Our goal is to address two critical challenges: creating opportunities for African youth and building community resilience. CorpsAfrica recruits passionate Volunteers to live and work in remote, low-income areas of their own countries, where they collaborate with communities to design and implement locally driven, small-scale projects.
This work is only possible because of generous donations from supporters like you. Your support fuels every step, from Volunteer training to project implementation, and helps create lasting, community-led change.
Ways to Support
Mail a check
CorpsAfrica
PO Box 5414
Washington, DC 20016
Consider a planned gift
A donation made as part of your estate planning ensures that young Africans will have the opportunity of service in years to come.
We’re aiming to bring about significant change to communities in need across an entire continent. No easy task. Achieving these ambitious goals will require substantial funding.
We need your support tomorrow, as well as today. Please consider a planned gift as part of a beautiful legacy that will transform the lives of young Africans and rural communities who will benefit so much from CorpsAfrica’s work.
A Planned Gift Can Take Many Forms
A bequest in your will or trust, which can be given as a dollar figure, percentage of the estate or residual amount following the distribution of gifts to heirs and other organizations.
A beneficiary designation on a retirement asset (401k, 403b, IRA, etc.) or other financial account (brokerage, checking, savings, etc.), which can be arranged by simply filling out a form with your financial institution and withdrawn at any time.
A donation of appreciated stock, which allows you to avoid a capital gains effect on your taxes.
A direct transfer from an IRA for donors 70½ or older, which can be up to $100,000 as part of the required minimum distribution and allows you to avoid federal income tax as well as possibly state income tax.
A gift of a life insurance policy, which can include irrevocably donating a policy or simply listing CorpsAfrica as a beneficiary on a policy that you continue to own, providing a revocable alternative.
A gift of assets like real estate, artwork or jewelry, for which we will need the donor’s assistance in terms of getting appropriate appraisals.
MEET OUR FIRST PLANNED GIVING DONOR
In December 2020, longtime donor Ursula Schoeni made CorpsAfrica the beneficiary of her annuity, our first known planned gift. We’re deeply grateful! Ursula shared her experience and encouraged others to support CorpsAfrica in the same way.
How did you learn CorpsAfrica?
Liz approached me in Rabat. She was looking to relocate CorpsAfrica’s temporary headquarters from Casablanca to Rabat. She heard that I was looking for a new tenant for the ground floor apartment that I owned in the Rabat Medina, and I ended up donating the space to create the first headquarters for the CorpsAfrica Alumni Association.
WHY DID YOU CHOOSE TO SUPPORT CORPSAFRICA WITH A PLANNED GIFT?
I have known Liz and her inspiring work for more than five years now and decided that I could best contribute to CorpsAfrica’s future by planning a gift.
WHAT ADVICE DO YOU HAVE FOR THE CORPSAFRICA VOLUNTEERS?
To the Volunteers: Kudos to all of you. Be steadfast. The year you are spending to help your fellow countrymen, solving problems and finding solutions is going to mark you for life. It is going to give you much more than you ever imagined. I, and many people like me, are following your great work and rooting you on. Thank you.
If you’re considering including CorpsAfrica in your estate plans, we’re here to help. For sample bequest language or to discuss your wishes, please email us at [email protected].
If you’ve already arranged a planned gift, we encourage you to let us know so we can honor your generosity and ensure your support is recognized appropriately.
To help ensure your gift reaches us without delay, please include our full legal name and federal tax ID:
CorpsAfrica
Federal Tax ID: 45-2470692
Including this information helps avoid confusion with similarly named organizations and ensures your gift makes the impact you intend.
About CorpsAfrica
CorpsAfrica is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (Federal tax ID: 45-2470692) that empowers young Africans to lead sustainable change in their own communities.
Founded in 2011 by Liz Fanning, a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer, CorpsAfrica gives emerging leaders across the continent the opportunity to serve, solve local challenges, and create lasting impact from within.
Our Volunteers live and work in rural communities, partnering with residents to design and implement projects that address real needs focusing on local ownership, collaboration, and long-term resilience.
CorpsAfrica currently operates in 11 countries: Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Morocco, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, and Uganda.
