Donation Terms
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The short version.
We're a business, not a charity, so your gift is not tax deductible. A monthly gift is $4.95 and you can cancel it any time by sending one email. If you gave by mistake, tell us within 30 days and we'll refund it.
We are not a charity
Local Goods is K Hawk Holdings LLC, a for-profit limited liability company registered in the United States. We are not a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and we are not a registered charity.
This means contributions to Local Goods are not tax deductible. We will not issue you a tax receipt, because we are not able to. If someone tells you otherwise, they are wrong.
We say this plainly because the alternative — letting you assume otherwise — would be the kind of thing this whole site exists to avoid.
What we do with your contribution
We use contributions to buy goods and fund programs for local causes: beaches, animals, youth and the arts. When we make a donation, we publish it on our donation record with the date, the organization that received it, a description of what we gave, and a photograph.
Contributions go into our general operating account. We are not a trustee and we do not hold your contribution in a separate or restricted fund. You are not directing a payment to any specific organization, and we cannot promise your particular dollars went to any particular donation.
What we do promise is that our published record is accurate, and that we will keep adding to it.
One-time contributions
A one-time contribution is charged once, to the card you provide, at the amount you choose. Nothing recurs unless you specifically set up a monthly gift.
Monthly contributions
| Amount | $4.95 US dollars |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Once a month |
| First charge | On the day you set it up |
| Later charges | The same day each following month |
| End date | None. It continues until you cancel. |
By setting up a monthly contribution you authorize us to charge that card $4.95 each month until you cancel. Your card is stored by NMI, our payment gateway — we hold only a token that points to it, never the card number itself.
How to cancel
Email support@localsgoods.helpfully.pro and say you want to cancel. Include the email address you used, or the last 4 digits of the card and roughly when you set it up, so we can find you.
We will cancel it and confirm by email. You do not need an account, you do not need to explain why, and we will not try to talk you out of it.
If a charge goes through after you asked us to cancel, we refund it.
Refunds
Contributions are generally final — we may have already spent them on the next donation. That said:
- If you contributed by mistake, or in the wrong amount, tell us within 30 days and we will refund it.
- If a monthly charge went through after you cancelled, we refund it, with no time limit.
- If someone used your card without your permission, tell us and we will refund it and remove the stored card.
Refunds go back to the card that was charged, and usually take 3 to 5 business days to appear.
Failed and expired cards
If a monthly charge fails, we may retry it. If it keeps failing, we stop and cancel the monthly contribution. We will let you know if you gave us an email address.
Your receipt
If you give us an email address, we send a receipt for each charge. It is a record of your payment, not a tax document.
Contributing in person
The same terms apply if you contribute at one of our tents. Not tax deductible, same cancellation process for monthly gifts, same refund terms.
Contact us
Email support@localsgoods.helpfully.pro or call 1-945-302-8722.
K Hawk Holdings LLC
13223 Black Mountain Rd, PMB #125
San Diego, CA 92129