You Should Know...

Home of Guiding Hands spends less than 10% on administrative costs, (9.65% based on 2004-05 fiscal year). This means more than 90% of your undesignated donations directly benefit the people assisted by our programs and services. And 100 percent of designated donations are allocated in accordance with your wishes.

Ways to Give

Home of Guiding Hands receives state and federal reimbursements for providing care and training to individuals with developmental disabilities. The gap between reimbursed funding and our actual costs is growing rapidly, reimbursement rates remain relatively flat and rising costs of doing business in California increases (worker's compensation, other insurances, utilities, transportation, etc.). We need your help to close this funding gap. Your support ensures the future of HGH and our ability to provide high quality care for people with special needs. As an individual or a corporation, there are many ways in which you can support Home of Guiding Hands.

Gift of Cash

Home of Guiding Hands accepts cash donations as well as VISA, MasterCard and American Express. Donations can be mailed or delivered directly to our administrative offices located at 1825 Gillespie Way, Suite 200, El Cajon, CA 92020. As a 501(c)(3) non-profit public benefit corporation all cash donations are tax deductible.

For more information regarding gifts of cash, please contact Saeah Broadway, Administrative Assistant: sarah@guidinghands.org or (619) 938-2855.

Donate Online

Donations may be made online by going to our secure portal. It's free for you and for us. The minimum donation is $5. DONATE NOW!

Estate & Planned Giving

Through effective planned giving, you can balance your personal financial goals and your interests while realizing significant tax benefits. Various types of planned gifts are possible from a simple bequest in your will to charitable trusts. Planned giving can add to your current income or offer additional retirement income, while earning a current tax benefit and contributing to HGH's future.

For more information regarding Estate & Planned Giving, please click here: Estate & Planned Giving. If you have already included HGH in your estate plan, please let us know so that we can include you as a member of our Heritage Society.

HGH Heritage Society

We invite you to join other Heritage Society members who have made a commitment to support HGH through bequests or planned gifts. Membership is extended to individuals who have provided for HGH in their wills, living trusts, special needs trusts, charitable trusts, designated HGH as a beneficiary of life insurance or IRA, 401K, or other pension plan.

Benefits of Heritage Society membership include a certificate of membership, recognition in "The Guiding Hand", an annual recognition event, and invitations to all HGH special events.

For more information regarding the HGH Heritage Society, please contact Carol Fitzgibbons, Executive Director: carol@guidinghands.org or call (619) 938-2857.

Vehicle Donation Program

Cars 4 Causes has partnered with Home of Guiding Hands for our donation program. They accept all types of vehicles - from cars to boats to motorcyles. Your donation could earn you valuable tax benefits while helping people with developmental disabilities.

It's just three easy steps to donate your car:

Step 1 - Visit our donation page at: Cars 4 Causes

and submit a vehicle donation from or contact Cars 4 Causes at 1-800-766-CARE (2273). You will need to provide general information on the vehicle you wish to donate and select Home of Guiding Hands as the charity organization to benefit. They accept most intact vehicles, whether they are running or not. No smog certificate is required

Step Two: Schedule a no-cost to the donor pick-up:

Once you donate your car and it is accepted, one of their tow companies will pick up the vehicle at no cost to the donor, or a donor may drop off the vehicle at one of their car donatin center lot locations.

Step Three: Cars 4 Causes Sells your donated vehicle:

The vehicle will be sold at one of our car donation center lot locations once we have a clear transferable title. A written acknowledgement will then be sent to the donor for their contribution.

For more information regarding the Vehicle Donation Program, please visit the Home of Guiding Hands donatation page: OR - you can call toll-free 800-766-2273 For any other donation questions please contact Jane Moore, Development & Marketing Coordinator: jane@guidinghands.org or call (619) 938-2856.

Shopping –

Please take into consideration the following:

Albertsons/SavOn Community Partners Card – Each time you shop at Albertsons or Sav-On, HGH benefits. With your card, a percentage of every purchase you make is donated back to Home of Guiding Hands. Sign up at your local Albertsons or Sav-On store, or visit www.albertsons.com/cp/.

eScrip – Southern California merchants provide HGH with a donation (up to 8 percent) of each purchase you make with an eScrip registered debit or credit card. Participating merchants include VONS (you must use your VONS CLUB CARD in addition to your registered debit/credit card to track purchase), Safeway, Carl's Jr. Restaurants, Big 5 Sporting Goods, American Airlines, Coco's Restaurant, Claim Jumper Restaurant, Macy's (purchases must be made with a registered Macy's Card) and many more. For a complete list of participating merchants visit the eScrip website at www.escrip.com.
iGive.com – Shop on line at www.iGive.com, and put your shopping dollars to work for HGH. The iGive online shopping mall offers more than 500 online stores, each offering a return percentage to the charity of your choice. Visit www.iGive.com/hgh and sign up today to benefit Home of Guiding Hands with your online purchases.

House Wish Lists and House Essentials

State reimbursements for people with developmental disabilities only cover so much, - leaving little money for those extra items that improve a person's quality and enjoyment of life. These items are dependent on your donations. Our House Wish List is a list of items requested by one or more of our 28 community homes or by the residents themselves. In addition, the 24/7 operation of our 28 homes is very costly and only partially funded by the State's reimbursement rates. There is an ongoing need for assistance with major purchases such as appliances, flooring, furniture, therapeutic equipment and major remodeling projects, that improve the home environment - House Essentials.

Please note: Home of Guiding Hands partners with reputable businesses that do not license, sell, exchange or distribute any specific information concerning individual program participants to any third parties not directly involved in the specific giving programs. Your privacy is stringently protected.