Affordable Housing Starts with you
Without access to affordable housing, it's difficult to go back to school, provide for your family, afford health care, break the cycle of poverty, or build long-term financial freedom. When you give to Habitat for Humanity of Danville, you provide a family with an opportunity; an opportunity to get ahead, an opportunity to grow, and an opportunity to make a better life.
Your support helps us build homes, communities, & hope.
There's more than one way to give.
Investing in affordable housing provides families with the opportunity to start building a more secure, stable life for themselves and their family. When you donate to Habitat for Humanity of Danville, you are directly investing in your local community. Discover the many ways you can make a meaningful contribution to our work.
Donate Online
One of the easiest ways to support Habitat for Humanity of Danville is to make a gift online. We accept debit and credit cards through PayPal.
Monthy Giving
By making monthly donations, you support our work year-round. To set up a regular monthly contribution, select the "monthly" option on our donation button.
ReStore Donation
If you'd like to donate used construction materials, bulding supplies, or gently-used furniture and home goods, we can take those items at the ReStore. We'll even come to your home to pick up your donation.
Cash or Check
If you're more comfortable giving by check or cash, please drop your donation off or mail it to our office. If giving by check, please make your check out to "Habitat for Humanity of Danville."
Gifts-In-Kind
If you'd like to donate a product or service to Habitat, we gratefully accept in-kind gifts. Please contact us, and a member of our staff will be in touch with you.
Vehicle donation
Habitat's Cars for Homes program allows you to donate your old car, truck, boat, RV, or other vehicle in order to benefit affordable, local housing. We'll even tow it away for you free of charge. Got questions? Learn how to donate your vehicle here.
Stock
We are grateful to accept gifts in the form of stocks/appreciated securities. Please consult with your financial planner to determine the best option or contact us for more information.
Planned Giving
We gratefully accept gifts made through a will or a living trust, typically a set dollar amount or percentage of an estate that goes to a nonprofit after the donor’s death. To learn more about planned giving, contact us and a member of our staff will be in touch with you.
Property & Land
We gratefully accept gifts in the form of property and land. To learn more about donating your property or land please contact us and a member of our staff will be in touch with you.
donation faqs
Donations are tax-deductible within the guidelines of U.S. law. Habitat for Humanity of Danville is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization based in the U.S. For gifts made online, keep your email or PayPal receipt as your official record to claim your donation as a deduction on your U.S. taxes. For gifts made offline, you will receive a donation receipt in the mail.
Yes, the security and confidentiality of your information is our highest priority. We will not sell, trade or share your personal information with anyone else, nor send donor mailings on behalf of other organizations, and we will only share personal information if you have given us specific permission to do so.
To give by check or cash, drop your donation off at the Habitat ReStore: 422 N Vermilion, Danville, IL 61832
You can also mail your contribution to us at:
Habitat for Humanity of Danville
PO Box 901
Danville, IL 61834
If giving by check, please make your check out to “Habitat for Humanity of Danville”.
You will receive an emailed receipt immediately after your donation is submitted and your credit card is processed. Your donation will also show up on your bank, card, or PayPal statement within 1-3 business days.
You can see a full list of the items we do and do not accept here.
Schedule your donation with the ReStore and we’ll come pick it up! Donations can also be dropped off at the ReStore site at 422 N Vermilion, Danville, IL 61834.
For more information about donation pickup, click here.
Absolutely! Enter your donation amount on our donation page and put a note in the “memo/notes” to customize and send your tribute gift. If you’re donating offline, send us a note informing us of the gift honoree.
WILLS AND TRUSTS
One of the easiest ways to further Habitat for Humanity of Danville’s vital work is to remember us in your will or trust. A gift in your will is:
- Flexible. Because you aren’t actually making a gift until after your lifetime, you can change your mind at any time.
- Versatile. You can structure your gift in many ways, including leaving a percentage of your estate to us.
- Convenient. You have access to your assets throughout your lifetime.
Known as a bequest, this form of giving is accomplished by working with your attorney to include a few simple sentences in your will or living trust.
RETIREMENT PLANS AND IRAS
When you designate us as beneficiary of all or part (1-100 percent) of your retirement plan or IRA, the full amount will pass to us free of any income tax liability. To name Habitat for Humanity of Danville as a beneficiary:
- Contact the administrator of your retirement account for a change-of-beneficiary form.
- Decide what percentage of the plan’s value you would like Habitat for Humanity of Danville to receive and name us, along with the stated percentage, on the beneficiary form.
- Return the form to your plan administrator.
You will make a tax-wise gift to support our work after your lifetime.
LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES
You can easily support our mission by naming us as the beneficiary for any percentage of a life insurance policy you already own. To name Habitat for Humanity of Danville as a beneficiary:
- Contact the administrator of your retirement account for a change-of-beneficiary form.
- Decide what percentage of the plan’s value you would like Habitat for Humanity of Danville to receive and name us, along with the stated percentage, on the beneficiary form.
- Return the form to your plan administrator.
- You will be putting a no-longer-needed policy to good use and you will have flexibility as the gift is revocable at any time should your situation change. To qualify as a deductible gift, Habitat for Humanity of Danville must become the policy owner, so make sure to properly forward the form onto your insurance company.