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Interested in making a significant investment to end encampment life for thousands of unsheltered people?
Investment Donation Inquiry
At Dorothy’s Place, every bit helps. We are always accepting donations to fund a variety of services and programs to help our friends in need. From meals served, to coordinated healthcare and the consumer’s individualized path to housing, to basic needs like showers and mail services, your donation can help change real lives of real people. Thanks to your help, our four core programs are able to provide comprehensive services and trauma-informed care to those experiencing the injustice of poverty and homelessness.
Looking for other ways to give? Great! We’ve partnered with FreeWill, an organization that makes it easier for supporters to give in different ways – for free. Thanks to FreeWill, you can invest in Dorothy’s Place, or any other organization you desire, through gifts of cash, bequests, stock, and tax-smart options. You can actually create a legally-binding California will or trust for free, our gift to you as a supporter of Dorothy’s Place. You can also designate donations from your DAF or IRA.
Consider these smart giving options:
Wills and Trusts
Making a legacy gift through a will or trust is quickly becoming one of the most popular ways to give back. And all it costs is your signature. Although this service is available to everyone, once your family and friends are provided for, we hope you consider making Dorothy’s Place a part of your life story.
Have you already included a gift in your will or trust? Please fill out this form to let us know! We would love to thank you for your generosity.
Stocks
You can also support Dorothy’s Place through appreciated assets. When you give appreciated stocks directly to charity, your gift can be up to 20% larger because you avoid the taxes you would incur from selling and donating the cash. And, donating stocks, bonds, or other appreciated assets may allow you to avoid capital gains taxes and claim a tax deduction.
Qualified Charitable Distribution
If you are 70 ½ years or older, you can donate up to $100,000 annually from your IRA without having to include the distribution in your taxable income. For donors 73 and older, a QCD can count towards your Required Minimum Distribution, making it one of the best ways to support Dorothy’s Place.
Donor Advised-Fund
This is a flexible and easy way to give to your favorite charities, while also potentially earning tax benefits. From there you can donate to it as much and as frequently as you’d like. You can also consider granting Dorothy’s Place from your donor-advised fund. FreeWill allows you to skip the paperwork by giving you an online connection to your donor-advised fund.
Donating cryptocurrency to Dorothy’s Place is a new, tax-efficient way to give.
Thank you to our sponsors for making Dorothy’s Place a possibility:
Blazer Wilkinson
Brent Redmond Transportation
Central California Alliance for Health
Clubs of Rotary District
Coastal Roots Hospitality
Costco Wholesale
D’Arrigo Brothers
DHCS
Foods Co.
Foxy Organic
Girl Scouts of California’s Central Coast
Grocery Outlet
Interfaith Outreach of Carmel
Madonna del Sasso Church
Mann’s Packaging
Monterey Center for Spiritual Living
Monterey Peninsula Foundation
Nancy Eccles and Homer M. Hayward Family Foundation
National Charity League
Nob Hill Foods
Order of Malta Western Association
Pacific International Marketing
Ramco Enterprises
Safeway
Salinas Valley Community Church
Starbucks Coffee
Tanimura & Antle
Taylor Farms
Temple Beth El Sisterhood
The Enersen Foundation
United Way Monterey County
Star Market
Acme Coffee Roasting Co.
Speckles Memorial District
Yellow Brick Road Benefit Shop