Donations – Dorothys Place

Home is the Key

The answer to chronic homelessness? Four walls and a door that locks.

GIVE TODAY
Unlock a better tomorrow.

Interim Housing Project

Short-term housing for long-term solutions.
Interim housing can pop up in something as simple as empty parking lots. And they work–74% of residents in temporary housing programs moved into permanent housing and self-sustaining futures.

So let’s bring the solution to Monterey County. With your help, we can build a community for 44 people in the lot across the street from our current site. All for a fraction of the price of a permanent build.

We have the need, we have the space, we have the hope. Now we just need you.
Give today, unlock a better tomorrow.

Interested in making a significant investment to end encampment life for thousands of unsheltered people?

Inquire here

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Your Donation Matters

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.

Your financial support kickstarted our street medicine outreach!
Join us again and change lives through our Interim Housing Project.

FreeWill Giving

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.

Cryptocurrency Donations

Donating cryptocurrency to Dorothy’s Place is a new, tax-efficient way to give.

Dorothy's Wishlist

Those experiencing homelessness are also often in need of basic necessities. If you’d like to donate in other ways, we’re always in need of cold weather gear, clothes, hygiene products and mens and ladies underwear and socks.

Check out our Amazon list for a full list of things in need.

Donor’s Gift Acceptance Policy

Although donating online through our website is secure, we still continue to accept physical donations via mail at the following address:

Dorothy’s Place
PO Box 2027
Salinas, CA 93902-2027

Donor Organizations

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