Ways to Give

An investment in our program offers returns for families and neighborhoods. Habitat homes and affordable mortgage payments allow parents to focus on their careers, children on their education, families on their future. Neighborhoods get a stable housing base that keeps values up through quality-built and maintained housing and vested homeowners. Habitat’s programs help provide a defense for families and communities against the kind of market collapse we have just experienced.

You can give to A World of Hope: It Starts at Home in the following ways:

• One-time Cash Gift
• Multi-year Pledge Gift
• Gift of Securities (Stocks and Bonds)
• Land
• Distribution from Your Retirement Fund
• Bequests and Trusts
• Matching Gifts

You will not have to be an expert to see the results. Homes will be saved—families will infuse them with life, and neighborhoods will regain a sense of place and purpose. Congregations will live out their faith, businesses will use their resources of talent and funds to give back and visionary donors will use this unique moment to help lead the way to healthy, vibrant communities.

One-time Cash Gift

You can make a one-time gift to the World of Hope campaign by check, credit card, or Electronic Funds Transfer.

Gift of Securities (Stocks and Bonds)

Do you have some shares of long-term appreciated stock you won’t need? You can simply transfer these shares directly to Habitat for Humanity Portland/Metro East. You’ll get a full tax deduction for the entire market value, avoid the capital gain, and do your part in helping to create a world where poverty housing is unacceptable. For more information,  contact Erika Read at erika@habitatportlandmetro.org or 503.287.9529 x16.

Land

Distribution from Your Retirement Fund

Are you forced to take money you don’t really need from your IRA accounts each year just so you can pay taxes on it?  If so, you can change the world for a deserving family, and perhaps ease your tax pain at the same time. Simply write a check for the same amount as your required IRA distribution to Habitat for Humanity Portland/Metro East, and if you itemize, you may be able to eliminate some or all of your tax liability on the transaction.

Bequests and Trusts

Make a legacy gift by including Habitat for Humanity in your will or estate plans. A gift to Habitat in your will is a meaningful way to create a memorial that lives on to help families avoid the indignity of poverty housing. Simply ask your attorney to include a bequest in your will. For more information contact Erika Read at erika@habitatportlandmetro.org or 503.287.9529 x16

Matching Gifts

Leverage your gift with your company’s matching gift program. This is a great way to maximize the impact of your own gift! The best place to start is with your company’s human resources representative.