Gifts, Talents and Stewardship

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  Tax Information

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       The following information is provided for your convenience and may be helpful for your taxes.

       Your support and donation will help us continue our ministries, serve those in need, educate new friars, provide educational               opportunities for Indigenous Africans who need education at all levels, and provide scholarships to universities.​

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• Province of St Joseph the Worker  (Ecclesiastical Title in the Catholic Church)

• dba Dominican Fathers and Brothers, Province of Nigeria, Inc.

• Order of Preachers, Nigeria (Legal Corporate Title in Nigeria)

• dba Dominican Fathers and Brothers, Province of Nigeria, Inc.

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• Donations are deductible to the maximum extent allowed by law.

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       Is this gift tax deductible?
 

• Yes. Dominican Fathers and Brothers, Province of Nigeria, Inc., dba (Province of St Joseph the Worker, Order of Preachers, Nigeria) is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt charity and your donation is deductible to the full extent of U.S. law.

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       Can I give by phone or mail?
 

• To give by phone, please call us at (301) 927-0387. To give through the mail, send a check payable (Dominican Fathers and Brothers, Province of Nigeria, Inc.) to the following address: P.O. Box 5087 West Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA

       What's your Tax ID number?
 

• Mission Projects of the Province of St. Joseph the Worker,  administered by the Mission Office has an individual Tax ID Number.  If further clarification is needed, the Mission Office of the Dominican Fathers and Brothers, Province of Nigeria Inc., would like to hear from you. Dominican Fathers and Brothers, Province of Nigeria, Inc. # 98-0135616

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  Questions? Contact the Development Office:

                       

     Phone: 1(301) 927-0387
     Email: naijadomsusmissions@gmail.com

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  Incorporation Information

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•  Province of St. Joseph the Worker, Nigeria and Ghana (dba) Dominican Fathers and Brothers, Province of Nigeria, Inc., is a  District of Columbia (D.C.) recognized charity organization, with a tax-exempt corporation under section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

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• We are recognized by the  District of Columbia Secretary of State as “Dominican Fathers and Brothers, Province of Nigeria, Inc. As a 501(c)3 organization, both Federal and district of Columbia tax-exempt status of Catholic entities. We rely on mission appeals, grants, and donations from supporters for our operations and programs. Many of our organizational members are Catholic missionaries in the US and Africa. We are an extension of missionary witness in the difficult yet important arena of challenges faced by the global socioeconomic reality affecting African people, particularly in Nigeria and Ghana.  District of Columbia Incorporation filing number is 961069.

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• The Official Catholic Directory (OCD) is an annual publication containing over 1,800 pages of detailed information about the 30K+ entities that comprise the Catholic Church in the USA and the 80K+ clergy and laity that serve those entities.

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• Published in cooperation with The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), the directory serves as a source for verifying the tax-exempt status of Catholic entities under the IRS/USCCB ‘Group Ruling.' For over 200 years the directory has been the 'Go To Source' for information on the Catholic Church in America.

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• For more information on the IRS/USCCB 'Group Ruling' and its connection to the OCD, please visit the USCCB's Group Ruling FAQs.

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• The US Federal Government recognizes us under the IRS Group Ruling Determination Letter of March 1946 for the Roman Catholic Church in the US (Group Exemption #0928). Exempt organizations must provide a copy of the current IRS Group Ruling Determination Letter and their listing in the Official Catholic Directory to verify tax-exempt status. Our Federal Tax ID number is shown above. FYI: as a subordinate organization of a IRS Group Ruling, the Dominican Fathers and Brothers, Province of Nigeria Inc., does not appear in the IRS’ Pub. 78 database. Certified annually, the current IRS Group Ruling 2023  is a Determination Letter can be found here: USCCB Office of the General Counsel

 

• Our listing in the Official Catholic Directory 2024 and the IRS / USCCB Group Ruling is to found in The Official Catholic              Directory is the official subordinate listing for verifying the IRS tax-exempt status of U.S. Catholic institutions under the IRS /    U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops': Dominican Fathers and Brothers, Province of Nigeria Inc., Catholic Directory Listing. We thank all our benefactors who have supported us Friars (spiritually, personally, financially), We are given the grace to continue to work for the salvation of souls by God and your generosity. 

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• Finally, each diocesan section concludes with a listing of Religious Institutes of Men Represented in the Diocese and Religious Institutes of Women Represented in the Diocese.  A listing in either of these sections indicates only that one or more individual members of the listed religious institute are physically present to perform ministry in the particular diocese.  It does not establish that a listed religious institute is exempt from federal income tax under the USCCB group ruling or otherwise. 

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