Tim Griffith Foundation

There are several special giving opportunities with the Tim Griffith Memorial Foundation that make a significant impact in the community.

Sponsor a Resident at Tim’s House - $2,500
Each year, TGMF provides the operating funds for Tim’s House, a transitional housing facility for young men 18-30 struggling with drug and alcohol addiction. Tim’s House provides a safe and sober environment while residents are in substance abuse treatment and working to gain the skills and resources necessary to rejoin society as productive and sober community members. Residents participate in counseling, obtain jobs, pay rent, develop job and life skills and most of all work on their recovery, finding hope for their future.

TGMF Newsletter Sponsor - $7,500 for a year’s publications or $2,500 for a single issue
TGMF sends out three newsletters a year to our mailing list of 1300 and growing. The Newsletter Sponsor would receive their name and logo listed in each newsletter, recognized as the underwriter of the newsletter and a community partner.

Imagine Event Sponsorships
Each year, TGMF’s fundraising gala raises critical funds to support local nonprofits promoting peace, drug and alcohol recovery and healing from grief. This year’s Imagine 2009 provides sponsorship opportunities to meet a variety of giving levels.
* Exclusive Event Sponsor - $5,000
* Exclusive Printing Sponsor - $2,500
* Exclusive Croquet Sponsor - $1,000
* Gold Table Sponsors - $1,000
* “Imagine” Sponsor - $650

For more details and a list of benefits, please contact Stacey Redman at stacey.redman@gmail.com.

Donations of goods or services is another great way to support the Tim Griffith Memorial Foundation. Below is a wish list of items and additional in-kind donation opportunities.

Currently on our Wish List:
Quickbooks Pro 2009

Auction Items
Do you have a vacation home, season tickets or service that you can donate for a one-time use?
Art work, wine, sports memorabilia? Do you have access to a place of interest for a behind the scenes tour? Your auction donations are greatly appreciated. Please contact Auction Lead Denise Harvey at Denise4t@gmail.com.

Perhaps the most profound way to give to the Tim Griffith Memorial Foundation is by providing for the foundation in your estate plans. By planning a gift to the foundation upon your passing from this life, you are creating a legacy of your values and impact on the community.

There are many ways to give through planned giving, including as simple as making TGMF a partial or full beneficiary of an IRA or other retirement account.

Some Planned Gift Options Include:
* Bequests
* Revocable and Irrevocable Living Trusts
* Outright gifts
* Charitable Remainder Unitrusts and Annuity Trusts
* Pooled Income Fund
* Charitable Lead Trusts
* Retained Life Interests in Gifts of Real Property
* Life Insurance
* Retirement Plans
* Pledges

For more information about how you can promote peace, healing and hope in the community far beyond your lifetime, please contact Julie Gayner at julie.gayner@gmail.com.

Is part of your holiday tradition to rush from store to store looking for gifts for people who already have everything they need? Or perhaps your tradition is standing in line after a holiday to return the gifts you don't need. Whether celebrating Hanukah, Birthdays, Easter, Valentine’s Day or Christmas – gift giving can be stressful.

Six years ago, the Barrow Family of Menlo Park came to the realization that they already have everything they need, and it would be better to give to a charity instead of themselves. Each season, a member of the family selects an organization to receive a donation and educates the family on the work of the organization. The responsibility for selecting the benefiting organization rotates between family members each year. Kellie Barrow said "Knowing that all we need to do at Christmas is pick a cause, educate ourselves on the cause, then give to the cause, ultimately causes us to have a reason to celebrate! It just feels right, and helps with the stress level of the season."

In 2007, Kellie Barrow, on behalf of her family selected TGMF to be the recipients of the family's Christmas donation, and we thank them for including TGMF in their tradition of giving.