No. The ETV Endowment will not sell, rent, barter, share or give its membership donor list to any other entity or individual. See our donor privacy policy.
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All contributions are tax deductible to the extent that they exceed the fair market value of any thank-you gift received, as allowed by the IRS. Your receipt will indicate the amount of your tax-deductible contribution.
Your first renewal notice will be mailed three months before your membership lapses, unless you are a Sustaining Star, in which case your membership never lapses!
You can double or even triple your contribution to the ETV Endowment if your company has a matching gifts program. View the complete list or type in your company's name on our donation form to see if it is a partner.
If you're mailing a donation, please obtain a matching gift form from your personnel office, complete your portion and mail it with your donation to this address:
ETV Endowment of South Carolina
401 E. Kennedy Street
Suite B-1
Spartanburg, SC 29302
Even if your company doesn’t offer matching gifts yet, you can still help make it happen!
Email us to let us know, and we’ll take it from there — including reaching out to your employer to explore the possibility of a matching gift program.
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Your gift will be sent within four to six weeks of your donation. If demand for a particular item is very high, we may need to reorder or substitute a similar gift. If you have not received your gift after six weeks, please contact our office to check the status.
If you choose to give as a Sustaining Star, your thank-you gift will be ordered after your second donation is received. Please allow four to six weeks after that time for delivery.
Yes! Please give us six weeks' notice and be sure to identify your new and old mailing addresses in your correspondence. You may call 877-253-2092, email us or log in to our Member Portal to change your address.
If you are receiving duplicate mailings, email us or call 877-253-2092.
The ETV Endowment of SC does not sell, rent, barter, share or exchange its mailing list so your name will only be used for ETV Endowment membership purposes. However, if you wish to have your name removed from our mailing list, email us or call 877-253-2092.
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SCETV Passport is a member benefit, which provides ETV Endowment members extended on-demand access to a rich library of quality television programming online and via mobile devices. This is one of many benefits that the ETV Endowment provides its members along with the SCENE program guide and the ETV Endowment MemberCard.
As more and more people watch television content on-demand as well as on computers and digital devices, SCETV Passport gives ETV Endowment members another way to enjoy extended access to PBS and SCETV content on platforms, including computers, smartphones and tablets.
PBS and SCETV programs will continue to be available for free for a limited time on various digital platforms, including SCETV.org, PBS.org, the SCETV mobile app, the PBS mobile app and PBS channels on Roku, Apple TV and other streaming services. SCETV Passport provides extended access to a rich library of programming for ETV Endowment members to enjoy.
Certain programs, including those for children, news and public affairs, will always be accessible to everyone.
All broadcast programs remain available to all viewers on air per our broadcast schedule and will remain online and on mobile for at least two weeks. In some cases, they may even be available for a longer time period.
SCETV Passport works on a variety of devices and a variety of platforms, from Amazon and Apple TV to Chromecast and beyond. Explore support solutions to get the answers you need to access your favorite programs.
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Type plus.scetv.org in your browser's search bar, then hit enter. When the homepage has loaded, click the yellow "Sign In" button in the upper right-hand corner. A new page will load prompting you to "Sign in or create a free account." Click the "Create a PBS Account" button. Enter your first and last name, your email address, and a strong password of at least 8 characters (it should include both letters and numbers). Once you've created the account, use your email and password to sign in to SCETV+.
To sign in to your SCETV+ account, click the yellow "Sign In" button in the top right-hand corner, then enter your username and password.
There are five different tabs in the center of the navigation bar, plus a search tool:
- Featured - Trending content curated by the SCETV+ team, or the latest episodes from your favorite programs. Click on the hover-activated thumbnail image to view your program of choice.
- Series - SCETV+'s selection of fiction and nonfiction TV content. Filter by subject matter or by alphabetical order using the dropdown menu at right (the one whose default view reads "All Shows A-Z").
- Movies - SCETV+'s selection of fiction and nonfiction movie content. Filter by subject matter or by alphabetical order using the dropdown menu at right (the one whose default view reads "All Shows A-Z").
- Live - Live feed of content currently being broadcast by your local station. You may need to enable location services on your device or browser. For more information, visit our livestreaming FAQ.
- My List - Save shows and movies to your watchlist by pressing the plus "+ Add to my list" button on the program detail page. Filter content from your list using the dropdown menu at right (the one whose default view reads "My shows").
- Search - Search for the name of a particular series or movie.
Above that navigation bar, there are additional links of interest for SCETV+ users. These include:
- SCETV Home - A link to SCETV's homepage.
- TV Schedule - A comprehensive, routinely updated list of programs screening with SCETV.
- SC Government Livestreams - Live footage of state government proceedings, including senate and house sessions, committee meetings, and more.
- Contact Us - Information about how to get in touch with the SCETV team should you need our assistance.
No, the new SCETV+ app will use the same login as your Passport app.
- Go to the Amazon Fire TV Home screen by selecting the Home button on your remote. Then select the Search icon (magnifying glass) on the left side of the screen and search for SCETV+.
- Click on the SCETV+ App.
- Click Download.
- Wait for the app to install.
- On your Apple TV home screen locate the App Store. This will appear as a blue square with a white, stylized “A” made from a pencil, a ruler, and a paintbrush.
- Select the Magnifying Glass button to Search. It will appear in the upper right-hand corner.
- Using the onscreen keyboard, enter SCETV+. Press the blue search button to complete the search.
- Select the SCETV+ app from the list of results.
- Select "Get" to begin downloading the app.
- Once the app has successfully downloaded, select the "Open" button.
- You will now be redirected into the SCETV+ app. The SCETV+ app icon has also been added to your device. In the future, when you wish to use the SCETV+ app, you can simply locate it amongst the other apps on your home screen and click it to open the app.
- On the left side of the screen, locate the magnifying glass. This will bring up the search function.
- Using the onscreen keyboard, type in SCETV+.
- Under the section labeled “Apps and Games” you will see the SCETV+ app.
- Click on the app and you will be taken to install screen. Click on the Install button and the app will begin to download.
- The SCETV+ app will be added to the end of your list of apps.
- To move the SCETV+ app towards the left (beginning of your app list), navigate to the SCETV+ app using the right directional pad on your remote. Press and hold on the SCETV+ app the center button until arrows appear on the left and right sides of the app. Pressing left on your directional pad on your remote will move the app to front (beginning of your app list). Press the back button or arrow pointing to the left to resume normal usage of your TV.
- On your Roku home screen, select Streaming Store. Depending on your Roku device, this option may instead appear as Channel Store.
- Select the Search option, then use the onscreen keyboard to search for SCETV+.
- Select the SCETV+ app from the list of results.
- Select Add Channel to begin downloading the app.
- Once the app has successfully downloaded, select OK. Select the Go to Channel option, or go back to the home screen of the Roku, and click on the SCETV+ icon that appears there when you are ready to sign in.
- Go to your Smart TV's Home menu by selecting the Home button on your remote.
- Using your remote's arrow buttons, highlight the Apps option on the bottom row your Samsung Smart TV's Home screen. Select the Apps option.
- If you have a newer Samsung TV model, your Samsung Smart Hub may show on the icons on the side instead of the bottom.
- If so select the magnifying glass icon on the left to search the Samsung Smart Hub, or select APPS along the middle row to open the apps menu on your smart hub.
- If you selected the apps option, using your remote's arrow buttons again, highlight the magnifying glass icon or search feature within your Smart TV's Apps screen.
- If you instead selected the magnifying glass icon to start with, you will already be on the search screen
- Search Samsung's available offering by typing SCETV+ into the search bar and look for the SCETV+ app.
- Select the SCETV+ app and an option to Install SCETV+ will appear in the center of the screen. Select this option.
- SCETV+ will begin installing to your Samsung Smart TV. When the download completes, you will have the option to Open the app from this screen, and you can also open SCETV+ in the future from your Home menu, where it will be listed with your other apps.
- On the remote control, press the HOME button.
- Select the Google Play store app in the Apps category. (Note: For Android™ 8.0 and some Android 9 models, if the Google Play store is not in the Apps category, select Apps, and then select Google Play store or get more apps. You will then be taken to Google's applications store: Google Play, where you can browse applications and download and install them on your TV.)
- On the Google Play store screen, use the navigation buttons of the TV remote control and select the Search icon. (It looks like a magnifying glass; note: If you do not find the Search icon, press the UP arrow button on the remote control once, then the Search icon will display on the screen.)
- The input field is displayed on the upper side of the screen. Use the microphone on the remote control or the on-screen keyboard on the TV to search for SCETV+.
- Open the Google Play Store on your device.
- Tap Search apps.
- Type SCETV+ into the search box.
- Select SCETV+ from the list of options.
- Select the PBS app from the list to open the app's information screen. Tap Install to begin the installation of the app.
- A circle icon will appear and slowly fill in as the app downloads. This may take a few minutes to complete. Once the app is downloaded, you will see an OPEN option. Click OPEN to open the SCETV+ app.
- You will now be redirected into the SCETV+ app. The SCETV+ app icon has also been added to your device. In the future, when you wish to use the SCETV+ app, you can simply locate it amongst the other apps on your home screen and click it to open the app.
- On your iPhone/iPad home screen locate the App Store. This will appear as a blue square with a white, stylized “A” made from a pencil, a ruler, and a paintbrush.
- Select the Magnifying Glass button to Search. It will appear in the bottom right corner.
- Using the onscreen keyboard, enter SCETV+. Press the blue search button to complete the search.
- Select the SCETV+ app from the list of results.
- Select Get to begin downloading the app. You may need to Double Click to Install depending on your iPhone/iPad model.
- Once the app has successfully downloaded, select the Open button.
- You will now be redirected into the SCETV+ app. The SCETV+ app icon has also been added to your device. In the future, when you wish to use the SCETV+ app, you can simply locate it amongst the other apps on your home screen and click it to open the app.
Many donors find that a Charitable Gift Annuity (CGA) is a good solution if you would like to receive a fixed income for life and make a meaningful contribution in support of programming on SCETV and SC Public Radio. Completing the charitable gift annuity application allows the ETV Endowment of SC to prepare an annuity illustration just for you. The personalized illustration will show the amount of annuity payments you would receive and the tax benefits available to you. The information you provide does not obligate you, in any way, to contribute to a charitable gift annuity.
ETV provides sample bequest language for bequeathing a percentage of your estate, bequeathing a specific amount and bequeathing real property.
If you choose to leave a gift to the ETV Endowment of South Carolina, we would love to know. You can use this form to tell us how you want your gift to be used, how we might acknowledge your gift and the best way to communicate with you. This form is not binding, and you may provide as much or as little information about your gift as you like. Most importantly we’d like to thank you and be sure we honor your gift as you intend it.
The ETV Endowment of South Carolina offers two free guides for estate planning. The Personal Estate Planning Guide is a fillable workbook to help you list and organize you accounts and personal information. We also offer a brochure outlining ways you might support programming through your estate plans. Click here to order either or both of these booklets.
The ETV Endowment is pleased to offer our friends and donors free access to Giving Docs, an online suite of resources that allows you to create an estate plan, durable power of attorney, advanced health care directives and more. You may provide for charities in your plans but are not obliged to do so to use this estate planning toolkit.
Our Legal Name
ETV Endowment of South Carolina, Inc.
Our Address
401 E. Kennedy Street, Suite B-1
Spartanburg, SC 29302
Our Federal Tax-ID
57-0657549
If your property has a high value, you may elect to donate a portion of the equity to the ETV Endowment (falling under a Bargain Sale - IRS Section 170).
When making a donation through your IRA, please mail the donation to the ETV Endowment at the address below:
ETV Endowment
401 East Kennedy Street, Suite B-1
Spartanburg, SC 29302
Crypto philanthropy is a new and exciting fundraising avenue for nonprofit organizations like the ETV Endowment. With more than 220 million users worldwide and the value of many cryptocurrencies rising, the cryptocurrency community is in a position to make a wide-reaching impact through philanthropy. Donating cryptocurrency is also one of the most tax-efficient ways to support programming that matters to you.
The IRA Charitable Rollover allows donors to make “qualified charitable distributions” directly from a retirement plan. Gifts up to $100,000 are excluded from federal income. For couples filing a joint tax return, each spouse can exclude up to $100,000 for a maximum of $200,000 each year.
We currently accept more than 100 cryptocurrencies, including:
- Bitcoin (BTC)
- Ethereum (ETH)
- Aave (AAVE)
- Alchemix (ALCX)
- Amp (AMP)
- Ankr Network (ANKR)
- ApeCOIN (APE)
- API3 (API3)
- Axie Infinity Shards (AXS)
- Audius (AUDIO)
- Balancer (BAL)
- Bancor Network Token (BNT)
- BarnBridge (BOND)
- Basic Attention Token (BAT)
- Bitcoin Cash (BCH)
- ChainLink (LINK)
- Civic (CVC)
- Compound (COMP)
- Curve (CRV)
- Dai (DAI)
- Decentraland (MANA)
- DeFI Pulse Index (DPI)
- Dogecoin (DOGE)
- Dogelon Mars (ELON)
- Enjin Coin (ENJ)
- Ethereum Name Service (ENS)
- Fantom (FTM)
- Fetch AI (FET)
- Filecoin (FIL)
- Gala (GALA)
- Gemini Dollar (GUSD)
- Injective Protocol (INJ)
- Keep3r (KP3R)
- Kyber Network (KNC)
- Lido (LDO)
- Liquity (LQTY)
- Liquity USD (LUSD)
- Litecoin (LTC)
- Livepeer (LPT)
- Loopring (LRC)
- Magic Internet Money (MIM)
- Maker (MKR)
- Maple Finance (MPL)
- Mask Network (MASK)
- Merit Circle (MC)
- Mirror Protocol (MIR)
- Moss Carbon Credit (MCO2)
- Numeraire (NMR)
- Orchid (OXT)
- PAX Gold (PAXG)
- Polygon-ERC20 (MATIC)
- Quant (QNT)
- Radicle Rally (RLY)
- Raydium (RAY)
- Radicle (RAD)
- Ren (REN)
- Render Token (RNDR)
- Saber (SBR)
- Shiba Inu (SHIB)
- Skale (SKL)
- Smooth Love Potion (SLP)
- Solana (SOL)
- Somnium Space (CUBE)
- Spell Token (SPELL)
- Storj (STORJ)
- SushiSwap (SUSHI)
- Synthetix (SNX)
- Tezos (XTZ)
- The Graph (GRT)
- The Sandbox (SAND)
- UMA (UMA)
- Uniswap (UNI)
- USD Coin (USDC)
- Wrapped Centrifuge (wCFG)
- Yearn.Finance (YFI)
- Zcash (ZEC)
- 0x (ZRX)
- 1inch (1INCH)
We are continually in the process of adding support for new cryptocurrencies, so please check back soon for more giving options.
If you don’t see a cryptocurrency you would like to donate in, please fill out this form to be connected with our crypto philanthropy partners at The Giving Block.
You are making a qualified charitable distribution if:
- You are at least 70½ years old at the time the distribution is made.
- The distribution is made from either a Traditional or Roth IRA.
- The distribution is made to a qualified charitable organization, like the ETV Endowment of South Carolina, Inc.
Yes! Cryptocurrency donations are one of the most tax-efficient ways to give to the ETV Endowment. Your donation is tax-deductible to the fullest extent permitted by law if you pay taxes in the U.S. By making a charitable gift, you may also be eligible to reduce what you would otherwise owe in capital gains taxes.
As with any tax-related questions, be sure to consult with a qualified, professional tax advisor who is knowledgeable in cryptocurrency and your specific financial position. Get more information about lowering your cryptocurrency taxes.
Yes. The IRA rollover gift will count towards a donor’s yearly RMD.
Since cryptocurrency donations are immediately converted into U.S. dollars, all donations made via The Giving Block are final. We are not able to give refunds if you change your mind or sent the wrong cryptocurrency.
The Giving Block does not, has not and will never offer any form of cryptocurrency airdrop, goods or services in return for a donation.
- Donors who do not itemize or claim a deduction for their charitable contributions.
- Donors who itemize but are unable to deduct fully their current year contributions.
- Donors who normally use withdrawn funds to make charitable gifts that are not fully deductible.
- Donors who are bumped into a higher tax bracket and phased out of certain deductions and credits once their annual distributions are reported as income.
Yes! Our partner, Giving Property, powered by CARS, has a national real estate auction platform and partners with a national title company so we can quickly vet assets and convert them to cash without the ETV Endowment ever having to own or operate the asset. Also, using the IRS Bargain Sale, the ETV Endowment can accept real estate with mortgage debt and high-value assets with a portion of the equity going to the ETV Endowment and a portion in cash to the donor.
No. Donors receive a financial benefit by being allowed to exclude up to $100,000 of
the charitable distribution from income on the federal return. To allow a charitable deduction would result in a double benefit.
Any type of property that has positive equity, clear title and no environmental issues may be donated. Common property types are land, second homes, rental property, commercial real estate and estates. We do not accept timeshares or mobile homes.
Yes. Although a charitable deduction is not allowed, the entire distribution to the ETV Endowment of South Carolina must meet the same requirements as a fully deductible charitable contribution. As such, no benefits can be received in exchange for the rollover gift. For example, the gift cannot be used to purchase tickets to special events or to fund a life-income arrangement such as a charitable gift annuity.
Most donated properties will be completed within 90 days, and some as quickly as 14 days.
The process is simple. A donor will need to contact his or her plan administrator and request a Qualified Charitable Distribution, or QCD, be made directly to the ETV Endowment of South Carolina, Inc. If the donor first receives the distribution and then makes a gift of the funds, the contribution will not count as a qualified charitable distribution. The donor will have to report the distribution as income. In some cases, the donor may be able to claim a charitable deduction for the amount of the gift.
Another option for making a QCD is through an IRA checkbook, provided by the financial institution. Instead of requesting a transfer from the IRA custodian, the account holder writes a check to the charity from the IRA checkbook.
Real estate donations are based on the full appraised value, not the sale price. Capital gain tax may also be avoided (excluding the mortgaged portion or cash received). The deduction can be carried forward up to five years following the year of sale.
In most cases, you may deduct the difference between the cash received and the fair market value based on an appraisal specifically completed to assess the value based on IRS gift appraisal guidelines. You may not deduct proceeds that were applied to pay off mortgages or back real estate taxes.
Gift must be received by December 31st for donors to realize the full benefits in the current tax year.
Yes, the ETV Endowment will resell the property with its national auction partner and the proceeds of the auction sale will pay off the mortgage balance first, with the remainder going to the ETV Endowment (after normal closing costs such as escrow, title fees, transfer tax, real estate commissions, etc.). Prior to the auction we will determine if the likely value exceeds the mortgage balance and we may have to reject any asset that does not have sufficient equity to result in cash proceeds to the ETV Endowment.
When making a donation through your IRA, please request that your financial institution include your name, address and Member ID with the check that is mailed to the Endowment.