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Giving makes an impact. Let’s work together to save lives and make waves in Northwest Ohio.
We rely on your support to continue our mission. Your gift will directly benefit our community as we work to advance justice, foster equity, and save lives.
We encourage you to sign up for our newsletter, attend events, and share the word about the work we are doing within your circle. You have the opportunity to create change. We invite you to stand with us in a united effort to foster equity for all.
According to the CDC, 1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men will experience physical violence by their intimate partner at some point in their lifetimes. Your support helps to ensure that survivors seeking shelter, resources, and safety have continued access to a range of advocacy services and aid from our 24/7 domestic violence shelter and rape crisis center. Learn more about our programs: YWCA is on a Mission.
Our 24/7 hotlines are always available. If you are in need of assistance, Speak to an Advocate, call our 24/7 DV Hotline: 419-241-7386 or Toll Free 888-341-7386. Find support for sexual assault 24/7 by calling to speak with an advocate today: 866-557-7273.
Learn more about our Capital Campaign and why we need your support.
Making a Difference
When you make a gift to the YWCA, you help the most vulnerable among us. Your gift can provide breast health education and support for the uninsured and underinsured. You help provide violence response services for those experiencing domestic violence or sexual assault. You support teen pregnancy education programming and childcare quality assurance. You support the YWCA’s efforts to address issues of systemic racism while empowering women.
Your gift to the YWCA can make a difference, offering a hand up, not a handout.
Outright Gifts: Making a Difference Today
You can make a difference today.
By making a one-time or recurring gift, you support the programs and services we deliver to men, women, and children every day. A recurring gift, charged to your credit or debit card, can enable you to have an even larger impact by spreading your gift over a longer period of time.
Immediate gifts of cash, appreciated securities or real or tangible property can create long-term benefits for those we serve. Your gift can be used to address the YWCA’s long-term capital needs. Or your gift can be included in the YWCA Endowment Fund, which provides a permanent level of support because the principal in the Fund is never used, but interest income from the Fund supports the YWCA’s programs and services.
However you choose to make a difference, we are grateful.
From our website, you can make your gift securely online. Several options are available:
Make a one-time gift.
Make a sponsorship payment.
Make a pledge with convenient monthly payments.
Make a gift in honor of or in memory of someone special.
In addition to giving online, there are other ways you can support the mission and work of YWCA.
Mail Your Gift to:
YWCA Northwest Ohio
1018 Jefferson Avenue
Toledo, OH 43604
Additional Ways to Give
In addition to monetary gifts, we are grateful for in-kind donations sent to us via Amazon donations. Click below to donate via Amazon and have your gift mailed directly to us. AMAZON WISH LIST
Kroger Plus Card holders can select YWCA of Northwest Ohio as their Community Rewards beneficiary.
For more donation information, call 419-241-3235 or via email at admin@ywcanwo.org
Planned Gifts: Making a Difference Beyond the Needs of Today
You can also make a difference by supporting the YWCA vision beyond today’s needs by including the YWCA in your financial and estate planning. Tax benefits may be available to you, including an immediate charitable deduction, avoidance of capital gains taxes, or a reduction of estate taxes. Consult with your attorney or tax advisor for information about your specific situation.
Several Options are available to donate through Planned Giving:
Beneficiary Designation (you can add the YWCA as a revocable beneficiary of your qualified IRA, pension plan, bank account, or insurance policy)
Charitable Lead Trusts (If you have ample income now, you may elect to retain ownership of a trust’s principal to meet future goals for your family, but direct income from the trust to the YWCA for a specific term identified in the trust. After that period, the principal in the trust returns to you or your designee.)
Charitable Remainder Trusts (Charitable trusts can provide a life income to your and/or a loved one. After your lifetime/s, the trust principal passes to the YWCA. Other charities may be also named as recipients of your generosity.)
Donate Stock (When you transfer stock or other securities to the YWCA, you are eligible for a tax deduction for fair market value. You can designate your gift for a specific fund or purpose.)
Life Insurance (When you no longer need the protection of a life insurance policy, you can transfer ownership of the policy to the YWCA and secure tax benefits at the time of your gift, while making a significant impact for those served by the YWCA.)
Wills and Revocable Living Trusts (Gifts to the YWCA by will or living trust allows you to retain all your assets during your lifetime. You may designate a percentage of your estate, a specified amount or the residue of your estate.)
Next Steps
To get started, please contact the development office at 419-241-3235 or via email at rpapke@ywcanwo.org