Join us in celebrating the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, our namesake. We walk in his footsteps every day, providing permanent housing – and creating community – for nearly 300 poor, formerly homeless New Yorkers living with serious mental illness.

Their lives are reclaimed through the power of Permanent Supportive Housing.

INVOKE THE SPIRIT OF ST. FRANCIS TODAY

Please support St. Francis Friends of the Poor with a gift of any amount during this season of miracles and join our vibrant, thriving, and compassionate community.

Donations of every amount transform our 300 tenants’ lives.

Here’s how your gift makes an impact:

$25

Medical transportation to and from specialist appointments
Heat one tenant's room for a month
Four loads of laundry for one tenant

$50

Basic preventative medications and supplies for one tenant a month
One pair of brand-new sneakers for a tenant
10 nutritious lunches

$100

One yoga class for 20 tenants
Cater holiday dinners for five tenants
Transport five tenants to and from a summer outing

$250

Furnish a tenant's room with essential items
In-house psychiatric care for one tenant a month

Prefer to donate by mail? Please make checks payable to St. Francis Friends of the Poor and mail them to:

St. Francis Friends of the Poor
155 West 22nd Street
New York, NY 10011

OTHER WAYS TO GIVE

Donate Securities

Contribute with stocks, bonds, or mutual funds. By making a gift of securities, you receive an income tax deduction for the securities' fair market value on the date of transfer, no matter what you originally paid for them. You pay no capital gains tax on the transfer when the stock or share of the investment account is sold.

Stock donations can be sent to:

Merrill Lynch

Account Name: St. Francis Friends of the Poor, Inc.

Account Number: 808-04800

DTC# 8862

For more information, contact The Nolan Group at 518-462-8331 or derek_nolan@ml.com.

Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD)

Looking for a tax-adjantaged way to donate? Consider making a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD). Federal law allows people age 70½ or older to make direct transfers up to $105,000 per year per person to charitable organizations from their Individual Retirement Account (IRA) without the withdrawal being treated as taxable income.

Transfers must come from your IRA, made payable to St. Francis Friends of the Poor, Inc..

Please contact your IRA custodian with the following information to complete this process.

TAX ID #: 13-3036954

Address: St. Francis Friends of the Poor, Inc., 155 West 22nd St., New York, NY 10011

To note: Often, your IRA custodian mails your contribution to us on your behalf. If this is the case, be sure to have them include your name and address on your contribution should you like to receive a receipt or acknowledgment from us.

For more information, contact Linda Flores at lflores@stfrancisfriends.org.