Alcor claims on their brochure that membership dues “may be” tax-deductible. It’s not clear to me how they concluded that. Somebody should probably ask them.
Sometimes membership dues can be deductable with a nonprofit but normally not in exchange for a service. For example, you could likely deduct ACLU membership dues. But they’re not requiring membership in exchange for a service. I’d find the Alcor deduction much more questionable given that the only folks who get memberships are the ones who are being cryopreserved.
Alcor claims on their brochure that membership dues “may be” tax-deductible. It’s not clear to me how they concluded that. Somebody should probably ask them.
Sometimes membership dues can be deductable with a nonprofit but normally not in exchange for a service. For example, you could likely deduct ACLU membership dues. But they’re not requiring membership in exchange for a service. I’d find the Alcor deduction much more questionable given that the only folks who get memberships are the ones who are being cryopreserved.