Giving
Your donation to Bethany for Children and Families goes a long way towards supporting the critical needs of children and families in our community. They need our support now more than ever. Here are some of the following ways you can contribute and make a difference in the life of a child.
Appeals
Conducted in the late summer, the Back to School appeal supports school-based programs designed to help children acquire the skills they need to be successful at home, in the school, and in the community.
Children in all Bethany’s services benefit from the support this mail appeal brings at the Christmas holiday season. Proceeds are used in Bethany programs where the need is greatest.
This fund is held in the late spring towards the end of the school year. At Bethany for Children & Families, our thoughts turn to summer programs for Therapeutic Recreation in Illinois and Milestones Program in Iowa. This appeal helps fund the support needed for these services.
 Maggie Steinhauser, the daughter of Bill Steinhauser, President of Bethany for Children & Families, and Laurie Boyce-Steinhauser, died suddenly Thursday, February 17, 2005. To honor Maggie, the Board of Directors established Maggie’s Fund. The fund has assisted families that have fallen behind in their rent and faced eviction; helped meet utility bills, car payments, or car repairs; provided the co-pay for vital health care; put gas in the car in order to attend substance abuse treatment; obtained counseling for kids who have suffered a loss or experienced a trauma. Some of the fund recipients pay back incrementally over subsequent months.
Donation of Furniture, Clothing, and Other Goods
In-Kind Donations
Families that are economically struggling have many needs. Bethany for Children and Families relies on the community for in-kind donations of gently used furniture, appliances, and other household items. Due to space limitations, we have developed guidelines for what we can or cannot accept:
| We accept |
We do not accept |
| cribs |
used clothing |
| infant seats |
toys |
| car seats |
stuffed animals |
| high chairs |
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| clothing for infants and toddlers |
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| new or slightly used chairs |
| couches (no sleeper sofas) |
| kitchen tables and chairs |
| dressers |
| household items |
| mattresses (please call first) |
| appliances (please call first) |
Periodic Giving
Have it your way. A donation to Bethany for Children & Families can change lives. Any donor can choose to make a regular monthly or quarterly gift to Bethany for Children & Families. Our donors tell us how they would like to contribute.
You decide when to stop making gifts, just as you decide when to start. We will not send additional requests for help. We will keep you informed about our good work and the ways in which we help children and families.
Please click here to enroll in periodic giving
Gifts
Gifts of a Lifetime
Looking for a way to provide a living tribute to an individual who meant a great deal to you and who has passed? Memorial gifts perpetuate their legacy by supporting services for children. Honor gifts offer appreciation for a special wedding anniversary, birthday, or other special occasion.
Planned Gifts
Bequest - made through your will; it helps Bethany continue work that was important to you during your lifetime. We usually restrict bequests to our endowment fund; the principal is untouched and only earnings are spent. You may designate your bequests to a specific service or a family of services if you prefer.
Bequest language is simple: “I give to Bethany for Children & Families, an Illinois nonprofit corporation, at 1830 6th Avenue, Moline, IL 61265, the sum of ______ dollars ($_____), or _____ % of my residuary estate, or _________________ property (describe same), for its general use and purpose.”
Charitable Gift Annuity - is a legal contract between the donor and Bethany through which the donor exchanges cash, stocks, or other assets for an agreed-upon income for life.
Charitable Remainder Trust - used by donors to transfer assets to a trust, which then goes to Bethany after the death of the last beneficiary. You retain a fixed or variable income for life.
The unitrust pays a variable rate of return.
The annuity trust pays a fixed rate of return.
Life Insurance Policies
Existing policy - You can name Bethany as the beneficiary. The estate would receive a deduction for the face value of the policy; there is no lifetime deduction to the donor. If you transfer ownership of the policy to Bethany, you receive a tax deduction approximately equal to the policy’s cash surrender value.
New policy - You take out a policy on your life and transfer ownership to Bethany. You pay the premium amount annually to Bethany. You receive a tax deduction for the annual premium payments.
Bethany is the owner and beneficiary of the policy.
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