Private Family Foundation Giving

Family Foundations

Your gift to the Red Cross can help bring hope and urgent relief to those who need it most.

Though our reach is vast, our impact is profoundly personal. For people in need, the American Red Cross serves as the bridge from despair to hope. Consider growing your investment in our mission through a grant from your family foundation.

How to Make a Difference

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Reasons to Give

Nearly every second of every day, the American Red Cross helps someone in need down the street, across the country and around the world.

Your gift will help ensure we can continue to deliver our lifesaving mission of preventing and alleviating human suffering in the face of emergencies. By making a charitable donation through your family foundation, you can help empower us to stand with communities and individuals in need.

Whether we’re…

Providing shelter to home fire and natural disaster survivors

Collecting and delivering

lifesaving blood

Supporting service
members and their families

Vaccinating vulnerable

children against measles

Training local heroes in

first aid and CPR

…your support enables us to be where we’re needed most.

How to Make a Difference

Donate by Mail

To donate by mail, please download and complete the check donation form and make your check payable to American Red Cross. For quickest and most cost-efficient processing, please mail your form and gift to:

American Red Cross

PO Box 37839

Boone, IA 50037-0839

Download the Check Donation Form

Using FedEx or UPS

While we prefer gifts to be sent through USPS to our PO Box, if you’d prefer to send your check (payable to American Red Cross) and check donation form via FedEx or UPS, please use the following address (please do not send cash):

American Red Cross

c/o CDS Global

2005 Lakewood Drive

Boone, IA 50036

Mail to Your Local Red Cross

Search By Zip Code

You can also mail your gift directly to the regional headquarters of your local Red Cross. To find your local chapter, search by zip code below:

Red Cross Regional Headquarters Serving Zip Code

Phone:

Red Cross Regional Headquarters

Based on Zip Code

Mail:

Red pie chart with 90 cents written in it

An average of 90 cents of every dollar the American Red Cross spends is invested in humanitarian services and programs.

What Is a Family Foundation?

Family Foundations are charitable-giving vehicles whose funds are derived from members of a single family.

What are the differences between a Family Foundation and a Donor Advised Fund?

A Family Foundation is created and funded on an ongoing basis with assets such as real estate, private stock, cash or other family-controlled assets. It can be managed by the family or a professional manager and the family may make recommendations on grants to nonprofits.

A Donor Advised Fund (DAF) is a philanthropic giving vehicle that allows individuals to donate assets for charity today and receive a tax deduction now, while maintaining discretion about when the assets will be granted to charity.

Other Ways to Give

Our mission is only possible with generous support from philanthropists like you. Your gift can make an extraordinary impact, and there’s no wrong way to support our vital work.