ATA's magazine published three times each year. Please let us know if you do not want your name to be listed.

If you would like to contribute or join ATA via mail, you can print out an online form.
 

For more information about joining or donating to ATA, contact Katie Fuller,
Manager of Member & Support Relations, at (800) 634-8978 or katie@ata.org.