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Your support will deliver critical support for children in foster care, help teens struggling with mental health challenges to heal, & provide specialized education for children with behavioral and developmental challenges.

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Make a Difference Today

Your donation will deliver critical support for children in foster care. Your generosity will help children struggling with mental health challenges to heal. Your caring support will provide specialized education for children struggling with behavioral and developmental challenges.

See What Your Gift Supports

Below are just a few examples of the many ways your dollars can be put to work at UMFS. We will always honor a donor’s request to designate their support to a specific area of our programming. Please use our donation form’s comment box or your check’s memo line to let us know!

$25

A pack of sensory toys for therapy.

$50

A bookbag full of school supplies.

$100

Dinner for a new foster family.

$250

An adoption party for a foster child.

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$500

Social worker
appreciation.

$1,000

Recreational therapy
equipment.

$25

A pack of sensory toys for therapy.

$50

A bookbag full of school supplies.

$100

Dinner for a new foster family.

$150

One therapy session for a child.

$200

Help us advertise for new foster parents.

$250

An adoption party for a foster care.

$350

Community outing on spring break.

$500

Social worker
appreciation.

$750

A rock climbing field trip for youth.

$1,000

Recreational therapy
equipment.

For Check Donations:
Make checks payable to “UMFS” and mail to:
UMFS
Attn: Development Office
3900 West Broad St
Richmond, VA 23230.

OTHER DONATION OPTIONS
Gifts of Securities

When you donate appreciated securities to UMFS, you receive several benefits. In addition to the standard tax deduction for making a charitable donation, you may also avoid the capital gains tax.

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Gifts from Your IRA

Once you reach age 72, you must start taking the RMD (Required Minimum Distribution) from your IRA or 401K retirement account. Instead of taking the full RMD yourself, you can make a QCD (Qualified Charitable Distribution) to UMFS, which may be tax-free.

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Planned Giving

Join the UMFS 1900 Society to help high-risk children and their families become self-sufficient, contributing members of their communities, now and into the future. You’ll be empowering generations to come.

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Workplace Giving

Employer Matching – Many employers match, double, or even triple gifts or volunteer hours made by their employees. Please check your employer’s plan for details.

State and federal campaign codes:

  • Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign CVC #060701
  • Combined Federal Campaign CFC #16010

If you need a matching gift confirmation, please reach out to sbeam@umfs.org.

Donor Advised Funds

We welcome grants from your donor-advised fund. Our full legal name is United Methodist Family Services of Virginia, EIN#54-0505969. While some funds share your name with us when you make a grant, some do not. 

We want to thank you for your gift. We therefore encourage you to notify us when you make a grant at  development@umfs.org or 804.254.9450.

Your gift supports…

Children in foster care who deserve stability, like Damonte.
Children with mental health challenges, like Mackenzie.
Students in special education who need support, like Sophia.

Contact Us

When you donate to UMFS, you invest in the lives of high-risk children and families across Virginia. We sincerely appreciate your support. Our development team is ready to help you and answer any questions.

Kate Ockerman

Director of Philanthropy and Volunteerism

804.239.1039
kockerman@UMFS.org

Julia Bowling

Julia Bowling Bell

Major Gifts Officer

804.533.2947
jbowlingbell@UMFS.org

sarah beam

Sarah Beam

Annual Fund Officer

804.495.2093
sbeam@UMFS.org

brenda foster

Brenda Foster

Administrative Services Manager

804.254.9450
bfoster@UMFS.org

brenda foster

Lauren McMullen

Volunteer Engagement Coordinator

804.353.4461, ext 1153
lmcmullen@UMFS.org

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