Ways to Give

Your support makes the difference!

The financial resources, time and talent donated by people like you allows Metropolitan Family Services to impact the lives of thousands of families.

If you believe families are important and want to make a positive difference in the lives of at-risk families in Chicago and the surrounding suburbs, here are ways to help:

• Donate online
• Leave Metropolitan in your will
• Other Planned Giving options
• Give a gift of stock
• Give through your Donor-Advised Fund
  • Donor-Advised Funds (DAFs) are investment accounts for the sole purpose of supporting your favorite charitable organizations. If you have a DAF, you can use FreeWill’s DAF tool to recommend a grant to Metropolitan Family Services today.
• Give from your IRA
  • Supporters 70.5 or older with a traditional IRA are eligible to make a potential tax-free donation to Metropolitan Family Services. These gifts are tax-free, regardless of whether or not you itemize deductions on your tax return. If you are 73 years old or older (or were subject to RMD’s before), these gifts can even count towards fulfilling your Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) for the calendar year.Metropolitan Family Services has partnered with an IRA-giving tool that walks you through the process of making this gift. Learn more about IRA-giving and if it’s right for you.
• Give Cryptocurrency
  • We now accept donations of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies! This gives us one more way to support families in our community and provides you with extra tax benefits. Give crypto now.
• Campaign to Mpower Families
• Sponsor or attend a Metropolitan Family Services event
• Contribute goods
• Host a Donation Drive!
  
• Shop at:
  • Treasure House Resale Shop – Benefiting our DuPage Center
  • Village Treasure House – Benefiting programs for children and youth at our Evanston/Skokie Center
  • Family Shelter Service Resale Shop – Benefiting Family Shelter Service of Metropolitan Family Services DuPage
• Shop on Amazon Smile, Mpower children and families! When you select Metropolitan Family Services as your beneficiary charity, Amazon will donate 0.5% of your sale.

At Metropolitan Family Services, we strive to be wise stewards of funds entrusted to us.