Donate
Your Gift Goes to Work
Every gift to The Children’s Home helps advance our Mission, strengthen our community and create moments of connection that change what’s possible for children and families. Choose the giving option that’s right for you.
Cash Donations
A one-time or recurring financial gift to provide immediate support. Please complete the “donate” information below and follow the link.
In-Kind/Hard Goods Donation
Donate new or gently used items that directly support our programs and families. Please contact us before donating to confirm current needs.
Planned Giving
Create a lasting legacy by including The Children’s Home in your will, trust, retirement distribution, life income, appreciated stock, real estate, or other estate plans. Contact us to learn more.
Endowment Gifts
Invest in our future by making a gift to our endowment, helping ensure long-term sustainability and impact. Contact us to learn more.
Your support means more families stay together. More children find permanent, loving homes. More young people grow up with someone in their corner. Your gift matters.
Thank you for being part of this work.
Cash Donations
You can support the work and long-term mission of the Children’s Home in a wide variety of ways, but monetary gifts are the easiest kind to make. Gifts of cash are tax deductible. Designated or named gifts may be made with a gift of $10,000 or more.
More Ways to Donate
Appreciated Stock
It makes sense to give a gift of appreciated stock, which you have held for more than one year, because it generally offers substantial tax savings. If you donate the stock to the Children’s Home, you may avoid having to pay capital gains tax.
Retirement Benefits
You may make a gift to the Children’s Home of retirement benefits, thus removing your retirement plan assets from your estate potentially avoiding some taxes.
Wills and Bequests
You may wish to include a bequest to the Children’s Home in your will. Your bequest may be tax-deductible. Changing a will can be simple and inexpensive.
Real Estate
A gift to the Children’s Home of real property can offer tax saving. If you make a gift of the property, you may receive a charitable deduction for the full fair market value of the property, and you may also avoid having to pay capital gains tax.
Wish List Items
We regret that we are not always able to accept donations of used clothing, used furniture and used household items. If you wish to make a donation of gently used items you no longer have a use for, please call first.
We can also use new items, such as books, stationery and personal care items. Give us a call and we would be happy to help you. See our Wish List for specific items.
Life Insurance
You may make a gift of life insurance to the Children’s Home that provides you with a significant tax deduction. This can be done by purchasing a new policy or by donating a policy that you currently own, but no longer need.
For more information, contact mtatich@chowc.org
Become a Sponsor
The Children’s Home would be pleased to sit down with you and share our upcoming events and sponsorships! Interested in learning more? Contact Margaret Tatich at mtatich@chowc.org.
The Endowment Fund
The Children’s Home has been there for children and families for over 100 years. We invite you to help us continue that tradition and become an investor, helping us provide a future of promise for hundreds of children and families.
Donations to the Children’s Home Endowment Fund:
- Support innovative programs and their development to respond to emerging needs.
- Diversify the Children’s Home funding mix.
- Secure the long-term future of the Children’s Home.
Your Gift is Welcome at Any Time!
Many donors view an annual gift as part of an overall strategy for reducing taxable income.
You may also wish to give a “planned gift,” as part of your estate or as part of your long-term financial strategies. Donors to the Endowment Fund can be specially recognized in a number of ways. Recognition of your gift(s) will be done in the manner with which you are comfortable.
Who Manages the
Endowment Fund?
A professional management team manages our portfolio of investments and is given oversight by the Finance Committee of the Board of Directors. The manner in which the agency invests and employs its endowment is also examined as part of the annual audit. A copy of our annual audit is available upon request.
