Other Ways to Give

There’s more than one way to make a difference. Whether you give in honor of a loved one, host a fundraising event in your community, donate goods or services, or explore other creative options, your generosity fuels lasting change. These unique ways to give allow you to align your passion with our mission, expand our impact, and inspire others to join you in supporting those we serve.

Honorary Giving

A memorial or honorary gift is a meaningful way to show appreciation for the important people in your life, or to perpetuate the values and ideals that guided someone’s life.

These gifts can be individually tailored to fulfill the wishes of the donor and/or the honoree, and our development staff is here to help you design your gift in the most meaningful manner possible.

With a memorial or honorary gift, you can:

Remember someone special
Celebrate a birthday, anniversary, or milestone
Observe an accomplishment
Say thank you

Host a Fundraising Event

Fundraising events are a fun way to support our life-changing work and engage your friends, family, and co-workers in the fight to end gender-based violence. Here are a few ways you can get engaged:

Celebrate a milestone
- Select a date that is important to you—a birthday, a wedding, an anniversary, a graduation, a holiday. Instead of gifts, ask your friends and family to celebrate with a purpose by donating to Tahirih.
Show your endurance
- Organize a run, walk, tournament, or other challenge. Encourage friends and family to sign up as participants and then recruit their friends and family to pledge support by the mile, by the minute, or by the moment.
Host an event
- Host a dinner party, panel discussion, exercise class, sale or auction. Open your home, rent out a public space or ask a business to let you use their space for free. Invite friends, family, colleagues, the whole community.

In-Kind Gifts

Imagine fleeing violence in the middle of the night, without time to pack your belongings. This is a situation many of our clients experience. Each of our offices and our Forced Marriage Initiative maintains an Amazon Wish List to help clients meet their basic needs. Please take a look at our Amazon Wish Lists, as our clients’ needs often vary depending on location and season:

Are you interested in hosting a donation drive or donating another type of in-kind gift to help our clients? Some of our clients’ needs transcend geographic boundaries (like the need for your frequent flyer miles to help reunite families separated by violence or gift cards for food and clothing), but often, their needs vary by season and location. Please contact your local office to learn more about urgent needs before you get started.

Your Fundraising Resources

Check out these ready-to-go resources. Each resource is designed to make it easier for you to raise lifesaving funds in your community.

Questions?

Please contact Meaghan Whalen, Director of Individual Giving, (571) 550-9230 or [email protected] for more information or to discuss giving with a member of our development team.