You can make a positive and lasting difference in the lives of children by volunteering or by making a tax-deductible gift in one or more of the following ways.

Annual Gifts:

Includes direct gifts, honor or memorial tributes, and pledges in the form of cash, check or credit card. Click here to make a secure online donation. We also accept gifts of stock, mutual funds or other appreciated property. Please call the Development Office at (831) 455-4704 for more information or email donateinfo@kinshipcenter.org.

Kinship Center’s Forever Families Society recognizes individuals and organizations who make an annual cash gift of $5,000 or more. Kinship Center recognizes these significant donations in a variety of ways. For more information, call (831) 455-4704.

Matching Gifts:

Increase the value of your gift by taking advantage of your employer’s matching gift program for active and retired employees.

Planned Gifts:

You may designate Kinship Center as beneficiary in your will or life insurance policy. For information on making other planned gifts, please call (831) 455-4704.

Gifts-in-Kind:

Kinship Center appreciates certain donated goods and professional services.

How to Give:

• Click here to make a secure online donation.
• Or mail your check payable to Kinship Center to: Kinship Center Development Office 124 River Rd. Salinas, CA 93908
• Or call (831) 455-4712 to donate by phone
• For more information, please call the Development Office at (831) 455-4704 or email donateinfo@kinshipcenter.org

All gifts to Kinship Center are tax deductible and are acknowledged in writing.

Other Ways to Help:

• Kinship Center is a certified eBay Giving Works program charity, which allows eBay sellers to designate 10-100% of their proceeds to Kinship Center. Click here for more information from eBay Giving Works.

Why Give to Kinship Center?

Helping one child and family at a time is the day-to-day activity that gives life to our belief that “thriving families make thriving communities.”

Today’s donors and volunteers are looking for evidence that their investments do more than maintain the status quo. Making an impact and a difference is a return on an investment, and at Kinship Center this vision is true for every child whose life is stabilized and changed. Our leadership ensures the long-term positive outcome of making children part of a community of thriving families.

Your investment in Kinship Center helps ensure that every child in California has a permanent, stable family.

NOTE: Gifts to Kinship Center are tax-deductible. Kinship Center is a California nonprofit corporation, tax ID #77-0037578. Kinship Center subscribes to the Code of Ethical Principles and Standards, and the Donor Bill of Rights, developed by The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP). To see the most recent audit, please click here.