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Your Gift Brings You Closer
You want to leave money to Hammer in your will. You also want the flexibility to change your will in the event that life circumstances change. You can do both.
In as little as one sentence, you can complete your gift. This type of donation to Hammer in your will or living trust helps ensure that we continue our mission for years to come.
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Many Ways to Give
Monthly Gifts
Alvina’s Angels are loving, kind, and caring. You give people served by Hammer the life they deserve. Thanks!
Give Online Today
During this crisis, it is very encouraging that you are thinking of us. Your support means the world to the people we serve and our caregivers.
Legacy Giving
Generosity comes in many forms, and it’s often the best way for you to support important causes that matter the most to you in your life. When you give to Hammer, you help us make a difference.
Give from an IRA
Please consider the IRA charitable rollover if you have excess IRA funds, or want to lower the amount of your required minimum IRA distribution.
Include us in Your Will
You want to leave money to Hammer in your will. You also want the flexibility to change your will in the event that life circumstances change. You can do both!
Host a Fundraiser
There are many other ways to raise funds for Hammer. Setting up a Facebook Fundraiser is the easiest way to support Hammer.
Cash
The Power of a Simple Gift of Cash
See Your Generosity in Action
One of the easiest and most common ways for you to support Hammer is with a gift of cash. Cash can be used to support our work in the form of:
An outright gift. By making a cash gift by check, credit card or money order today, you enable us to meet our most urgent needs and carry out our mission on a daily basis. You will have the opportunity to see your generosity in action and will also receive a federal income tax charitable deduction, when you itemize.
A payable on death (POD) account. A POD bank account or certificate of deposit names one or more persons or charities as the beneficiary of all funds once you, the account owner, pass away. The beneficiary you name has no rights to the funds until after your lifetime. Until that time, you remain in control and are free to use the money in the bank account, change the beneficiary or close the account.
There are several other ways to make cash donations as part of the gift types below. To learn more, click on the links below.
Ways to Use Cash
Alvina’s Angels are loving, kind, and caring,
You give people served by Hammer the life they deserve. Thanks for sharing!
Become one of Alvina’s Angels and you will be a true friend. Alvina Hammer, our founder, was a nurse and visionary who, like you, believed people with developmental disabilities deserve to live their best life.
Please become a monthly giver to Hammer. Provide much-needed funds so people can continue to live in a safe and comfortable Hammer home and be a part of their community.
Simply decide on an amount that meets your monthly budget and your desire to help individuals living with disabilities. Your gift will be automatically billed to your credit card or debited from your checking account.
With your financial support, we can keep doing what we are doing. Quality care comes at a cost and we need your consistent investment.
Your Gift in Action
$5 monthly/$60 annually
$5 each month allows Hammer to purchase stamps for our new pen-pal project
$10 monthly/$120 annually
$10 monthly provides craft supplies for someone in our homes.
$25 monthly/$300 annually
$25 monthly means one of our programs can order take out for a change of pace.
$50 monthly/$600 annually
$50 monthly will ensure that our homes have the PPE equipment they need.
Fundraise for Hammer!
Become a Facebook Fundraiser!
Setting up a Facebook Fundraiser is the easiest way to support Hammer. The most successful efforts include a photograph of you with someone who has a developmental disability. If you have one, find it. If you don’t have one take one. Be ready to upload it to Facebook.
- How to Set Up a Facebook Fundraiser for step by step instructions to guide you.
- To set up a Facebook Fundraiser visit our Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/fund/HammerMN/
Here is an example: Every year Sheryl Butler sets up a fundraiser for her birthday. She recently shared this photo of her with her son and she raised $800 this year!
Dare to be Different
There are many other ways to raise funds for Hammer.
- Run a 10K in honor of Hammer.
- Add Hammer to your wedding gift registry
- Dedicate your garage sale to Hammer
- Host a fundraising party in your home.
- Add a donate button to your next Evite.
Hammer Residences is approved, or could be, by every fundraising tool you might be considering.
If you have a different idea please contact Ginger@Hammer.org
Realize the Power of a Gift – Create Your Legacy at Hammer
Chart your Charitable Path – Take a look at all the different options that you think may work best.
Generosity comes in many forms, and it’s often the best way for you to support important causes that matter the most to you in your life. When you give to Hammer, you help us make a difference.
Start here by learning the different gift options available to you. We will work with you to find a charitable plan that lets you provide for your family and support Hammer.
Information contained herein was accurate at the time of posting. The information on this website is not intended as legal or tax advice. For such advice, please consult an attorney or tax advisor. Figures cited in any examples are for illustrative purposes only. References to tax rates include federal taxes only and are subject to change. State law may further impact your individual results.
You may be be able to reduce your taxes with a gift to Hammer from your IRA
Click here to download our informational PDF about giving from your IRA or retirement accounts. As always, you should consult with your tax advisor before you make any decisions.
Information contained herein was accurate at the time of posting. The information on this website is not intended as legal or tax advice. For such advice, please consult an attorney or tax advisor. Figures cited in any examples are for illustrative purposes only. References to tax rates include federal taxes only and are subject to change. State law may further impact your individual results.
With Your Support We Persevere.
Many people we serve have complicated health issues and will not be returning to their typical daytime programs or work anytime soon. We are being extra cautious.
During this crisis, it is very encouraging that you are thinking of us. Your support means the world to the people we serve and our caregivers.
Hammer caregivers are making incredible sacrifices like so many of you, to care for both their own families and our Hammer family.
We are spending whatever is needed on medical supplies, personal protection equipment and overtime to keep those we serve safe.
We need your financial support right now to help our most vulnerable citizens. With your donation, together, we will get through this.
Looking for ways to get involved instead?
Your financial support is vital to continue the care for individuals that we serve and positively impact their life. We also have a variety of volunteer opportunities to fit your lifestyle.