The Volunteer Center of Bergen County welcomes the financial support of individuals, corporations, foundations and organizations. Contributions support our programs and services and help to fulfill our mission: to strengthen the community by connecting people with opportunities to serve, operating model volunteer programs, building capacity for effective volunteering and participating in strategic partnerships that meet community needs.

To support the Volunteer Center through a membership contribution, click here.

To find out how corporations, foundations and organizations can support specific programs, click here.

The Volunteer Center of Bergen County offers several ways that donors can support our work, including outright gifts or deferred gifts.

As the donor, you can arrange your contributions to maximize personal objectives while minimizing after-tax cost. Charitable gifts offer you some or all of the following benefits: 

• Direct support of organizations you believe in
• Fulfillment of your personal philanthropic goal
• Investment of support to strengthen our community
• Income tax savings 
• Avoidance of capital-gain tax on contributions of long term capital-gain property 
• Payments for life to the donor or other beneficiary
• Increased spendable income 
• Elimination of federal estate tax 

• Membership contribution by cash, check or credit card
• Appreciated property
• Tangible personal property

• Charitable Unitrust 
• Charitable Annuity trust 
• A gift of remainder of interest in personal residence 

• General bequest 
• Specific bequest 
• Percentage bequest
• Residuary bequest 
• Contingent bequest

For further information about how you can support the Volunteer Center’s work,

Please call:

(201) 489-9454, Ext. 25

email us at info@bergenvolunteers.org