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The Association TransCommunication is a nonprofit membership organization founded in 1982 to provide objective evidence that we survive death in an individual conscious state.

 

When you donate to the ATransC, you are supporting the development of a new field of science.

 

Joining the Association TransCommunication

Regular Membership

$30.00 ($40.00 [US Funds] for members outside of the USA not receiving the quarterly NewsJournal via email). Go here for the online form or here for a printable form.

Sustaining Member

$100 which includes the member's name in the next quarterly NewsJournal.

Donating to the Association TransCommunication

Supporter

Today, donations aside from membership or sustaining membership are gratefully received and acknowledged in the next issue of the NewsJournal. At this time, these donations are applied to the general operating fund

Donor

Donations in excess of $100. Your contribution is acknowledged in the next issue of the NewsJournal. These donations are also applied to the general operating fund unless otherwise directed to the SERF.

Benefactor

Annual donations of $1,000 or more. A Benefactor may assign the donation to the general operating fund, outreach programs, general research or a specific research project as they are announced. Patrons may be listed in association with the assigned service or project, depending on arrangements with the Board of Directors. Potential Patrons should contact the ATransC to discuss the contribution and your vision. With your permission, your name will be listed on a web page listing major supporters of the Association.

Patron

Annual donations of $5,000 or more. A Benefactor may assign the donation to the general operating fund, outreach programs, general research or a specific research project as they are announced. Patrons may be listed in association with the assigned service or project, depending on arrangements with the Board of Directors. Potential Patrons should contact the ATransC to discuss the contribution and your vision. With your permission, your name will be listed on a web page listing major supporters of the Association.

Corporate Sponsorship

The ATransC can accept single-event or long-term support from business. Corporate support will be acknowledged in the NewsJournal, in association with the service or project and on a "Sponsors" website. Potential sponsors should contact the ATransC to discuss sponsorship and vision of the corporation.

The Sarah Estep Research Fund

Research

In honor of Sarah Estep's service to the world of EVP/ITC, and her strong support of both technological and human discovery, the ATransC has established the Sarah Estep Research Fund.

All public support directed to the fund will be used to promote transcommunication research. 

Methods for Payment

Check

Association TransCommunication
PO Box 13111
Reno, NV 89507

PayPal

Planned Giving

The ATransC is able to receive donations via a number of institutionally managed plans, including (click on the name to see how they work):

Bequest

Charitable Trust

Real Estate

Securities

 

About Donating to the Association TransCommunication

Many visitors to this website have expressed the belief that the study of transcommunication and survival of personality is perhaps the most important areas of research before humankind today. What can be more significant than proof that we are not simply physical beings and that there is a conscious part of us that survives so-called death?  Trans-etheric phenomena are evidence of this fact and begs for more funded research.

 

Countless ATransC members have been assisted through the grief of the loss of a loved one by contact with their discarnate loved ones. More grief counselors are realizing that the old way of dealing with grief—get over the death and get on with your life—takes years and has limited success. Today a new generation of therapists suggests that patients who maintain their bond with the deceased are better adjusted throughout the grieving process. Transcommunication offers a different but continued relationship with the deceased, and helps people to heal by helping them realize that their loved ones are okay and still alive.

 

We are seeing a gradual evolution in the study of trans-etheric phenomena with the advent of a few academically trained researchers and even a few modest research grants. Your donations can help fund more research and grants in this important and as yet still overlooked field and can help bring research-based knowledge of these phenomena to the public. The Association TransCommunication has already funded some research, and as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational corporation, the Association is able to accept tax deductible donations dedicated to further research. Following then, are the current and planned categories for donations.

 

General Operating Fund

Research, service to members and education of the public is limited by the amount of time the Directors and volunteers are able to dedicate to the daily operation of the Association TransCommunication. The Association is at a threshold now, in that to serve more members, it will be necessary to hire an office management firm, as have most similar organizations trying to support a complex field such as the study of transcommunication.

 

Outreach Programs

As you can see here, the 2006 conference included some of the most important researchers in this field from around the world, yet the ATransC did not quite break even and a future conference promises to be even more costly. With sufficient funds, the Association will be able to continue sponsoring conferences designed to offer the public the latest information on the subject as well as foster collaboration amongst researchers from around the world. The association would also like to conduct other forms of outreach, such as sponsoring gatherings of academically trained scientists from adjacent fields of research who are certain to have an important role to play in the study of these phenomena. Such gatherings would help develop a roadmap for future research.

 

The Association would like to provide information tables at other gatherings, such as those of Forever Family Foundation, Compassionate Friends, the International Association for Near-Death Studies and others which would provide “how to” information and report on the use of transcommunication for grief management. The ATransC does not currently have the financial resources to give this service the attention it deserves.

 

General Research

Currently Recognized Targeted Research: Existing research, such as the 4Cell EVP Demonstration, the Online Listening Experiment, work conducted by Alexander MacRae, the Italian Il Laboratorio and the Real-time EVP study funded by the ATransC indicates the need for further research in specific areas, such as how people hear EVP differently than the biologically spoken voice, replication tests for meditation artifacts reported by Il Laboratorio et al. and techniques to safely document total darkness materialization physical phenomena.

 

Future Targeted Research: The ATransC is seeking ways to foster a culture of collaboration and well-considered study in what can only be referred to as a "frontier field of study." Best practices or “state of the art” knowledge about these phenomena, and that promise to produce specific experience-based and research-based questions that are to become targets for directed research. The ATransC will function as a sponsor and umbrella organization, but researchers from around the world are being invited to participate.

 

Donate with Assurance

The Association is in its 28th year now, and the necessary organizational structure is in place to assure its continuity beyond the ability of individuals to serve. This means that major sponsors and donors will have the necessary oversight to know that their support has been applied where it is intended. The Association is also in an excellent position to manage grants and assure proper reporting of subsequent research. With this promise to you, The Association TransCommunication is seeking cash donations, donations via long-term funding tools as described below and corporate sponsorship.

 

Planned Giving

ATransC is able to receive donations via a number of institutionally managed plans, including (click on the name to see how they work):

Bequest

Charitable Trust

Real Estate

Securities

These methods for donating are intended to provide long-term support for ATransC and to fund major projects. The Board of Directors will need to evaluate donations. Please speak with your financial advisor before deciding to use one of these strategies.

 

Please contact the Directors or by postal service at the address above.

 

How Bequests Work

  • You can provide now for a future gift to the ATransC by having a bequest provision in your will or revocable trust.

  • Your will or trust directs assets to your heirs.

  • Your will or trust directs a bequest to the ATransC for the purpose you specify.

Benefits

  • Your assets remain in your control during your lifetime.

  • You can modify your bequest if your circumstances change.

  • You can direct your bequest to a particular purpose.

  • You can have the satisfaction now of knowing that your bequest will support the ATransC in the way you intended when you are gone.

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How Charitable Trusts works

  • An account is established with a financial institution in the name of the ATransC.

  • You transfer cash or securities to that account.

  • The ATransC pays you, via the financial institution, fixed payments for life.

  • The principal passes to the ATransC when the contract ends.

Benefits

  • You receive an immediate income tax deduction for a portion of your gift.

  • Your annuity payments are guaranteed for life, backed by the reserve of your original contribution.

  • Your annuity payments may be treated as part ordinary income, part capital gains income and part tax-free income, depending on the assets used to fund the annuity.

  • You can have the satisfaction of making a significant gift that benefits you now and the Association later.

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Giving Real Estate

Real estate can be among the most advantageous contribution vehicles for a donor. Personal residences, rental or commercial property, farms and ranches, and undeveloped land are among the possibilities for a contribution of this nature.

  • You can give property to the ATransC and avoid capital gains taxes on the appreciation.

  • At the same time, you can claim the full fair market value of the property as a charitable tax deduction.

  • You may also qualify for estate tax benefits.

The ATransC can accept real estate through a Planned Giving arrangement, which would be managed by a third party.

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Contributions of Securities

By making a contribution of highly appreciated stock to the ATransC, you can claim a tax deduction for the fair market value of the stock and not pay capital gains tax on the appreciated value.

If you need your appreciated securities to generate income, but would still like to receive the tax advantages of a charitable gift and support the ATransC, you might consider contributing securities through a Planned Giving arrangement.

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Planned giving explanations are based on those provided by the SETI Institute.

 

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