Your Donation Makes a Difference
The Welcoming Network volunteers assist asylum seekers and other refugees to secure safe rental housing, enroll their children in school, get medical and dental care, secure quality legal aid and work through the immigration courts, and much more.
While each family has unique needs as they begin to rebuild their lives, here are some examples of how the Welcoming Network puts your generous donations to work:
$20 offsets medical and dental care costs
$50 helps to buy groceries
$100 purchases several months service on a donated and refurbished phone
$500 helps a family pay rent
Donate by Credit Card or Paypal
Choose a one-time or recurring monthly donation to support our work.
Important note: If you would like your donation to be tax-deductible, please see below for information on how you can do so through our non-profit fiscal sponsor.
Donate by Check
We also accept donations by check. Please make checks payable to:
Welcoming Network, 311 Darwin Street, Santa Cruz CA 95062.
Tax Deductible Contributions
If you would like to claim a tax deduction (grants, IRA distributions) , you may make a donation through our non-profit fiscal sponsor, the Santa Cruz Hub for Sustainable Living. At that site, select "Santa Cruz Welcoming Network" in the drop-down menu of Projects.
Or, if you prefer to make your tax deductible donation by check, make your check out to "The Hub" and write "Welcoming Network" in the memo field. The Hub's IRS Tax ID (EIN) is 31-1748056; California Charity Registration number: CT0249716
Please mail your check to:
Welcoming Network,
c/o Santa Cruz Hub for Sustainable Living
703 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz CA 95060
IRA RMD Contributions
Have an IRA? Consider making part or all of your required minimum distribution into a donation. Note that RMD's donated directly to a charity are not counted as taxable income. The donation needs to be written to us through our 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor: “The Hub for Sustainable Living (see instructions for donation above).