Donations from IRA Accounts:
If you are a qualified IRA owner age 70 ½ or older you may be able to make a tax-free gift of up to $100,000. To get the tax benefit for your gift, simply transfer it directly from your IRA to The Women’s Center. We’re happy to help guide you through the process.Please call 773-794-1313 or contact us online.
To Qualify:
- You must be 70½ or older.
- You must own a traditional IRA account (funds in a 403(b), a 401(k) plans or other retirement plans, must first be rolled over tax-free to an IRA).
- Your total combined IRA-Charity Rollover contributions cannot exceed $100,000 in any calendar year.
- Charitable contributions from an IRA must go directly to The Women’s Center – not to a donor-advised fund or private foundation.
Charity Mobile:
Help us help women choose life by selecting cell phone service through Charity Mobile. Use charity mobile code 1062 and 5% of your monthly plan price will be donated to The Women’s Centers of Greater Chicagoland. Below are some advantages to joining. Click here for more details!
Gift In-Kind:
We are accepting donations by appointment only for the following items. We are not accepting any summer clothing at this time. Contact us to arrange a time to drop off your donation. Thank you for your generosity!
Urgently needed items:
- Brand new baby boys' sizes 3 mos and 6 mos fall outfits and sleepers
- Brand new baby girls' sizes 3 mos and 6 mos fall outfits
- Diapers: newborn, size 1, size 2, and size 4
- New and gently used Ladies Winter Maternity clothing - all sizes but especially large and extra large
- Baby girls' Fall and Winter gently used clothes sizes 0-3 mos up to 9-12 mos
- Boys and girls 24 months and 2T Fall and Winter clothes (gently used)
- Gently used children's' shoes and boots
- Toiletries (shampoo, cream rinse, toothbrushes, toothpaste and deodorant)
- Girls' gently used clothing sizes 5 through 8.
- Boys clothes sizes 8 & up
- Brand new baby toys (i.e. rattles, teethers, small sensory toys, lullaby toys, small plush toys etc.)
- Brand new breast pumps
- Cribs (brand new or gently used - no older than five years)
- Pack-n-plays
- Brand new Infant car seats
- Brand new infant car seats and stroller systems
Other items:
- Brand new baby blankets and quilts
- Fragrance free baby lotion, soap and wipes
- Double strollers - new or lightly used. Not expired. Note: Tandem double strollers are preferred because many of our mothers use public transit and double wide strollers often do not fit through those doors and/or take up too much room in the aisles.