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With your help, hope is within reach.

Your support is needed now more than ever as we intensify engagement with our scholars and their families.  Give a gift at any level to make an immediate impact and support the work of Hope Ignites Chicago work with Scholars today. 

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NAME CHANGE AND DONATIONS

We’re so grateful for your support of Hope Ignites Chicago, formerly Boys Hope Girls Hope of Illinois! As we work through our legal name change with the Internal Revenue Service, we need your help to ensure gifts reach us without delay.

We’ve seen some confusion in online giving portals during this transition. While we’re updating our name to Hope Ignites Chicago in these systems, some portals and donor-advised fund (DAF) databases may still list us as Boys Hope Girls Hope of Illinois until the IRS change is complete.  Please double-check the name, address, and EIN before you give:

Name: Boys Hope Girls Hope of Illinois
EIN: 51-0248353

Once your gift is made, you can help us with one additional step—email Kate Harken at [email protected] so we can confirm it has been received and applied as intended.

Thank you for standing with us during this transition—we couldn’t do this without you.

Donate by Mail

Attn: Development Office Boys Hope Girls Hope of Illinois

1100 North Laramie Avenue

Wilmette, IL 60091-1021

Donate by Phone

847-920-2783

You can give using a credit card over the phone by calling Robbi Lustig, Business Manager.

Gifts In-Kind

Gifts-in-kind that can be used in our programs, including food, furnishings, computers, cars, and school/office supplies. To learn more about our current needs, please contact Robbi Lustig, Business Manager: [email protected] or 847-920-2783.

Wire Transfer

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If you would like to donate via ACH Wire Transfer, please contact Robbi Lustig, Business Manager, for instructions:
[email protected] or 847-920-2783.

Recurring Gifts

Consider a long-term commitment to the success of our program. Monthly and quarterly gifts can be billed to your credit card with our online donation form, and multi-year pledges are gratefully accepted. Contact Robbi Lustig, Business Manager, for more information: [email protected] or 847-920-2783.

Planned Giving

Planned gifts include gifts through a will, trust, IRA, life insurance, or other assets. Click here to learn more about our “Legacy of Hope” planned giving initiative. Or, contact Kate Harken, Director of Philanthropy, [email protected] or 847-920-2781.

Memorial Funds

A gift to Hope Ignites in honor of a loved one is a meaningful and lasting way to celebrate their accomplishments, life, and memory. To make a tribute or memorial gift via check, please include:

· Name of the honoree

· Contact information of the party you would like to notify about the gift

Stock Gifts

Your gift of appreciated stock and other securities can help relieve you from long-term capital-gains taxes, and it is deductible at the full fair market value on the date given. For specific instructions to make a stock gift, please contact Robbi Lustig, Business Manager: [email protected] or 847-920-2783.

GIVE TODAY

Reed and Rosemary Tupper

Reed and Rosemary Tupper

Hope Ignites Chicago
Supporters since 2006

“The future of our country is our youth, and the future of our youth is education, that is why we are happy to support Hope Ignites Chicago with our Planned gift.” —R. Tupper

Vicki and Tom Hofstetter

Hope Ignites Chicago
Supporters since 1989

“Once I spent time with Joanna [Hope Ignites Chicago] alum and the Hofstetter’s adopted daughter] doing crafts at the [Hope Ignites Chicago] residences many years ago, I came home and told Tom there is something special about this girl, and we need to make a commitment to her and Hope Ignites Chicago, and we have.” —Vicki

Rudy and Lee Trebels

Hope Ignites Chicago
Supporters since 1996

“Our family’s devotion to Hope Ignites Chciago and desire to support Scholars will continue on through our estate gift.” —Rudy

STEWARDSHIP

We pledge to ensure your investment has the impact that it merits. Hope Ignites continues to enhance our Performance Management Tool, utilizing peer accountability and support across our sixteen affiliates and Headquarters.

This consistent evaluation allows us to assess our data-centric, outcomes-oriented programming. Our ability to generate real-time data gives us the opportunity to provide maximum transparency to our stakeholders.

View our financial information and our Annual Report by clicking the links below.

Additionally, Hope Ignites adheres to AFP’s Donor Bill of Rights.

Hope Ignites and all 14 affiliates undergo an annual audit. This transparency enables us to demonstrate our sound stewardship of the resources invested by our generous donors.

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