Donation Options

Healthcare for the Homeless – Houston is a 501(c)(3), tax exempt, charitable organization, as defined by the Internal Revenue Service. Your gifts are fully tax-deductible within the limits of the law.

Donate by credit card

You can also donate by credit card by calling our Development Office at 713-276-3027.

You have several other options for making donations:

Donate by mail
Recurring gifts
Gifts in honor, memory or celebration
Matching gift programs
Charitable campaigns
In-kind donations
Medical equipment or pharmaceuticals
Dental equipment, supplies, or materials
Kroger shoppers

Donate by mail
Just download this form and return it to:

Healthcare for the Homeless – Houston
Attn: Director of Development
P.O. Box 66690
Houston, TX   77266

Please make your check payable to “Healthcare for the Homeless – Houston.”

Recurring Gifts:
If you’d like to make a donation that can be broken into monthly gifts without overwhelming your budget, you may consider making recurring monthly gifts by credit card. Please select this option if you donate on-line or contact the Development Office by mail or phone.

You may terminate donations at any time by calling (713) 276-3027 or by sending an e-mail to
kabsher@bcm.edu

Gifts in honor, memory or celebration
If you’d like your gift to be made in honor, memory or celebration of another person or event, please provide:

The name of the person in whose name you are making the donation

The occasion (e.g., birthday, bar/bat mitzvah, graduation, wedding, anniversary)

The person you would like to notify about the donation

(We will include your name and address in the acknowledgement.)

You may include the information above on the donation form and send it with your mailed check or you may call the Development Office (713) 276-3027 to give us the specifics.

Matching gift programs
Corporate matching gift programs provide a value-added benefit to your donation. If your workplace has a matching gift program, please contact your Human Resources Department to obtain the form, complete the donor portion and send it to us with your donation. We’ll complete the recipient portion and return it to your employer.

Charitable campaigns
If you participate in any of the following city, state and federal employee campaigns, please remember these numbers. They specify HHH as your charitable choice:

Combined Municipal Campaign                   2472
Combined Federal Campaign                    29903
State Employee Charitable Campaign     334154

In-Kind Donations
You can help people living on Houston’s streets by making gifts for their special needs:

New white tube socks – for adults, to help prevent and heal foot problems
Foor powder and antifungal cream -- for foot problems
Bottled water - to prevent dehydration during the summer
Insect repellent with DEET
New underwear - for men, women, and children (all sizes)
Patient Health and hygiene kits - (include as contents in a Ziploc bag:
shampoo, wash cloth, toothpaste, toothbrush, tissues, Band-aids, white tube socks, cough drops
Walking canes
7 day pill boxes
Feminine hygiene products

Medical equipment or pharmaceuticals
Please contact Yolonda Bean, Clinic Manager, (713)276-3059, ybean@bcm.edu

Dental equipment, supplies or materials
Please contact Teresa Grygo, D.D.S., (713)276-3030, grygo@bcm.edu

Items or material needed:

Gloves
Composite material
Anesthetic
Masks
Bibs
Alginate impression material
X-ray film
Denture bath cups
Disposable lab jackets
Caviwipes

Randall’s shoppers
Randall’s will donate 1% of your purchases to Healthcare for the Homeless – Houston. Just go to the store’s Courtesy Booth and add the HHH account number -- #11134 -- to your Good Neighbor card.

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