Giving Monthly
Monthly giving is a convenient and affordable way to support Let’s Get Ready. A monthly pledge of $2, $20, $200 or more enables you to manage your giving while making a significant annual impact. (And it’s earth-friendly, too!) You can set up your monthly credit card pledge on our website or by contacting Kate Rimsky in our Development Office at 646.808.2764. Automatic quarterly and annual giving are also options.
Gifts for Special Occassions and In Honor of Those You Love
Making a donation in someone’s honor or memory is a way to pay tribute to a good friend, valued colleague, or loved one. It’s also an excellent way to introduce Let’s Get Ready to the people in your life. Is your birthday coming up? Celebrating a wedding or anniversary? Is someone in your family graduating high school or college? Invite your fans and guests to show their appreciation by making a contribution to Let’s Get Ready. Contact Brian Dever, Director of Development, at 646.808.2761 for help customizing a special giving opportunity for you.
Matching Gifts
Many corporations have matching gift programs and will match your donation to an accredited charitable organization. It’s an easy way to double, or even triple, the impact of your personal contribution to Let’s Get Ready. Ask your human resources department for details and any necessary forms.
Workplace and United Way Campaigns
Government agencies and corporate offices frequently conduct charitable giving drives. You can make sure Let’s Get Ready is listed as a beneficiary option, designate us for charitable payroll deduction, and encourage co-workers to do the same. We can also bring a group of students to your company to make a special presentation to you and your colleagues. Contact Brian Dever, Director of Development, at 646.808.2761 to arrange a visit to your office.
Donate to Our Auction
Have a vacation house you could spare for a week? A special service you might be willing to provide free of charge? Theater or sports tickets or a retail gift card you can’t use? Email us to donate to our annual benefit auction.
In-Kind and Stock Gifts
Let’s Get Ready also accepts in-kind contributions and gifts of securities. To make these or other types of special gifts please contact Brian Dever, Director of Development, at 646.808.2761.
Creative Ways to Give
Using GoodSearch for your daily online searches can make a difference to the causes you care about. Choose Let’s Get Ready as your charity of choice and every time you search, a small donation will be sent to us.
Whether you’re running a marathon, volunteering, or have a pet project at Let’s Get Ready that you care deeply about, create your own fundraising pages so your family and friends can support you while you support us! And your charitable efforts can earn you points and prizes, too. Sign onto Crowdrise, a grassroots charitable giving site, and contact Brian Dever, Director of Development, at 646.808.2761 with your fundraising project ideas.
Become a Fan of Let’s Get Ready on Facebook and create a Birthday campaign through our Causes page. Your friends can contribute money to us in honor of the day of your birth.
Gifts Beyond Your Lifetime
Let’s Get Ready can be named as a full or partial beneficiary in a will, life insurance policy, annuity, trust fund or retirement plan. Your legacy will open doors to college for so many promising students for years to come. Should you wish to make a provision for Let’s Get Ready in your will, you may use the sample legal language below for a general bequest:
“I give and bequeath [ ______ dollars] [a specific asset] or [ ______ percent of my residuary estate] to Let’s Get Ready, Inc., a not-for-profit organization with its headquarters at 50 Broadway, Suite 806, New York, NY for its general purposes.”
If you have a specific purpose in mind, please call Brian Dever,
Director of Development, at 646.808.2761, and he will be pleased to
assist you.
