Changing a young life

Many of our shelters accept in-kind donations.  To find out the specific items that are being accepted at any of our locations, shop their Amazon wishlists or contact them specifically.  You can find their contact information on Our Locations page. 

If time or distance limits your ability to contribute an in-kind gift for our youth, consider reviewing our gift catalog. By selecting a gift through this catalog, you are contributing resources to Covenant House.

Find out more about matching gifts and workplace giving.

Wills and Living Trusts

In as little as one sentence, you can complete your gift. Including Covenant House in your will or living trust helps ensure that we continue our mission for years to come.

Beneficiary Designation

It is very simple to name Covenant House as a beneficiary.  Many donors choose the flexibility of a beneficiary designation provides by using:

• IRAs and retirement plans
• Life insurance policies
• Donor advised funds
• Commercial annuities

Start by requesting a change-of-beneficiary form from your policy administrator or download the form from your provider's website. Make your desired changes and return the form to establish your gift.

Download our FREE guide Beneficiary Designations: Easy Ways to Leave Your Legacy.

Covenant House welcomes unrestricted support, as well as funding for specific projects. We honor the philanthropic goals and interests of each of our foundation partners. To explore partnership opportunities with Covenant House in light of your foundation's priorities, we look forward to hearing from you at: foundations@covenanthouse.org.

Select Covenant House as a beneficiary of your Donor Advised Fund.

Giving to one of our Face to Face representatives when you meet securely and conveniently helps Covenant House achieve its mission.

To make a gift, in honor or memory of a loved one, you can do so on this form and checking the Make this gift in honor or memory of someone option at the bottom of the form. 

Donating appreciated stocks, mutual funds, or bonds to charity is an efficient way to contribute that can provide you with significant tax benefits. Giving a gift of appreciated securities can help us continue our mission, support our programs, and allow you to leave a lasting impact on youth facing homelessness for years to come.

To donate stocks or other investments, contact Donor Services at
1-800-388-3888.

Cryptocurrency donations are one of the most tax-efficient ways to support Covenant House. You won’t owe capital gains tax on your crypto donation and the appreciated amount can be deducted from our taxes. Donate today.

Covenant House accepts any vehicle, running and not, including cars, trucks, boats, RVs, motorcycles, and more. View additional information on how to donate your vehicle.

When you take distributions from your IRAs, it usually counts as income for tax purposes. QCDs, also called IRA Charitable Rollovers, are an exception. Individuals 70½ year of age or older can distribute up to $100,000 each year from their IRAs to Covenant House without counting the distribution as income. Make your QCD today using this quick and easy tool.

Support Covenant House when you shop or sell on eBay. You can easily donate a portion of your proceeds to Covenant House when you sell on eBay AND you'll get some of your seller fees waived and receive the tax credits! Visit the eBay for charity page and add us as your favorite charity to see us as your preferred organization in eBay checkout.

AmazonSmile is a simple and automatic way for you to support Covenant House every time you shop on Amazon, at no cost to you. When you shop using this url - smile.amazon.com - you’ll find the exact same prices and items as Amazon.com, with the added bonus that Amazon will donate a portion of the purchase price to Covenant House. It will automatically default to Covenant House once you select our organization as your charity of choice.