A Donation to help build brighter futures

Make a direct impact on the community through your support of Oakland Family Services

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Donations made to Oakland Family Services immediately begin to build a brighter future for children and families in our community. Your investment is a gift from the heart and helps support early childhood programs that prepare children to enter school ready to succeed; parent and child support and education programs that help to nurture healthy parent/child relationships; programs to protect children from abuse and neglect, providing safe and secure homes; and counseling programs that help individuals and families address barriers to change and empower them to thrive.

“I LOVE ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS OAKLAND FAMILY SERVICES DOES. YOU CAN SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THEY ARE ACTIVE WITH. IT'S A WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION.”

Ann Wiedelman | Volunteer

 

How You Can Support Children and Families

Whether you lend a hand by volunteering or you join in and financially support the agency, your help is needed and can be given in any of the following ways: 

  • A tribute in honor of a family member or friend’s birthday, graduation, wedding or other special occasions 

  • A memorial gift that honors the memory of a special person

  • A pledge to support Oakland Family Services for years to come

  • Grants for specific programs 

  • Including Oakland Family Services as a beneficiary in your will or by designating the agency such as in annuities, trusts and pooled income funds 

  • Gifts of appreciated assets 

  • Support of families through the Adopt A Family program during the holiday season

  • A donation of time through Oakland Family Services’ Volunteer Corps

 
 
 

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Want to Know More?

To learn more about the different ways you can support Oakland Family Services, contact the Development team at development@ofsfamily.org.

 

Your bill of rights as a donor

Oakland Family Services adheres to the Association of Fundraising Professionals’ Code of Ethical Principles and Standards.

SIX: To be assured that information about their donations is handled with respect and with confidentiality to the extent provided by law.

SEVEN: To expect that all relationships with individuals representing organizations of interest to the donor will be professional in nature.

EIGHT: To be informed whether those seeking donations are volunteers, employees of the organization or hired solicitors.

NINE: To have the opportunity for their names to be deleted from mailing lists that an organization may intend to share.

TEN: To feel free to ask questions when making a donation and to receive prompt, truthful and forthright answers.

ONE: To be informed of the organizations’ mission, of the way the organization intends to use donated resources, and of its capacity to use donations effectively for their intended purposes.

TWO: To be informed of the identity of those serving on the organization’s governing board, and to expect the board to exercise prudent judgment in its stewardship responsibilities.

THREE: To have access to the organization’s most recent financial statements.

FOUR: To be assured their gifts will be used for the purposes for which they were given.

FIVE: To receive appropriate acknowledgement and recognition.

 

DEVELOPED BY: Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP); Association for Healthcare Philanthropy (AHP); Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE); and Giving Institute: Leading CONSULTANTS TO NON-PROFITS
ORIGINALLY ENDORSED BY: Independent Sector; National Catholic Development Conference (NCDC); National Committee on Planned Giving (NCPG); Council for Resource Development (CRD); and United Way of America