About Donating to the AA-EVP

Many visitors to this website have expressed the belief that the study of Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP) and other forms of trans-communication are perhaps the most important areas of research before humankind today. What can be more significant than proof that we are not simply physical beings and that there is a conscious part of us that survives?  EVP is evidence of this fact and begs for more funded research.

Countless AA-EVP members have been assisted through the grief of the loss of a loved one by using EVP. More grief counselors are realizing that the old way of dealing with grief—get over the death and get on with your life—takes years and has limited success. Today a new generation of therapists suggests that patients who maintain their bond with the deceased are better adjusted throughout the grieving process. EVP offers a different but continued relationship with the deceased. EVP helps people to heal by helping them realize that their loved ones are okay and still alive.

We are seeing a gradual evolution in the study of EVP with the advent of a few academically trained researchers and even a few modest research grants. Your donations can help fund more research and grants in this important and as yet still overlooked field and can help bring research-based knowledge of these phenomena to the public. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational corporation, the AA-EVP is able to accept tax deductible donations and would like to be able to fund research grants. Following then, are the current and planned categories for donations.

General Operating Fund

Research, service to members and education of the public is limited by the amount of time the Directors and volunteers are able to dedicate to the daily operation of the AA-EVP. The Association is at a threshold now, in that to serve more members, it will be necessary to hire an office management firm, as have most similar organizations trying to support a complex field such as the study of EVP/ITC.

Outreach Programs

As you can see here, the 2006 conference included some of the most important researchers in this field from around the world, yet the AA-EVP did not quite break even and a future conference promises to be even more costly. With sufficient funds, the Association will be able to continue sponsoring conferences designed to offer the public the latest information on the subject as well as foster collaboration amongst researchers from around the world. The association would also like to conduct other forms of outreach, such as sponsoring gatherings of academically trained scientists from adjacent fields of research who are certain to have an important role to play in EVP. Such gatherings would help develop a roadmap for future research.

The Association would like to provide information tables at other gatherings, such as those of Forever Family Foundation, Compassionate Friends, the International Association for Near-Death Studies and others which would provide “how to” information and report on the use of EVP for grief management. The AA-EVP does not currently have the financial resources to give this service the attention it deserves.

General Research

Currently Recognized Targeted Research: Existing research, such as the 4Cell EVP Demonstration, the Online Listening Experiment, work conducted by Alexander MacRae and the Italian Il Laboratorio, indicates the need for further research in specific areas, such as how people hear EVP differently than the biologically spoken voice, replication tests for meditation artifacts reported by Il Laboratorio et al. and the viability of using a double-blind protocol for applying EVP as a research tool for trans-etheric study.

Future Targeted Research: The AA-EVP is sponsoring a project intended to provide a framework for researchers in other groups to work together to identify best practices or “state of the art” knowledge about these phenomena, and that promise to produce specific experience-based and research-based questions that are to become targets for directed research. The AA-EVP will function as a sponsor and umbrella organization, but researchers from around the world are being invited to participate.

Donate with Assurance

The Association is in its 26th year now, and the necessary organizational structure is in place to assure its continuity beyond the ability of individuals to serve. This means that major sponsors and donors will have the necessary oversight to know that their support has been applied where it is intended. The Association is also in an excellent position to manage grants and assure proper reporting of subsequent research. With this promise to you, The AA-EVP is seeking cash donations, donations via long-term funding tools as described below and corporate sponsorship.

Planned Giving

The AA-EVP is able to receive donations via a number of institutionally managed plans, including (click on the name to see how they work):

Bequest

Charitable Trust

Real Estate

Securities

These methods for donating are intended to provide long-term support for the AA-EVP and to fund major projects. The Board of Directors will need to evaluate donations. Please speak with your financial advisor before deciding to use one of these strategies.

Please contact the Directors here or by postal service at the address above.

How Bequests Work

• You can provide now for a future gift to the AA-EVP by having a bequest provision in your will or revocable trust.

• Your will or trust directs assets to your heirs.

• Your will or trust directs a bequest to the AA-EVP for the purpose you specify.

Benefits

• Your assets remain in your control during your lifetime.

• You can modify your bequest if your circumstances change.

• You can direct your bequest to a particular purpose.

• You can have the satisfaction now of knowing that your bequest will support the AA-EVP in the way you intended when you are gone.

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How Charitable Trusts works

• An account is established with a financial institution in the name of the AA-EVP.

• You transfer cash or securities to that account.

• The AA-EVP pays you, via the financial institution, fixed payments for life.

• The principal passes to the AA-EVP when the contract ends.

Benefits

• You receive an immediate income tax deduction for a portion of your gift.

• Your annuity payments are guaranteed for life, backed by the reserve of your original contribution.

• Your annuity payments may be treated as part ordinary income, part capital gains income and part tax-free income, depending on the assets used to fund the annuity.

• You can have the satisfaction of making a significant gift that benefits you now and the AA-EVP later.

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Giving Real Estate

Real estate can be among the most advantageous contribution vehicles for a donor. Personal residences, rental or commercial property, farms and ranches, and undeveloped land are among the possibilities for a contribution of this nature.

• You can give property to the AA-EVP and avoid capital gains taxes on the appreciation.

• At the same time, you can claim the full fair market value of the property as a charitable tax deduction.

• You may also qualify for estate tax benefits.

The AA-EVP can accept real estate through a Planned Giving arrangement, which would be managed by a third party.

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Contributions of Securities

By making a contribution of highly appreciated stock to the AA-EVP, you can claim a tax deduction for the fair market value of the stock and not pay capital gains tax on the appreciated value.

If you need your appreciated securities to generate income, but would still like to receive the tax advantages of a charitable gift and support the AA-EVP, you might consider contributing securities through a Planned Giving arrangement.

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Planned giving explanations are based on those provided by the SETI Institute.