There are several ways you can support CAPS:

Donations
Mail
Send credit card information or checks, payable to Child Abuse Prevention Services, to:
CAPS
P.O. Box 176
Roslyn, N.Y. 11576-0176

Please include a completed donor form (print copy here) to ensure your donation is handled properly.

By Telephone or Fax
To make a donation by telephone, call CAPS at 516-621-0552.
To fax in your donation, fax a completed donor form (print copy here) to CAPS at 516-621-3767.

Tribute Gifts
Gifts to CAPS can be made to honor or remember a loved one, a friend or even a special occasion. When making your donation, let us know the name, address, e-mail and/or telephone information of the person(s) you wish to notify of the tribute so that we may let them know a gift has been made in their name. CAPS will keep the amount of the gift confidential.

Matching Gifts
Many employers have matching gift programs that will increase the value of your contribution to CAPS. Check with your company's Human Resources department to find out if your company will match your gift to CAPS.

Gifts of Securities
Gifts of appreciated securities may offer substantial tax advantages to you, including the forgiveness of the tax on capital gain and an income-tax charitable deduction for the fair market value of the security. If you itemize your federal income deductions, you also may receive a federal income tax charitable deduction (up to 30 % of your adjusted gross income with a five-year carryover) for the security's full fair market value, if you have held it for longer than 12 months. Talk it over with your financial advisor; then, if you're ready to make a gift of securities to CAPS, call us at 516-621-0552 to get information on the proper procedures.

Special Events
CAPS hosts a number of special events each year to help raise funds to support our mission of working together to keep every child safe from harm. To see what's coming up - and how you can take part - click here.

CAPS Store
Tote bags, note cards and more are available for purchase here.

Planned Giving
A donation to CAPS through your will, a charitable gift annuity, a gift of life insurance, a pooled income fund or a charitable trust can be part of your sound financial plan. Here are some options for planned giving to CAPS that you can discuss with your financial advisor.

Bequest
You can support CAPS by naming CAPS as a beneficiary in your will.

Life Income Gift
By irrevocably transferring some assets to CAPS today, you may be able to receive income for life.

Gift of Life Insurance
If you have a life insurance policy you no longer need, you can donate the policy to CAPS.

Pooled Income Fund
A gift of cash, marketable securities or both can be invested together with similar gifts from other donors to CAPS.

Charitable Lead Trust
If you have a very large estate, you may be able to create a charitable lead trust to benefit CAPS and pass principal to your family with little or no tax penalty.

Gifts of Retirement Plans
If you wish, your IRA assets can be transferred to a charitable remainder trust that may provide life income to the beneficiary, and an eventual gift to CAPS.

Donations to CAPS are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.

CAPS' Annual Report is available by clicking here and through the Office of the Attorney General of the State of New York. CAPS does not sell, share or lend its mailing lists to any organizations or companies.