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Yes. The Global Mission Fund provides services which undergird our cross-cultural workers’ personal and ministry needs. Only about 25 percent of TMS Global's annual budget is covered by the contributions given to our workers. Therefore, we depend on the Lord to provide from other sources the remainder of our operating expenses. To designate your donation for this purpose, indicate “Global Mission Fund” when you give your gift, or click here to give to the Global Mission Fund right now.
Due to the increasing number of our cross-cultural workers who serve in areas where security is an issue, we have made the decision not to list their names on the site.
When you give to a cross-cultural worker, project, or partner, you are given the opportunity to type in the associated four-digit account number or a name. You will also have the opportunity to send a note of instruction along with your gift by clicking the "edit" link next to your gift on your checkout page.
When the finance team reviews and processes online gifts, they will contact you if there is any ambiguity about your intent.
TMS Global provides a vast array of services to our cross-cultural workers, including—but not limited to—training, field placement, field visits, pastoral care, contacts with churches, and robust administrative support. Fifteen percent of your cross-cultural worker support gift helps enable the worker to receive these important support services. The remaining 85 percent goes directly towards funding the ongoing costs of the ministry of the cross-cultural worker you are supporting.
Donations for cross-cultural workers, projects and partners, and the Global Mission Fund are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. According to IRS guidelines, such gifts remain under the jurisdiction and control of TMS Global.
Simply indicate this intent when you give your gift. At your request, a letter may be sent from TMS Global to the person or family you are recognizing with your gift but we will not disclose the amount of the gift.
To facilitate this, please provide the appropriate name, address and specifications (e.g. Do you wish to be named? May we share how much was given to the cross-cultural worker or project?).
If you are making the gift online, you may either click the "edit" link on your checkout page to provide the information mentioned above with your contribution or you may navigate to Other Ways to Give and enter in the information in the Honorarium/Memorial Gift text box.
To update your address, you may fill out a change of address form located here.
If you have an online account with us, you may log in and update your payment information and recurring gifts. Otherwise, please call the Finance Team at 800.478.8963 to make any changes to your credit card giving.
If your primary means of giving is via our website, your receipts will come to you via email. For checks and other offline giving, we currently only offer paper receipts. Should you wish to only receive a year-end summary statement via mail, please contact us or call the Finance Team. We mail year-end giving statements to our donors at the end of January.
It is indeed more expensive for TMS Global to process credit and debit card payments than to receive checks. We do not pass that charge on to the cross-cultural worker or project account. The roughly three percent fee is absorbed as overhead by TMS Global’s general fund.
Make your check payable to TMS Global and use the memo line of the check to state the name of the cross-cultural worker or project/partner you wish to support and the corresponding account number if you know it. Please note that our address for receiving donations via standard mail has changed. You can mail your contribution to: TMS Global, PO Box 936559, Atlanta, GA 31193-6559.
You can read about our accountability standards here.
Many of our cross-cultural workers have short-term appeals for special projects, education of their children while on the field, or for a ministry vehicle. If you wish to direct your gift specifically for one of these appeals, simply indicate this in a note to the finance department on your checkout page. You can add a note to a gift in the checkout page by clicking "add instructions to the finance office" below the gift on your checkout page or by clicking the "edit" button underneath the gift. Here is a list of some of the projects listed on our website.
If you have any questions, or if we can help you further in any way, please fill out a contact form for the Finance Team or the Advancement Team, or give us a call at 800.478.8963.