The Rudolf Steiner Archive

We Need Your Help

Our US-based nonprofit, Steiner Online Library, serves a global community that depends on having the works of Rudolf Steiner and other anthroposophical material freely accessible online in both English and German. We are funded solely by our personal savings, donations, resale book sales, and a few small grants. Contrary to common assumptions, we are neither affiliated with nor funded by the Anthroposophical Society or the Rudolf Steiner Archiv in Dornach. If you value our service and would like to see it continue, please consider making a financial contribution to our work.

There are many ways to support us.

• Subscribe Online
• Donate by Mail
• Donate & Buy Books
• Sell anything on eBay
• Donate Your Required IRA Distribution
• Contribute Goods or Services
• Give Through a Will or Estate Plan
• Memorials and Tribute Gifts

Your gifts to Steiner Online Library, the nonprofit supporting the Rudolf Steiner Archive, are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

US Federal Tax ID 85-2621701

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Subscribe & Donate Online

Donate through Our Bookstore (non-PayPal) Option

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Recurring Subscription

Schedule monthly or annual subscription payments here or by adding Steiner Online Library as a payee in your bank payment system. The Rudolf Steiner Archive is a "pay what you can" service rather than a set fee. Even one dollar per month from each visitor would ensure our sustainability for a long time to come.

Avoid Domestic and International Transaction Fees & Anonymous Donations

Give through PayPal's Donor Advised Fund. No transaction fees are deducted from your donation so we receive 100% of your gift.

Donate by Mail

Mail a check made out to Steiner Online Library to the following address. To make a recurring monthly donation through your bank, simply add us as a Payee in your bank payment system.

Mailing Address:

Steiner Online Library
PO Box 42
Interlochen, MI 49643 USA

Donate Books

Donate your extra anthroposophical books and we will find them a good home. We will post what we can online, retain our best copy and sell duplicates through our online used bookstore. You get a donation receipt for tax purposes and help us fund the Rudolf Steiner Archive. Consider donating books now or add them to your will and estate plan as indicated below. Learn More →

Buy Books

Shop the Rudolf Steiner Archive Bookshop for anthroposophical, esoteric, and other books donated to Steiner Online Library. Proceeds fund our work on the Rudolf Steiner Archive. Your purchases will help us develop the website further, add new content, generate new translations, and share this work to researchers around the world. Plus, you will help ensure these important books don't end up in a landfill somewhere when people pass on.

Sell anything on eBay

List items for sale on eBay and designate the proceeds to go to the nonprofit of the Rudolf Steiner Archive. It's a great way to support our work!

Donate Your Required IRA Distribution

If you are 70 ½ or older and own an IRA, you may make a direct transfer of all or part of your annual required minimum distribution (RMD) obligation to benefit the Rudolf Steiner Archive without including the withdrawal in your adjusted gross income. A qualified charitable distribution (QCD) from your IRA to Steiner Online Library is a tax-efficient way of making a donation.

In-kind Donations

We welcome non-monetary donations of goods and services from individuals, companies, and other nonprofits.

• Bookeye book scanner (new or used) to digitize texts while ensuring the spine is not damaged
• Property to house our expanding library, office, and staff (or other real estate). Eliminate capital gains tax due from a sale of property by donating a personal residence, vacation home, timeshare property, farm, commercial property, or undeveloped land.
• Securities or mutual funds. Reduce or even eliminate federal capital gains taxes on the transfer and receive a federal income tax charitable deduction based on the fair market value of the gift at the time of the transfer.
• and of course... anthroposophical books (new or used).

Give Through a Will or Estate Plan

Contact us for additional information on bequests or to discuss different options for including Steiner Online Library in your will or estate plan. Seek the advice of your financial or legal advisor. Here is the information you will need for your gift:

Wills and Living Trusts

In as little as one sentence you can complete your gift to the Steiner Online Library and ensure your lasting legacy.

I give, devise, and bequeath to Steiner Online Library, a Michigan nonprofit corporation with Federal Tax ID Number 85-2621701 (a) the sum of $___________ in cash or in-kind or (b) ______% of my estate or (c) property described herein as ______________ to be used for the benefit of Steiner Online Library as the institution may determine.

Personal Property

Donate Steiner-related materials (books, journals, etc.) and other tangible personal property to ensure your collection is put to good use.

Retirement Plan Assets

Money in an employee retirement plan, IRA or tax-sheltered annuity has yet to be taxed. While your loved ones would owe federal income tax as a beneficiary, Steiner Online Library is a tax-exempt nonprofit and will receive the full amount of what you designate to us from your plan.

Beneficiary Designations

Name Steiner Online Library as the beneficiary of the entire account or a percentage of the account.

1. Bank or Brokerage accounts
2. IRAs and retirement plans
3. Life insurance policies
4. Commercial annuities
5. Donor Advised Funds

Insurance

A gift of life insurance is one of the most efficient ways to make a major gift to Steiner Online Library. The simplest way to donate insurance is to designate the SOL as a beneficiary of your life insurance policy. You can also arrange to donate a whole life insurance policy to SOL. By donating your policy, you will yield a current income tax donation and reduce your overall taxable estate.

Securities

When you give appreciated securities or mutual funds you can reduce or even eliminate federal capital gains taxes on the transfer. You may also be entitled to a federal income tax charitable deduction based on the fair market value of the securities at the time of the transfer.

Real Estate

Want to make a big gift to Steiner Online Library without touching your bank account? Eliminate capital gains tax due from a sale by donating real estate such as a personal residence, vacation home, timeshare property, farm, commercial property, or undeveloped land.

Retained Life Estate Gift. Donate your land or other real estate to help SOL in the future, and keep enjoying it now. By donating your home, farm or other land to SOL via a retained life estate, you continue to live on the property for life. Donors do not pay rent but remain responsible for taxes and maintenance. When your life estate ends, SOL assumes full control of the property. Life estate gifts may provide immediate income tax benefits based on the difference between your property’s current fair market value and the value of the life tenancy you retain.

Facility Needed: We are also seeking a building to house our expanding inventory, library and its caretakers. If you have suggestions of available spaces or would like to help us acquire a property, please contact us.

Donor Advised Funds

Like a charitable savings account, a DAF gives you the flexibility to recommend how much and how often money is granted to Steiner Online Library and other qualified charities.

Memorials and Tribute Gifts

Make a gift to Steiner Online Library in a friend or relative's name. Not only will your dear one's legacy live on thanks to the gift, but the donor also receives a federal income tax charitable deduction on itemized taxes.