Help us re-imagine foster care
Make a gift for a brighter future for foster families
Ways to Give
No matter how you choose to give to Fostering Hope, your gift will contribute to our mission to support foster families and youth, both before and after foster care.
There are many ways to give that can maximize your tax savings and further your impact.
Gifts of Stock
Charitable tax advantages often make giving stock more beneficial than giving cash. By gifting appreciated stock from your investment account, you may be eligible to:
- Receive a charitable income tax deduction
- Avoid capital gains taxes
To transfer shares of public stock to Fostering Hope USA, provide your broker with the following notify us at brian@fosteringhopeusa.org of the amount and type of shares you desire to give so we can connect you to our financial advisor to facilitate the transaction and record and acknowledge your donation.
Estate Gifts
If the mission of Fostering Hope deeply resonates with you, we invite you to consider making us part of your enduring legacy by including us in your estate plans. You can do this by:
- Designating Fostering Hope as a beneficiary of a retirement plan, life insurance policy, or other financial account, or
- Including Fostering Hope in your will or trust by inserting a provision containing our legal name and federal tax ID:
Legal Name: Fostering Hope USA
Address: 111 S. Tejon St. Ste. 112, Colorado Springs, CO 80903
Federal Tax ID Number: 39-3956331
Gifts from Retirement Accounts
Making gifts to Fostering Hope from your traditional retirement accounts allows you to:
- Avoid paying income tax on distributions
- Preserve your account's value
There are several advantageous ways to give from retirement accounts:
Required Minimum Distributions (RMD): If you are over age 72 and are required to distribute funds from your retirement plan, you can satisfy your annual RMD and avoid paying income tax on the distribution by giving directly to SVdP USA.
Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD): If you are over age 70 1/2, you can distribute up to $111,000 per year from your IRA directly to Fostering Hope without paying income tax. This counts toward your RMD.
Legacy IRA Transfer: Thanks to the SECURE 2.0 Act, if you are over age 70 1/2, you can make a one-time tax-free donation of up to $55,000 from an IRA directly to a charitable gift annuity or remainder trust that benefits SVdP USA.
Beneficiary Designation: At any age, you can designate Fostering Hope as a beneficiary of your retirement accounts. Traditional retirement accounts make great assets to transfer to tax-exempt charities because heirs are required to pay income taxes on their distributions.
Fostering Hope USA does not provide investment, tax, or legal advice. Please consult with your personal advisors before making financial decisions based on this information. The information presented here is for general information and educational purposes, is not specific to any individual’s personal circumstances, and may change at any time without notice. Distribution limits are representative of the year 2026.
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Whether you have a question about our work, are ready to take the next step in becoming a partner, or simply want to stay updated on our progress, we’d love to hear from you.
Giving to Fostering Hope USA
Frequently asked questions
What does a gift to Fostering Hope USA pay for?
Your gift will increase the number of foster families supported nationwide who receive the life-changing, family-like volunteer support from Fostering Hope. By helping us build the national capacity needed to bring Fostering Hope to new communities, you are contributing to system-level impact with support for program development, training, affiliate support, evaluation, technology, and national leadership. Your investment helps us grow while protecting the quality and relationships that make the model effective.
How do you know this effort to expand Fostering Hope USA will succeed?
This was the same question Fostering Hope faced 20 years ago in Colorado Springs when this model was just an idea tested in a pilot program serving just two foster families. At that time, we believed that a commitment to good stewardship, thoughtful strategic planning, humility, and a culture rooted in learning and focused on impact would bring the support we needed. Our hope Today, we hold that same belief and have set the same standards. This effort is the result of two years of planning, rigorous research, and generous startup investments.
What kind of impact will my gift make?
We measure more than families served, volunteer hours, or meals delivered. We track whether foster parents continue fostering, whether children remain stable in their placements, and whether young people achieve long-term outcomes in education, employment, and housing. Our work has also been independently evaluated, including an analysis of its economic impact. The results have been promising. In Colorado Springs, every $1 invested has created nearly $3 in impact. We expect this to grow even higher as we bring this to other communities.
With so many organizations serving foster children and families, why Fostering Hope?
Many excellent organizations provide essential services directly to children or help mobilize practical support for foster families. Fostering Hope fills a different gap. We strengthen foster families—particularly those caring for children with significant needs—through long-term volunteer teams that are professionally facilitated by trained Coordinators. That combination of community, professional facilitation, staying power, and measurable outcomes defines our approach.
Why invest in national expansion instead of serving more families in Colorado Springs?
Colorado Springs remains the proving ground for the Fostering Hope model and continues serving families through our original affiliate. Fostering Hope USA was created for a different purpose: to take what has been learned over 20 years and equip other communities to implement it. National investment allows one proven local model to create impact far beyond the community where it began.
How will you grow without losing what makes Fostering Hope work?
We are intentionally choosing depth before speed. New affiliates won’t simply receive a toolkit and be left to implement it. Fostering Hope USA will provide training, data systems, ongoing coaching, and support for the professional Coordinators who facilitate each team. We will measure results as we grow and use what we learn to continually strengthen the model.
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