“As long-time mental health advocates, we are honored to support the invaluable and impressive work of SamaraCare. When one person’s mental health improves, the lives of those around them also improve. By supporting SamaraCare, you’re helping enhance mental wellness for those in our communities and beyond.”
-Amanda & Larry Hartley
How Your Gift Makes A Difference
$100
Can provide support for 4 counseling sessions through our Mental Health Access Program.
$250
Supports community educational/wellness programming.
$500
Can Provide reduced cost psychiatric care for clients in need
Why Give
All too often, financial hardship, the high cost of mental health care and limited insurance coverage prevent people from accessing the high quality mental health services they need – or even from seeking help in the first place. In recent years, especially with the pandemic and its aftermath, there’s been a dramatic increase in the need for mental health services to deal with issues like depression, anxiety, job loss, serious illness, social isolation, suicidal thoughts and more.
The need for affordable access to mental health care is at the core of SamaraCare’s mission, and your financial support enables us to provide reduced cost services to those who may desperately need care but cannot afford it on their own. By giving, you can provide hope and treatment that can heal individuals, unite families, restore relationships and strengthen communities. You have the ability to help people change their future for the better.
How Your Gift Is Used
SamaraCare is highly efficient when spending your contributions. Historically, we spend between 81% -84% of every donated dollar on the delivery of mental health services. The remainder is spent on overhead, including fundraising, and administrative expenses. SamaraCare has maintained platinum level status with GuideStar and a four-star rating from Charity Navigator.
More Ways to Give
Employer Matching Gifts
Your gift to SamaraCare could be doubled or tripled by your employer! To find out if your company has a matching gift program, contact your human resources department
Learn MoreEmployer Matching Gifts
Next Steps:
Request a gift form from your company’s human resources department or community affairs department, and send it completed and signed along with your gift. We will do the rest
Donor-advised Fund (DAF) Gifts
A DAF allows you to make a charitable contribution, receive an immediate tax deduction, and then recommend a single grant or multiple grants from the fund over time.
Learn MoreDonor-advised Fund (DAF) Gifts
Next Steps:
Contact your fund administrator to request a distribution or beneficiary form or download the appropriate form(s) from your administrator’s website. Share this information with your fund organization to recommend a gift to SamaraCare:
- Legal Name: Samaritan Interfaith Counseling Center, Inc. dba SamaraCare
- Federal Tax ID: 36-2846570
- Mailing Address: 1819 Bay Scott Circle, Naperville, IL 60540
- Purpose and amount
- Name(s) for acknowledgment
Stock Gifts
Gifts of publicly traded securities that have appreciated in value allow you to claim a charitable deduction for the full market value of the securities on the date the gift is made.
Learn MoreStock Gifts
Next Steps:
Next Steps: Instruct your broker to transfer securities to SamaraCare’s account at BMO Investment Services via the Depository Trust Company (DTC) System. Transfer Information is as follows:
- Brokerage: LPL Financial
- DTC Number: 0443
- Account Number: NKV002532
- Account Name: Samaritan Interfaith Counseling Center, Inc. dba SamaraCare
- Federal Tax ID: 36-2846570
IRA Qualified Charitable Distribution
A QCD is a distribution of funds from your IRA directly to a qualified charitable organization and allows you to see the difference you are making during your lifetime.
Learn MoreIRA Qualified Charitable Distribution
Next Steps:
QCDs can be made by IRA owners who are age 70 1/2 or older. Contact your IRA administrator for their QCD distribution form and information on the procedure to make such a gift. We must receive your gift by Dec. 31 for your donation to qualify this year. If you have check-writing features on your IRA, please be aware that your check must clear your account by Dec. 31 to count toward your required minimum distribution for the calendar year.
Beneficiary Designations
This is one of the simplest ways to make a gift. Name SamaraCare as a primary or contingent beneficiary and specifying the percentage you want SamaraCare to receive.
Learn MoreBeneficiary Designations
Next Steps:
Start by requesting a change-of-beneficiary form from your financial institution, broker or plan administrator. Make the desired changes and return the form to establish your gift. Beneficiary designations can be used for:
- Bank Accounts/Certificates of Deposit/US Savings Bonds
- Stocks, Bonds and Brokerage Accounts
- IRAs and retirement plans
- Life insurance policies
- Donor-advised Funds.
Bequests
Creating the legacy you wish to leave is one of the most effective ways to ensure a lasting impact. Making a gift in your will or living trust, can guarantee that your legacy endures.
Learn MoreBequests
Next Steps:
To accurately document a residuary or contingency bequest tailored to your needs, please consult a legal professional. Below is suggested language to use when drafting your bequest. I give, devise and bequeath (a) the sum of $______ or (b) ___% of my residuary estate to SamaraCare, an Illinois nonprofit corporation, located in Naperville, IL (Federal Tax ID #36-2846570) to be used for its general use and purposes as the Board of Director of SamaraCare shall determine.
