Philanthropy: Engage, Contribute and Share
People are motivated to support causes for different reasons. Most common reasons people give are:
- Believe your gift can make a difference
- Personal satisfaction
- To support the same cause/organization year after year
- In order to give back to your community
- To honor another
- Because you have been asked
Community Mediation is community mobilization. Midlands Mediation Center reaches beyond the formal mediation role of the individuals as the third-party neutral. MMC reaches youth in schools through “Learning Circles”; Parents through “Parent Cafe’s”; Elderly Support through Family Circles and community resilience through community training initiatives. We you for supporting and being involved in the life and growth of the practice of mediation and making our community better.
Thanks to your contributions of resources, Midlands Mediation Center’s vision, programs and services are positively impacting our sense of peace and access to justice.
People are motivated to give at different times and have different preferences for how they want to give. Since “one size does not fit all”, here at the Midlands Mediation Center we promote and offer several different giving opportunities throughout the year. Hopefully we will “connect” with you with one or more of our fund-raising appeals.
To donate via check, please mail your donation to:
Midlands Mediation Center
P.O. Box 5942
Columbia SC 29250
Or you can drop it off at our office:
Midlands Mediation Center
1607 Harden Street, Second Floor Cromartie Law Firm
Columbia SC 29204
*Please make checks payable to the Midlands Mediation Center.*
Thank you for your support and involvement.
All gifts are tax deductible to the extent of the law.
Overview of our fund-raising calendar of activities in chronological order:
Date | Appeal | Purpose/Focus |
August 28 | #Give828 Giving to organization that support Black leadership. | General operating funds to support community engagement |
September | Building Bridges Peace Maker Recognition | General operating funds |
Tuesday after Thanksgiving | #GivingTuesday Primary Channel: | Volunteer Training Scholarships |
May | Annual Friend-Raising Luncheon Midlands Gives 18 hour, community- wide online giving, powered by CCCF. | General operating, using mediations as the unit of service. Multi-Year Giving Society option encouraged. Support of MMC’s sliding fee scale. (Hardship Funds) |
If none of these options are connected to your interests, let’s talk about something that is of particular interest to you.
We are always on the lookout for grant opportunities that are well-suited to our endeavors. This is a year-around effort. Please let us know of a company or foundation whose priorities are in line with our services.
Sponsorship opportunities, which may be of particular interest to individuals and companies that want to specifically showcase their support of MMC and our work include:
- Martin Luther King Day Peace Walk – Sponsor to support MMC’s Scavenger Hunt
- Building Bridges Celebration – Sponsor to support Peace Maker Recognition
- Annual Friendraiser – Sponsors to support the event
In-kind gifts, tribute and memorial gifts, gifts of stock, and planned gifts are also welcomed.
If none of these options are connected to your interests, let’s talk about something that is of particular interest to you.
Any questions, ideas or concerns, please contact Kabrina Bass, Executive Director.
In 2016 we launched our Multi-Year Giving Society for donors who pledge gifts of $300, $600 or $1,200/year for three or five years. We appreciate those who recognize Midlands Mediation Center’s ongoing need to sponsor families’ mediations and assure that people with low incomes have a place to take care of important legal matters where mediation is required or most suitable.
Please consider making a pledge and join the Multi-Year Giving Society. Contact our office to secure your pledge.