Make a Donation — Many Ways to Give

Outright Gifts

Check or Credit Card:

Please make checks payable to Episcopal Social Services. You may find
it convenient to print and include the ESS Gift Form when you mail your
gift to:

Episcopal Social Services
Office of Development and Communications
305 Seventh AVenue
New Yorkm NY 10001-6008

Credit card donations can be charged to VISA, MasterCard, or American Express, either online or by calling Doris Westbrook at 212-886-5603.

Appreciated Securities:

Gifts of appreciated securities (stocks, bonds, and mutual funds) can provide tax benefits to you by saving you income and capital gains taxes on the appreciated amount. Contact your tax adviser or estate planner for current tax rulings.

If you plan on making an electronic transfer of stock, please notify Doris Westbrook at 212-886-5603. Additional instructions are below.

Stock Donation Instructions:

Episcopal Social Services/Episcopal Mission Society uses Citigroup Private Bank for its stock transactions. After notifying the ESS Office of Development of your intent, please have your broker contact our agent, Leslie Pena, at Citigroup: (212) 783-3766 (phone) and (212) 804-5401 (fax). She is available to help with the transfer.

The bank will need the following information to receive the stock for ESS:

1. Name of the stock
2. CUSIP number for the stock (a nine-digit number
identifying the specific stock)
3. Number of shares to be donated
4. Name of donor

Workplace Campaigns:

When making your annual United Way or other workplace contributions, direct a gift to Episcopal Social Services. Contact your employer for specifics regarding this type of donation.

Tribute Gifts:

Consider making a gift to Episcopal Social Services in honor or in memory of a friend, family member, or associate. ESS will send a letter to the person being honored or their family acknowledging your kindness and contribution.

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Corporate Matching Gift Program

Many companies match charitable contributions made by their employees. If your employer has a matching gift program, request a matching gift form from the appropriate department and send it completed and signed with your gift. A matching gift program enables you to increase the size of your gift, in some cases to double or triple it. As the donor, you will be recognized for both your contribution and the match.

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Planned Giving

Giving by Will:

Bequest gifts have played a major role in spurring ESS’ growth since 1831. The simplest way to leave a legacy that will fuel and inspire ESS’ continued service to New York’s most vulnerable citizens is to name ESS in your will. If you wish to include a bequest to ESS in your estate plans, see your lawyer about adding a simple codicil to your will (example below).

"I bequest [or give] to Episcopal Social Services, 305 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001 (dollar amount or a percentage of residuary estate) to be used for general purposes.” [A specific program area or defined purpose may be otherwise specified.]

Other Planned Giving:

Estate planning may provide an attractive opportunity to make a gift that will impact the lives of many needy New Yorkers while also triggering for you income tax deductions, capital gains tax avoidance, and estate tax reductions.

Planned gifts can take the form of outright gifts timed for the future (with a variety of giving options – e.g., bequests, appreciated securities, life insurance, real estate, income-producing property, IRA or qualified retirement plan, permanent endowed fund, property) or gifts that provide you back an income stream (e.g., charitable gift annuity, charitable remainder trust, pooled income fund).

For more information on making a planned gift, call Kerry Hishta Hui at 212-886-5604 or e-mail her at huik@e-s-s.org.

In-Kind Donations

ESS welcomes in-kind donations. Examples include books, toys, computer equipment, living and bedroom furniture for group homes, event tickets, gift certificates, and clothing. These types of donations allow ESS to spend more of its budget dollars on direct program support.

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