How to Donate | Baltimore Healthy Start, Inc.

Thank you for your donation and interest.

Monetary donations are accepted using the following methods:

Online using PayPal

This is our online secure payment processing service. With this service, you can donate, and purchase tickets for events, using your debit card, bank account information, and/or credit card.

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Direct Payment to Baltimore Healthy Start, Inc.

If you are unable to donate using the online feature, or if you prefer not to use the online donation feature, please print out and complete the pledge form and mail to our administrative office at:

Baltimore Healthy Start, Inc.
Attn: Finance Office
2521 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21218

If you are donating using a credit card, please be sure to affix your signature to the pledge form, authorizing the transaction.

Baltimore Healthy Start, Inc. is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization, donations to which are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. For financial statements, contact BHSI at 410-396-7318, 2521 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, attention CFO. Documents and information submitted to the state of Maryland under the Maryland Charitable Solicitation Act are available from the Office of the Secretary of State.

Have questions? Please use our online contact form and choose the "Donations" category.

Non-Monetary Donations

Most forms of non-monetary donations are accepted. Below is a listing of items that we need regularly and that we provide to our families free of charge.

Clothing - for adults and children
Food - baby food too
Toys
Baby Items - diapers, baby clothes, high chair, baby bath, etc.
Furniture - cribs, beds, tables, chairs, desks, etc.
Office Furniture
Office Supplies

If you would like to donate an item that is not listed please contact:

Ms. Dana Gaskins
Director, Health Education and Marketing
(410) 396-7318
dana.gaskins@baltimorecity.gov

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Quick Take

Impact of Online Giving

More than 65 percent of donors use information from the Internet before giving, whether online or offline – and 40 percent always go online before giving, regardless of whether they give online or offline.

Roughly 19 percent of men and women who use the Internet donate to charity online – compared to banking online: 41 percent or shopping online: 67 percent

The number one reason donors say they give online is convenience. Other top reasons include giving quickly at times of crisis, making multiple gifts in one transaction through a giving portal, and seeing their overall giving history.

Online donors are generous. Whether due to income levels, the impulsive nature of online giving or the credit card effect, online donors give significantly more than offline donors.

In 2007, Offline-only donors who also received e-newsletters gave more than twice as much as did offline donors who did not receive electronic communication.

Online giving is growing exponentially each year, from $250 million in 2000 to more than $4.5 billion in 2005.

Source: Center for Nonprofit Excellence, Vol. 11, No. 09, April 27, 2011

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