Donate

The majority of Street Sense’s financial support comes from individual donors, so your support is greatly appreciated. As we are a small but growing organization, you can be assured all of the money you donate will go directly to improving the newspaper itself and helping more homeless vendors get off the streets. Below are a few ways you can make your dollars go right to work. And be sure to check our Pledge to Donors.

Ways to give:

MAIL A CHECK
Make checks payable to: Street Sense 1317 G Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005.

GIVE ONLINE
Using our secure on-line donation system, we can accept donations using your credit card. You can make a one-time donation or you may make a recurring monthly donation and become a Street Sense Advocate.

Through the Street Sense Advocate Program, you can support our work in affordable monthly donations via your credit card. Street Sense Advocates are especially valuable to Street Sense because they provide a reliable flow of support that helps Street Sense reduce its costs.

** We now use a non-profit service to process our credit card transactions. LOC IND CH ORG is the name that will appear on your credit card statement – not Street Sense. Using a third party helps us keep our costs low and allows us to spend more time and money on our programs!

COMBINED FEDERAL CAMPAIGN (CFC)
Government employees can support Street Sense via the Combined Federal Campaign. Our CFC# is 28233.

MAKE A GIFT “IN HONOR OF” OR “IN MEMORY OF”
A gift “in honor” is a way to honor those you hold dear. Gifts may be made in honor of a birthday, anniversary, bah/bat mitzvah, etc. A gift “in memory” can be made in the name of a loved one who is no longer with us.

When you make a donation in honor or in memory of someone, a card recognizing the gift, along with a copy of the paper, will be sent to the person you select.

MATCHING GIFTS
Matching gift programs can double or even triple your tax-deductible contribution. Contact your employer’s Human Resources Department to find out if such a program is offered. If so, they can provide you with a form to send with your gift. Click here to see the companies that have matched their employees’ contribution to Street Sense.

WORK PLACE GIVING
Payroll deduction through your workplace makes giving easy. Support Street Sense through your employer’s United Way or Combined Federal Campaigns. Most workplace giving programs provide the option to select a specific charity for your donation so please designate Street Sense when filling out your pledge form.

CFC and United Way#: 28233

DONATE THROUGH OUR FACEBOOK CAUSE
We currently have more than 250 members of our cause on Facebook, so join this growing network of supporters on Facebook today.

GIVING STOCK
Gifts of appreciated stocks support our work and can reduce your capital gains tax liability.
Contact Executive Director Abby Strunk at abby@streetsense.org or 202-347-2006 for more information.

PLANNED GIFTS
Bequests, trusts and insurance beneficiary designations are other ways to support our work.
Contact Executive Director Abby Strunk at abby@streetsense.org or 202-347-2006 for more information.

IN-KIND GIVING
We are always in need of certain in-kind gifts.
Please take a moment to look at our wish list for things we currently are in need of.

Wish List

For our editing staff:

• A flat screen monitor to better use our layout programs like Indesign and Photoshop
• A new laptop computer, Mac or PC, that is light weight that has Indesign and Photoshop on it or at least room on the hard drive for it
• A license for Photoshop and/or Indesign to add onto a separate workstation
• Digital camera
• Disposable cameras
• Flip cams

For our volunteer office staff:

• Copy/printer paper
• Stamps
• Steno pads
• Staples gift cards
• CVS gift cards

For our vendors:

• Book bags and plastic bags
• Gifts cards to give as incentives
• Your continued support

BECOME A SPONSOR
Street Sense has many opportunities for exposure and promotion of our sponsors that range from events sponsorship to general sponsorship that includes exposure in our bi-monthly publication, Street Sense.

If you would like to showcase your company as a leader in the community, please call Executive Director Abby Strunk at (202) 347-2006.

If you prefer, you can mail your contribution to the address listed below. Street Sense is a 501 (c)3 and all donations are tax-deductible. Please make your check payable to “Street Sense”.

Street Sense
1317 G Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005