Corporate Matching
Double your impact by asking your employer to match your gift!
If you work for one of the many companies with a matching gift plan, your contribution to the Mistral PTA can have twice the impact. Your employer will match your gift dollar for dollar, some companies even double or triple the amount of your gift — at no cost to you.
Click here to find out if your company matches donations to Mistral.
If your company is listed, follow the instructions given to start the matching gift process. If your company is not included, reach out to your HR representative to ask if they will match your gift to the Mistral PTA.
The Mistral PTA is a 501(c)(3) non profit organization, Fed Tax ID #77-0441935. Click here for tax receipts.
If you have questions regarding the corporate matching program, please contact us at: mistralemployermatching@gmail.com
AMAZON & AMAZON SMILE
Use this link, BEFORE placing items in your Shopping Cart, and Mistral will receive up to 15% of ANY purchase! You can also use Amazon Gift Cards that you purchase through our Gift and Card Program (see below).
Benefit Mobile
Whether you shop online or in stores, you can raise money for Mistral with your daily shopping when you use the Benefit Mobile app to pay for groceries, clothes, travel, and more at dozens of participating stores. Download the Benefit Mobile app to your smart phone (App Store or Google Play), then simply link a bank account or credit card to Benefit and you can purchase gift cards that generate rebates of up to 20% for Mistral—from the convenience of your phone! While some retailers like Safeway and Chipotle require you to print gift cards at home for use in stores; many retailers, like REI, Whole Foods, CVS, Target, Peet’s, Disney, Krispy Kreme, and more, allow you to purchase gift cards straight from your phone at the point of sale (in the check-out line at the store). Uber, AirBnB, movie theaters, and many chain restaurants are also participating in Benefit Mobile.
When you use AmazonSmile, don’t forget to purchase your Amazon gift cards through Benefit beforehand so that Mistral receives 2% of your total purchase in addition to the .5% percent generated through the Smile program.
GIFT CARDS
Every 1-2 months parents, teachers, friends, family, and other community members can purchase gift cards, a percentage of which benefits Mistral. Cards are used like cash, given as gifts, or used for every day purchases at over 600 participating merchants! They include gas stations, grocery stores, Starbucks/Peets, movie theatres, Chipotle, Pizza My Heart, Old Navy, See’s, Macy’s, iTunes, and so many more!
Download the Cash Cards Order form to order. Direction on ordering are on the form. Hard copy forms in the Mistral PTA box, in the school office.
Sports Basement
Join the Basementeer program today to save 10% off all of your purchases all year-round. In addition to giving you a 10% discount, the Basementeer program will also give 10% of profits from your purchase to our school! Sign up online here or do it in-store. Sports Basement locations can be found here. The Basementeer program is FREE to join if you select “Gabriela Mistral Elementary” as your beneficiary.
OFFICE DEPOT
Did you know that 5% of all of your purchases (in-store AND online) can go to Mistral? Just give the clerk Mistral’s ID number: 70237783, or ask the store clerk to look up the number at the register
BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION
Download the Bonus Box Tops app and scan receipts from qualifying purchases using your smart phone camera to generate additional rebates, sometimes $5-$10 extra for purchasing only 5 items.