Most of the work is donated. The rest costs money.
A volunteer will give you a Saturday. A tradesperson will waive a service call. But nobody donates the grab bar, the lumber, the fixture, or the dump fee. And not every job finds a volunteer: sometimes the work needs a licensed trade, or it cannot wait, and the honest answer is that we pay someone to do it. Donations close both gaps, and they are small enough that ordinary gifts matter here in a way they do not at a large organization.
What a gift actually buys
- $50 puts grab bars and a handrail in a bathroom, which is the single most effective fall-prevention thing we do.
- $150 covers materials for a typical small repair: a fixture, a valve, hardware, and the trips to get them.
- $300 clears an overgrown yard, including dump fees and hauling.
- $500 sponsors a full project for one household, materials end to end.
These are honest averages from the kind of work we do, not marketing tiers. Some jobs cost less. Some cost more.
Other ways to give
Materials
Lumber, fixtures, hardware, and gift cards to a home improvement store are as useful as cash and sometimes more so. If you are a supplier or a contractor, materials donated at your cost are generally deductible in a way that donated labor is not.
Sponsor a project
Some donors prefer to fund one specific household and hear how it went. We can do that, and we will tell you what it cost and what changed.
Your time
It is worth saying that we need hands and trucks as badly as we need money. If giving time fits you better, start here.
Where we stand on tax deductibility. We are a California nonprofit public benefit corporation, incorporated July 26, 2026, and the IRS has recognized us as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt public charity (EIN 42-4045039). Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
The part worth knowing: exemption is effective retroactively to July 26, 2026, our incorporation date, so every gift made since we launched is deductible for the tax year it was given in. We issue a written acknowledgment for every gift; keep it with your records, and talk to your own tax advisor about your situation.
Prefer not to give online? Email us and we will arrange a check, a materials donation, or a project sponsorship personally.
