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Thank you for your interest in donating to the Suicide Prevention and Crisis Service. We greatly appreciate you!

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Donate By Mail 
If you would like to mail in a donation please click on the form below Donation Form

Wish List

  • Digital Video Recorder 
  • Three-person couch for the call center room, used but in good condition
  • Bookstore gift certificates, to purchase books for people affected by crisis and trauma
  • Easy to eat food and supplies, for the Crisisline counselors, who are in the counseling center 24/7 (e.g.,  cookies, candies, pretzel mixes, nuts, Raman packages, microwave popcorn packs and/or soups, individual bottles/cans of juice and soda, paper and plastic ware, paper goods (or gift certificates at stores with these available)

    Please contact our office at 607-272-1505 or email spcsoffice@verizon.net if you can fulfill any of our wishes.

Ways to Donate
SPCS accepts donations in cash and in kind.  For a listing of in kind needs, please see our enclosed Wish List.

Monetary donations:
SPCS accepts donations towards its annual campaign, for Suicide Prevention Foundation, and for two endowments managed by the Foundation (see below).

Donations can be made by check payable to Suicide Prevention & Crisis Service of Tompkins County, 124 E. Court Street, Ithaca, NY 14850.

SPCS accepts donations by Visa and Master Charge.  Kindly print the number, type of card, and expiration date on your donation form.

SPCS accepts donations of securities. 

Endowments:
Suicide Prevention Foundation:  Provides annual and long-term support to SPCS, as well as manages other endowments on its behalf.
 
Jack Lewis Legacy Fund:  Created in 2006 to honor the Reverend W. Jack Lewis (1915-2002), a founder and driving spirit of SPCS, its purpose is to ensure that SPCS’ Crisisline remains in service, 24 hours a day, 7 days per week, 365 days per year, in perpetuity, to serve those in crisis in Tompkins County, New York.

Stephen and Kathleen Garner Fund:  Created in 2007 by the Board of Directors of SPCS as a permanent tribute to Stephen and Kathleen Garner, interest earned on the Stephen & Kathleen Garner Fund will be available for use at the discretion of the current executive director of SPCS and her successors. Additional gifts to any of the Funds can be made by designating the particular Fund on your check payable to Suicide Prevention & Crisis Service.

Gifts to Honor Loved Ones:  SPCS is pleased to accept gifts made in honor or memory of loved ones.  Kindly indicate the name of the loved one and whether the gift is in memory or honor of him/her.

Bequests:  SPCS can be included as a beneficiary in your will.

Appreciated Securities:  SPCS accepts donations of appreciated securities. 

For donors 70 ˝ years of age and older:  Through December 2007, the federal Pension Protection Act of 2006 allows taxpayers, aged 70 ˝ and older,  to donate up to a total of $100,000 annually from their individual retirement accounts tax free to not-for-profit organizations, including SPCS. Although donors do not receive a tax deduction for the gift, the money is excluded from taxable income when computing taxes.  Please contact your financial advisor to determine if you can support SPCS in this manner.

Kindly consult your attorney about the applicability to your own circumstances of the legal principles contained in this document.