Ways to Give

Your contribution will make a significant difference in helping us to educate the public and policy makers to direct your hard-earned tax dollars to prevent homelessness, and assist those becoming homeless in your community to rapidly move out of shelters back into housing with the supportive services they need to stabilize within the community.

Text NCH to 41444 to make a donation!*

More Ways to Support NCH:

Become a Member

NCH envisions a world where everyone has a safe, decent, affordable and accessible home. With your help, we're making that vision a reality.

Sign up to become an Individual Member of the National Coalition for the Homeless!

Buy a Tshirt

We have partnered with ChariTEES to offer two unique Tshirt designs that raise awareness of homelessness.

Purchase a Tshirt
All proceeds from sales are donated to the National Coalition for the Homeless.

Include NCH in Your Will

We all want to leave a legacy for our children and future generations. Be sure that your children and children’s children will not have to face homelessness by including a bequest to NCH in your will. Talk to your financial planner or lawyer, or contact NCH with any questions.

Donate Stock Shares

Talk to you financial planner or stock broker about donating a few shares of your stock to NCH. You can reap extra tax benefits, and it is the gift that has potential to keep giving! Contact NCH for more information, or see Donateguide.com for a description of how to donate stock.

Donate an Item on our Wishlist

You can help NCH work towards ending homelessness by donating:

Office supplies: Post-it notes, copier paper, manila folders, pens, etc.
Trash bags
Stamps
Metro cards for homeless speakers to travel to events in DC
Hotel rooms for traveling to speaking engagements and conferences
Digital Camera
Legal advice
Public relations and marketing services
Vehicle for use when attending speaking engagements and other local event

Search for NCH at Goodsearch.com

Goodsearch will donate one cent for every online search to NCH. Just go to www.GoodSearch.com and enter in the National Coalition for the Homeless as the charity you GoodSearch for!

Join NCH on Social Media

We post updates and news stories daily to keep you informed. Follow, Like, Report and ReTweet - YOU can help spread awareness and make positive change!

Facebook | Google+ | Pinterest | Twitter | YouTube

Read a Good Book

All of the below reads offer insight into the experience of homelessness:

Jay S. Levy is giving 25% of the proceeds to NCH and other homeless service agencies from sales of his three books: Pretreatment Guide for Homeless Outreach & Housing First (published September 2013), Homeless Narratives & Pretreatment Pathways: From Words to Housing (published September 2010), and Homeless Outreach & Housing First: Lessons Learned (published November 2011).
Why Are You Surprised I'm Still Here? | Featuring the Sign Collection of Billy Kaufman, this is an exploration of American homelessness through words and images. (A percentage of sales is given by the publisher to NCH)
Soul of a Woman | This tale, told through the eyes of a child, traces the journey of an American woman, dispossessed and struggling for survival through decades of poverty and homelessness. (A percentage of sales is given by the author to NCH)
Street Corner Majesty | Poems by David Harris, NCH Speaker
A Bum Deal: An Unlikely Journey From Hopeless to Humanitarian by Rufus Hannah, NCH Speaker and Barry Soper
Shelter: One Man's Journey From Homelessness to Hope by Bobby Burns
Homeless Isn't Hopeless by William Laney
Drawing Strength by Scott Nychay

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