The Founding Season

Give to the founding season

Founding gifts are unrestricted and go where they're needed most. Every giver receives quarterly communication about the work being done.

Give to Dromos
Why a fiscal sponsor

For the founding season, Dromos is carried.

A new ministry can't accept tax-deductible gifts on its own. That takes IRS recognition, clean books, receipting, insurance, and a track record, and it arrives slowly. A fiscal sponsor is an established charity that takes a young work under its own roof for the founding season. It receives every gift, guarantees your deduction, watches every dollar, and answers for all of it with its own name.

Sponsorship is not a service we purchased. It is a responsibility Christian Ministry Alliance agreed to carry.

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A yes that means something.

CMA examined Dromos before it said yes: our mission, our leadership, our statement of faith, our plan for the money. When a charity with CMA's standing agrees to carry a new work, it stakes its own reputation and its own legal status on how we behave. That isn't paperwork. That is a vouching.

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Oversight you'd want anyway.

CMA receives every gift, issues every receipt, reviews how funds move, and disburses to Dromos monthly. A one-year-old organization can't provide that level of accountability by itself. With a sponsor, your gift gets grown-up governance from its very first day.

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The fee, honestly.

CMA keeps 10% of online gifts and 6% of checks. Card processing alone usually costs a charity around 3%; the rest covers receipting, compliance review, oversight, and legal coverage under CMA's 501(c)(3). Building all of that ourselves would cost far more than the fee in our first years, and while we waited, no gift would be deductible at all.

A $100 gift, online, today
$90disbursed to Dromos in the monthly transfer
$10carries the roof: processing, receipting, oversight, legal coverage
$100deductible for you now, not after a year of waiting
How your gift works

Straight answers.

Where does my money actually go?

Your gift goes to Christian Ministry Alliance, our fiscal sponsor, designated for Dromos. CMA charges 10% on online gifts and 6% on gifts made by check or bank transfer, and disburses funds to Dromos monthly.

Is my gift tax-deductible?

Yes, through CMA's 501(c)(3) status. Your receipt comes from CMA, not Dromos. Dromos expects to file its own federal charitable application by July 31, 2026.

Why does CMA hold legal control?

Tax law requires the charity accepting a deductible gift to hold real discretion over it. That makes CMA the final legal authority over funds, and it's what makes your deduction valid.

Who's accountable for how it's spent?

The Dromos board governs the organization, and Executive Director Nick Tofteland runs day to day. Reach either at nick@yourdromos.com or board@yourdromos.com.

Can I give by check?

Yes. Make it payable to Christian Ministry Alliance with "Dromos" in the memo, mailed to Christian Ministry Alliance, P.O. Box 83227, Chicago, IL 60691-0227. Checks carry the lower 6% fee.

Every founding gift is a vote for the foundation.

Give to Dromos

Tax-deductible through CMA's 501(c)(3) status. Your receipt comes from CMA.

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