Where the money goes

Money given in Tally's name goes into rooms, people, and hours.

The people who lead the groups are paid properly for their work. Nobody is paid to run the charity, and nothing goes to fundraising commission or to a building we do not yet own. This page is our plan for every shekel, written before the money arrives, so you can hold us to it afterward.

How to give

By card or Bit in Israel, or from abroad by card or PayPal, through the Ne’eman Foundation. A promise to give later is welcome too, and it is not a contract.

Read this first

Mercaz Tally is in its first year. What follows is a spending plan, not yet a record of spending. The first audited account of where the money actually went will be published in January 2027, on this page, whether or not the numbers flatter us.

How each shekel is divided

Our target split for the first year.

75%

Delivering the programs

Fees for licensed therapists and trained facilitators, the rooms we rent by the hour, and the materials a group needs: flour, seeds, notebooks, prints. This is the part that becomes an actual afternoon in an actual room with an actual person.

PRACTITIONER FEES · ROOM HIRE · MATERIALS · TRANSPORT TO OUTDOOR SESSIONS

15%

Funded places

Every group keeps at least one place that nobody pays for. Somebody asks quietly, we say yes quietly, and nothing else about their participation changes. This is the line we protect first when money is tight.

AT LEAST ONE PLACE IN EVERY GROUP · NO MEANS TEST · NO PAPERWORK

10%

Keeping the amuta lawful

Bookkeeping and the annual audit an Israeli amuta is required to file, liability insurance, the registrar's fees, and the cost of this website. Unglamorous, and the reason we are allowed to operate at all.

AUDIT & BOOKKEEPING · INSURANCE · REGISTRAR FEES · WEBSITE

What we do not spend on

Four things your donation will never pay for.

A salary for running the charity

Therapists and facilitators are paid a fee for the sessions they lead. That is the 75% above, and we will not underpay them. What nobody draws is a salary for administering Mercaz Tally, the founder included. If that changes, the board decides it and we publish the role and the amount here first.

Commission fundraisers

Nobody is paid a percentage of what they raise for us. No street canvassers, no telephone rooms, no commission-based agencies.

Advertising the charity

Word of mouth, community noticeboards, and this website. We would rather run one more group than buy attention.

Anything Tally would have rolled her eyes at

Gala dinners, branded merchandise, a launch event. The test is whether it puts a person in a room with help.

What a gift funds

Amounts in multiples of chai.

We will not invent a number to make a gift sound bigger than it is. Once our workshop costs are final we will publish what each amount buys.

18 NIS

180 NIS

360 NIS

540 NIS

Amounts in multiples of chai (18). We currently have no way to issue Israeli tax receipts. The Section 46 application will only be submitted in January 2027, and the approval process takes time. Once approval is granted, we will be able to issue receipts.

Giving from IsraelYou can give by card, once or every month, or by Bit, on our secure payment page with Nedarim Plus. The gift goes to the amutah’s own account, and you get an ordinary receipt, not a tax receipt.Give by card or BitEvery gift, from the first one, goes to the plan on this page and nowhere else. We cannot issue Israeli tax receipts yet. How to give.

Giving from abroadYou can give by card or PayPal, once or every month, in dollars, pounds, euros and other currencies, through the Ne’eman Foundation. Ne’eman is a US 501(c)(3) charity that passes gifts on to Israeli amutot. If you pay US taxes, Ne’eman’s receipt is tax-deductible. The deduction is for US taxes only.Give through Ne’emanOther ways to give through Ne’eman, including check and wire transfer.

Tally's Haven is a later chapter.

The long-term dream is a piece of land outside Bet Shemesh where the nature work has a home. It is a real intention and it is years away. We are not raising money for it.

Someone tending the beds at dusk, Bet Shemesh lit behind

Accountability

We would rather show you the gaps than hide them.

We are young. This is exactly where we stand today, and what we will publish the moment it becomes true.

Registered amutareg. 580833994

Volunteer board & audit committeein place

Section 46 tax statusapplication submitted January 2027

Annual account of fundsfirst report Jan 2027

Administrative salariesnone · practitioners paid per session

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The ask

You have seen where it goes.
Now I am asking you to give it.

A gift of any size, from the first one, is what tells me whether we can start.