Ways to Give
Hinchee Homes is grateful for the generosity of friends, foundations and businesses. There are a number of ways you can provide support for our programs and help enhance the quality of life of our residents.
Hinchee's Annual Fund
Our nonprofit organization relies on government funding from the State of California, but due to budget cuts many health care programs are being terminated and or discontinued.
The cost of providing a high quality of care to our residents 365 days a year, 24 hours a day, exceeds our needed income each month.
Your donation or in-kind contribution is essential to Hinchee Homes in order to maintain high quality of care for our residents. With your generous support, our clients can live well, despite their challenges.
Below are funds you can contribute all year round:
Facility Maintenance Fund - The Facility Maintenance Fund provides for our critical infrastructure needs to keep Milton House and Jessica House safe, functioning homes for our residents.
Wellness Fund - The Wellness Fund provides for the medical, dental, and psychological services which are not covered by state payments.
Nutrition & Social Fund - The Nutrition Fund provides enhancements to our residents' recreational and dining experiences.
Staff Fund - The Staff Fund helps us retain, attract and train quality direct care staff to enrich the loving care in our facilities.
General Fund - Unrestricted donations allow us to use donated funds where they are most needed. They help us cover shortfalls in other funds and address unexpected needs which arise throughout the year.
Planned Giving
Helps us maintain The Hinchee Foundation spirit and powerful legacy. With your planned gift to the Foundation you can enhance our residents programs for the developmentally disabled.
Supporters who include Hinchee Foundation in their wills, trusts, or other planned financial giving become Hinchee's For Tomorrow and will receive special recognition and invitation to special events.
Consult with your tax advisor, financial advisor or estate planning attorney for additional information to determine which of these types of gifts may be suitable to your situation.
Planned Giving options include:
* Bequest - Many of our supporters name the Hinchee Foundation as beneficiary in their will in order to make a lasting impact. A bequest is a written statement in your will that specific assets, a set dollar amount, or a percentage of the whole state's value will be given to the Foundation. By creating or amending your will to name the Hinchee Foundation you get the satisfaction of knowing you will significantly benefit the Foundations work, and you can continue to use and enjoy your assets during your lifetime.
* Life Insurance Gift - You can choose to name the Foundation as a beneficiary to receive all or a portion of your life insurance policy proceeds. If you name the Foundation as the owner and beneficiary of the policy during your lifetime, you may be entitled to a charitable income tax deduction equal to the current value of the policy at the time of the gift, as well as charitable income tax deduction for any future premiums you pay on the policy.
* Stock Gift - You can choose to donate appreciated securities (stocks, bonds, mutual funds) to the Foundation. In most cases this donation will entitle you to a deduction for the full value of the security, avoiding capital gains taxes on the appreciation.
* Charitable Remainder Trusts - You may establish and transfer cash or other property to a charitable remainder trust. A charitable remainder trust pays a fixed amount or percentage from the trust each year to you or another individual as income for life or for a term of years. Upon the death of the life beneficiary or expiration of the term of years, the remaining trust assets would be distributed to the Foundation as provided under the trust agreement. A charitable remainder trust offers you and your heirs significant financial advantages, including a tax deduction when you establish the trust, ability to convert appreciated assets into higher-income producing assets without capital gains tax, and federal estate tax savings.
* Individual Retirement Accounts - If you are over age 70 1/2, you may cause a portion of your IRA (up to a maximum of $100,000) to be paid directly to the Foundation in 2011 without incurring federal income tax on the IRA distribution. You may also designate the Foundation as the beneficiary to receive all or a portion of your IRA upon your death.
Monthly Giving
You can consistently and conveniently support the Foundation's work through our Sustainer Program by designating a monthly gift made automatically through your credit card. Set up quickly once, the monthly gift is then hassle-free and can fit easily into your budget, while over time it provides the Foundation a stable, reliable and significant source of funding upon which to plan and expand our programs. You can increase, decrease or suspend your monthly gift at any time.
Matching Gifts
Matching gift programs are a great way to get your employer involved with the work of the Foundation. Many companies will match your contribution dollar for dollar and some will double, even triple, your donation. If you have questions about your company's matching gift program, please contact your human resources office.
Once you have determined that your company matches donations made to the Hinchee Foundation, obtain the appropriate form from your human resources office, complete the entire donor portion of the form, and send it with your gift (or a copy of your gift receipt if you donated on-line) to the Hinchee Foundation
Corporate Sponsorship
The Foundation is proud to work with its generous corporate sponsors. Let us propose a partnership with your company either by annual agreement or for specific special event.
In-Kind Donations
Donations of goods and services can be extremely valuable to service and volunteer programs. This type of charitable donation can be made by individuals or organizations and ranges anywhere from an automobile, to food, printer paper, silent auction items, meeting spaces, or consulting services. Grantees must be sure to document them properly.
The Jessie Hopkins Hinchee Foundation is a registered Nonprofit 501 (c) (3) CA Corporation
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