Frequently Asked Questions

General Questions

General Questions

1. What is Angelwish?

A: Angelwish is an IRS recognized 501(c)3 public charity that helps grant wishes to children living with HIV/AIDS. Our Tax ID is 22-3658778. Angelwish provides the busy public with a simple, yet rewarding way to make a difference in the lives of children infected and affected by HIV/AIDS.

2. Are my contributions tax deductible?

A: All contributions to Angelwish or facilitated through Angelwish are 100% tax deductible.

3. How much of my donation actually goes to the children?

A: 100% of all wishes granted through our Amazon.com wish lists for the different care centers go right to the children they are intended for. Processing fees are in large part, underwritten by corporate donors so that we can ensure 100% of individual contributions are used for program services.

4. Will I receive a thank you from the child?

A: Due to the enhanced concerns for privacy, yours as well as that of the children/recipients, children are not able to directly communicate with the donors. Shortly after the holidays you will receive a thank you from Angelwish for your contribution. This will reference the recipient and date of your donation. Retaining this as well as your Amazon.com receipt will provide sufficient proof for tax purposes

The Wish Granting Process

1. How do I grant a wish?

A: Granting a wish is easy. Click on Grant a Wish > Select a Continent > Select a Country > Location. In the US or UK, you have the option to help by granting wishes through a special Amazon wishlist. Under the Check out the animated Angelwish Flash demo to see just how easy it is.

2. Why am I being sent to Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk?

A: Angelwish wanted to make the giving process simple for you to help children living with HIV/AIDS so we decided to partner with Amazon.com to ensure that you felt comfortable and secure in granting a wish.

3. What if I don’t have an Amazon.com account?

A: If you haven’t used Amazon.com before, don’t worry – it’s one of the safest ways to shop and is very easy to use. Check out the animated Angelwish Flash demo to start. As you go about the wish granting process, Amazon will help you become a new customer.

4. Why don’t I see an address to send this to?

A: The Angelwish wish lists are set up so that the items you select to grant will be sent directly to the Angelwish Coordinator at the care center you select. They will then give the gifts to the child you selected. When you find an item you would like to grant, you must click on “Add to Cart” from the list of items. If you go to checkout and you do not see an option to ship the gift to a “Gift Registry Address”, please click the back button to go back to the list of wishes and add the item(s) you would like to grant to your cart using the “Add to Cart” button. You may need to adjust quantities in your shopping cart as you checkout.

5. Why are items not in stock?

A: On occasion, wishes may be “Temporarily Out of Stock”. As you can imagine, the holidays are crazy times for the retail industry and inventory is quickly depleted and replenished. We monitor the items that are out of stock and do our best to provide appropriate substitute items for the children.

Angelwish maintains a number of gifts on hand that we send out to the kids who’s wishes run out of stock.

If you don't see a wish you would like to grant at one care center, please feel free to consider granting a wish at a different care center.

Angelwish Gift Certificates

1. What is an Angelwish Gift Certificate?

A: The Angelwish Gift Certificate allows a gift giver to make a tax deductible contribution to Angelwish and the recipient gets to select the care center or program where the certificate is redeemed.

2. Are Angelwish Gift Certificates Tax Deductible?

A: The Angelwish Gift Certificate is 100% tax deductible for the person buying the gift certificate, but there is no tax deductible benefit for the person redeeming the certificate.

3. Are there any fees to purchase an Angelwish Gift Certificate?

A: There are no fees to purchase or redeem an Angelwish Gift Certificate.

4. How do I redeem an Angelwish Gift Certificate?

A: Redeeming an Angelwish Gift Certificate is simple. Begin by going to going through the normal process to select a care center to support:

http://www.angelwish.org/wish/ > Select a continent > Select a country/state > and select a care center/program.

Each care center/program has an option to Redeem an Angelwish Gift Certificate. Click on the link and enter in your gift certificate code.

5. Do Angelwish Gift Certificates Expire?

A: Angelwish gift Certificates expire 60 days after they are issued. At that point, the gift certificates wil be applied where needed the most based on input from the Angelwish Volunteer Committee.

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