Donate & Sponsor
Our mission of helping people improve their lives and communities through gardening and healthy food access can only be furthered with the financial support of people like you. Yours is a valuable contribution to building communities.
Starting in 2011, we have an even wider variety of ways you can contribute to Growing Hope! You can join the effort and help us grow by:
Donating Money
Donating Stock
Rooting for the Future Fund
Becoming a Sponsor
Donating Money We believe everyone can contribute – and we appreciate every gift, large or small. Whether you choose a one-time or recurring contribution to Growing Hope, you can donate online (using credit card or paypal) or by sending a check to our office.
We believe that fundraising is not just necessary, but FUN and, like Growing Hope, organic, so please feel free to browse our Facebook cause page, our Crowdrise event pages (our ING NYC Marathon fundraising page or our Dexter-Ann Arbor Run page, for example), or even our Rooting for the Future Fund list of naming opportunities (see below and isn’t a library a great thing to have named for you?). These public forums are indeed fun, but also a simple and easy way to show off a charity you support and a great way to get your friends involved in Growing Hope!
Donating Stock. We can accept gifts of stock through a brokerage account. For details or more information, please contact Hannah at 734-786-8401 or email hannah@growinghope.net.
Rooting for the Future Fund 2011 is the year Growing Hope will officially move into its headquarters at the Growing Hope Center! In order to gain our Certificate of Occupancy and continue to create deeper roots and build more community capacity, we simply need to raise another $125,000. Would you like to play a larger role in helping Growing Hope take our organization to the next level? As we grow from a community garden to an urban farm – literally and metaphorically, please consider investing in our regional future.
Becoming a Sponsor We have a number of ways for our larger community to help sponsor Growing Hope whether through monetary or in-kind donations. Through season-long Downtown Ypsilanti Farmers’ Market opportunities, to our annual Hope’s Harvest fundraiser, or even helping to support our programs like Growing Gardens or Youth Education. Feel free to browse the opportunities online and fill out the Agreement. Or contact Hannah to set up a convenient time to meet to discuss your options.
Our 501c3 Tax ID number is 74-3091845. Our official mailing address as registered with the IRS and State of Michigan is PO Box 980129, Ypsilanti, MI 48198. Your contribution is tax-deductible to the fullest extent the law allows.
Thank you for your support of Growing Hope!!
We truly could not further our organization without you.