Ways to Give
Thank you for your interest joining Bay Area Legal Aid in its efforts to ensure that low-income people in our community have equal access to the civil justice system. Your contribution will help to provide critical legal services to protect battered women and their children from future violence, keep families in their homes, and ensure that all Bay Area residents have access to needed health care and benefits.
Bay Area Legal Aid is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and donations are tax deductible. There are many ways to give to BayLegal:
Make a Donation by Mail
Please make your check out to Bay Area Legal Aid and mail it to:
Bay Area Legal Aid
Development Department
405 14th Street, 9th Floor
Oakland, CA 94612
Support BayLegal through the United Way
You can make a contribution to BayLegal through your company's United Way campaign. Just write Bay Area Legal Aid's name and address (see above) on your contribution form to make your wishes clear. If you choose to do this, please send a note or an email to development@baylegal.org to inform us of your gift.
Support BayLegal through your Workplace Giving Campaign
You can have your gift deducted from your paycheck by designating a contribution to Bay Area Legal Aid during your office's fall workplace campaign. Ongoing campaigns include local, regional, and state government employees' fund drives and other campaigns through Local Independent Charities of America. If you choose to do this, please send a note or an email to development@baylegal.org to inform us of your gift.
Double the Impact of Your Gift with a Matching Gift from your Employer
You may be able to double or even triple the impact of your gift to BayLegal by getting your employer to make a matching gift. Some companies will even match gifts made by retired employees and/or employees' spouses. To find out if your company has a matching gift program, call your company's human resources office. Your firm's human resources office will also be able to provide you with a matching gift form. Once you have completed the form, please mail it to the following address:
Bay Area Legal Aid
Development Department
405 14th Street, 9th Floor
Oakland, CA 94612
Make a Gift of Stock or Appreciated Securities
Donating appreciated stock, or other securities that you have held for at least a year, offers multiple benefits. This type of contribution allows you to take an income deduction for the current value of the stock, as well as avoid capital gains. To donate stock, please contact Jennifer Cesario, Development Director, at (510) 250-5242.
Support BayLegal through Planned Giving
Leave a legacy in support of justice by remembering Bay Area Legal Aid in your estate plan or will. To learn more about leaving a bequest or gift from a retirement plan or life insurance policy, please contact Jennifer Cesario, Development Director, at (510) 250-5242.
Direct Cy Pres Funds to BayLegal
Because our services benefit those most likely to be unrepresented or underrepresented in the justice system, BayLegal is an appropriate recipient of cy pres, or residual class action, funds. Please consider BayLegal when resolving your cases, as BayLegal's work benefits the broader society by ensuring that the civil justice system itself remains fair and equitable.
Bay Area Legal Aid is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and donations are tax deductible. There are many ways to give to BayLegal:
- Make a credit card donation
- Make a recurring credit card donation
- Make a donation by mail
- Support BayLegal through the United Way
- Support BayLegal through your Workplace Giving Campaign
- Double the impact of your gift with a matching gift from your employer
- Donate stock
- Support BayLegal through planned giving
- Cy Pres Awards
Make a Credit Card Donation
BayLegal accepts credit card donations made with a Visa, MasterCard, or American Express card. To make your donation through our secure online site, please click here.
Alternatively, you can call BayLegal's Development Department to make a credit card donation over the phone. To make your gift, please call Jennifer Cesario, Development Director, at (510) 250-5242.
Make a Donation by Mail
Please make your check out to Bay Area Legal Aid and mail it to:
Bay Area Legal Aid
Development Department
405 14th Street, 9th Floor
Oakland, CA 94612
Support BayLegal through the United Way
You can make a contribution to BayLegal through your company's United Way campaign. Just write Bay Area Legal Aid's name and address (see above) on your contribution form to make your wishes clear. If you choose to do this, please send a note or an email to development@baylegal.org to inform us of your gift.
Support BayLegal through your Workplace Giving Campaign
You can have your gift deducted from your paycheck by designating a contribution to Bay Area Legal Aid during your office's fall workplace campaign. Ongoing campaigns include local, regional, and state government employees' fund drives and other campaigns through Local Independent Charities of America. If you choose to do this, please send a note or an email to development@baylegal.org to inform us of your gift.
Double the Impact of Your Gift with a Matching Gift from your Employer
You may be able to double or even triple the impact of your gift to BayLegal by getting your employer to make a matching gift. Some companies will even match gifts made by retired employees and/or employees' spouses. To find out if your company has a matching gift program, call your company's human resources office. Your firm's human resources office will also be able to provide you with a matching gift form. Once you have completed the form, please mail it to the following address:
Bay Area Legal Aid
Development Department
405 14th Street, 9th Floor
Oakland, CA 94612
Make a Gift of Stock or Appreciated Securities
Donating appreciated stock, or other securities that you have held for at least a year, offers multiple benefits. This type of contribution allows you to take an income deduction for the current value of the stock, as well as avoid capital gains. To donate stock, please contact Jennifer Cesario, Development Director, at (510) 250-5242.
Support BayLegal through Planned Giving
Leave a legacy in support of justice by remembering Bay Area Legal Aid in your estate plan or will. To learn more about leaving a bequest or gift from a retirement plan or life insurance policy, please contact Jennifer Cesario, Development Director, at (510) 250-5242.
Direct Cy Pres Funds to BayLegal
Because our services benefit those most likely to be unrepresented or underrepresented in the justice system, BayLegal is an appropriate recipient of cy pres, or residual class action, funds. Please consider BayLegal when resolving your cases, as BayLegal's work benefits the broader society by ensuring that the civil justice system itself remains fair and equitable.