Help Give Kentucky Children Safety, Healing & Hope
When you donate to children in Kentucky through Gateway Children’s Services, your gift helps children and teens find safety, healing, stability, and opportunities for a brighter future.
For more than 45 years, Gateway Children’s Services has served children and families throughout Kentucky. From providing a safe place for a teenager during a difficult time to helping a child heal from trauma, supporting foster families, and strengthening families before a crisis occurs, our work is centered on helping children thrive.
Your gift can make a difference today.
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Your Donation Helps Children When They Need It Most
Every child deserves to feel safe, supported, and hopeful about their future.
Gateway Children's Services provides a range of services designed to meet children and families where they are and help them move forward.
Your donation can help provide:
- Safe housing and care for children and teens who cannot safely remain at home.
- Trauma-informed behavioral health services to help children heal and develop healthy coping skills.
- Therapeutic foster care and support for foster families caring for children with complex needs.
- Educational support to help young people succeed in school and prepare for their futures.
- Life skills and enrichment opportunities that allow children to learn, grow, explore new interests, and experience childhood.
- Family support and prevention services that strengthen families and help prevent future crises.
- Basic needs such as clothing, hygiene products, school supplies, meals, and other essentials.
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How Your Gift Can Help
Every gift matters. Whether you give $25 or $2,500, your generosity helps Gateway provide experiences, resources, and support that may not otherwise be available to the children we serve.
- $25 can help provide personal care items, school supplies, or other everyday essentials.
- $50 can help purchase new clothing or shoes for a child.
- $100 can help provide recreational, educational, or enrichment activities.
- $250 can help support therapeutic activities, life-skills experiences, or educational needs.
- $1,000 can help provide a meaningful enrichment experience for children and teens in residential care.
These are examples of how donations may be used. Gifts are directed where they can best support Gateway's mission and the children and families we serve.
More Than a Donation - An Investment in a Child's Future
For a child experiencing trauma, instability, family crisis, or placement outside the home, everyday experiences can make an extraordinary difference.
- A new outfit can help a teenager feel confident on the first day of school.
- A fishing trip, summer camp, or trip to a museum can give a child a positive memory they carry with them long after leaving Gateway.
- Therapy can help a young person understand what has happened to them and develop skills for moving forward.
- Educational support can help a struggling student discover that they are capable of succeeding.
- And sometimes, simply having a safe place and caring adults nearby can give a child the stability they need to begin again.
- When you give to Gateway Children's Services, you help make those moments possible.
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Helping Children & Families Across Kentucky
Gateway Children's Services is a Kentucky-based nonprofit organization providing services to children, teens, and families.
Our programs include:
- Residential services for youth
- Therapeutic and medically complex foster care
- Behavioral health services
- Family support and prevention programs
- Educational services
- Youth development and life-skills opportunities
- Our work is rooted in the belief that children and families deserve support, dignity, opportunity, and hope.
Why Give to Gateway Children's Services?
Your Gift Stays Connected to Our Mission
Donations help Gateway provide services, experiences, supplies, and opportunities that support children and families.
You Can See the Difference
From new clothes and school supplies to therapeutic services, foster care support, educational opportunities, and experiences children will remember for years, donor support touches many parts of our work.
Your Gift Is Tax-Deductible
Gateway Children's Services is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Legal Name: Gateway Juvenile Diversion Project Inc.
Doing Business As: Gateway Children's Services
Federal Tax ID/EIN: 61-1033836
Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
Ways to Help Kentucky Children
Make a One-Time Gift
Make an immediate donation to help provide care, resources, and opportunities for children and families.
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Become a Monthly Donor
A recurring gift provides dependable support throughout the year and helps Gateway respond to children's needs as they arise.
Give Monthly
Give in Honor or Memory of Someone
Celebrate someone special or create a meaningful tribute to a loved one while helping children and families.
Make an Honor or Memorial Gift
Other Ways to Give
You can also support Gateway Children's Services through donor-advised funds, qualified charitable distributions from an IRA, gifts of stock or appreciated assets, planned gifts, workplace giving, and other charitable giving options.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Gateway Children's Services a nonprofit?
Yes. Gateway Children's Services is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Our legal name is Gateway Juvenile Diversion Project Inc., doing business as Gateway Children's Services. Our Federal Tax ID/EIN is 61-1033836.
Are donations to Gateway Children's Services tax-deductible?
Donations are generally tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Individual tax circumstances vary, so donors should consult their tax advisor regarding their specific situation.
Can I make a monthly donation?
Yes. You can choose to make a one-time gift or set up a recurring donation to provide ongoing support for children and families.
Can I donate in memory or honor of someone?
Yes. Memorial and honor gifts are a meaningful way to celebrate someone special while supporting children. Gateway can also notify the person or family you designate that a gift was made in their honor or memory.
Can I donate items instead of money?
Yes. Gateway accepts certain in-kind donations and maintains wishlists for items needed by the children and programs we serve. Because needs change throughout the year, please review our current wishlists or contact Gateway before purchasing or delivering large quantities of items.
Can my business or organization support Gateway?
Absolutely. Businesses, churches, civic organizations, community groups, and other partners can support Gateway through donations, sponsorships, in-kind contributions, fundraising activities, volunteer involvement, and other partnerships.
Can I donate through a donor-advised fund or IRA?
Yes. Gateway can receive charitable gifts through donor-advised funds and qualified charitable distributions, as well as other types of charitable gifts.
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Give a Kentucky Child Hope Today
Behind every number is a child with a story, a future, and the potential to thrive.
Your donation can help provide a safe place during a crisis, support healing after trauma, strengthen a family, create opportunities for learning and growth, and remind a young person that people in their community care about what happens next.
