Donate - The Verge Awards for Teens on the Verge of Greatness!

Youth Impact Charitable Fund

The more these amazing teens raise, the more impact they can achieve!

If you're thinking about supporting any of the causes below and others, please consider doing so through the Youth Impact Charitable Fund (501c3)!
 
The Verge Awards are donating 100% of the profit from benefit variety show sponsorships and enabling celebrities, artists, philanthropists, and businesses to donate prizes and experiences to raise even more through fundraising sweepstakes.
 
Together, we can empower these teens to make a tremendous difference in this world, and hopefully ignite in them a lifelong desire to serve others.
 
Individuals, grantmakers, and businesses may make cash and non-cash contributions for distribution to causes including:
Racial Equity
Homeless youth
Adoption, Foster Care
Poverty, food insecurity
Public Education (Arts, Tech), Education Opportunity Gap 
Girls' Empowerment
School Safety
LGBTQ+ Youth
Dropout prevention
Healthcare, Mental Health
Climate Change
Animal Welfare
Refugee support
Strengthening democracy
etc.

Eligible gifts:

Individuals and businesses may donate gifts of cash, stock, real estate and tangible personal property such as art, antiques and collectibles. You may also donate high value prizes for fundraising sweepstakes that generate more proceeds for charity than market value, and far more than auctions with just one winner.

Cash Donors:
You may use this link for credit card payments:

DONATE VIA CREDIT CARD

For very large contributions:  to help us avoid hefty credit card processing fees we encourage you to write a check payable to: Youth Impact Charitable Fund
 
Please mail your check to:
The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
70 Audubon Street
New Haven, Connecticut 06510-9755

Stock Transfers:
Please download these instructions
 
All Other Non-Cash Donors (real estate, tangible personal property, etc.):
Please use this link to reach our fund manager:

MAKE NON-CASH DONATIONS

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