Phoenix Community Development Services is dedicated to helping our neighbors without homes secure the permanent housing they need to end their homelessness and reach their full potential. We are proud of the work we doing in Central Illinois, but it wouldn’t be possible without the generosity and support of our community. Your donation (whether monetary or in-kind) plays a critical role in the impact we have.
Thank you so much for your interest in the Phoenix CDS and for your desire to learn about the needs of the families we serve. Together we will achieve our goal of making safe, decent and affordable housing a reality for EVERYONE in our community.
How you Can Help
One Time or Recurring Gift
Make a financial gift to support all Phoenix CDS programs and services or you can even direct your gift to the program area you feel most passionate about. Make more of an impact by scheduling your gift to recur monthly, quarterly, or at any frequency you choose.
Long-Term, Planned Giving
Gifts of this nature come in many forms – bequests (giving through your will), beneficiary designations, insurance, securities or real estate. If you would like to learn more about by including Phoenix CDS in your will or estate plan, please contact us.
Tributes and Memorials
Celebrate those you love on their birthday, anniversary or other special occasion. Honor someone who has made an impact on your life. Tribute and memorial gifts are wonderful ways to honor the people who are special to you and to support our work at the same time.
Special Events
Make a contribution to support a team or individual participating in our largest annual fundraising event, Gimme Shelter – A Night to End Homelessness.
Support one of the other special events held throughout the year to benefit Phoenix CDS programs. You can also organize your own fundraising event with your service club, church, or place of employment.
In-Kind Gifts
In-kind donations are contributions of goods or services rather than money. View our complete “wish list” of supplies needed in our program areas here.
CARES Act Provides Unique Deduction Opportunities for 2020
There are a few key provisions of the CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security) Act and that can impact your charitable giving in 2020.
1. Above-the-line universal charitable deduction. The CARES Act provides for a universal, above-the-line, deduction of up to $300 cash made by any taxpayer – whether you itemize or not.
2. Cash contribution caps lifted. For those who do itemize their deductions, the new law allows for cash contributions to qualified charities to be deducted up to 100% of your adjusted gross income for the 2020 calendar year.
3. Required minimum distributions from qualified retirement plans, including IRAs, suspended. The new law temporarily suspends the requirements for required minimum distributions (RMD) for the 2020 tax year.
For detailed information on the provisions above, please look at this document.
Thank you for your interest in including Phoenix CDS in your charitable giving this year.
We truly appreciate your support.
Please don’t hesitate to contact Director of Development Kristen Berchtold, CFRE to discuss how your gift can help Phoenix CDS touch and change so many lives.
kberchtold@phoenixcds.org or 309/222-2751.