We have many ways for you to contribute!
Thank you! We are Heart and Home Collaborative in Palo Alto, California and we rely on individual donations for approximiately 50% of our annual budget. With your help, we can offer safety and dignity for unhoused neighbors through our Women’s Winter Shelter and Overnight Warming Location programs. As a volunteer-run organization, we are so grateful to have you as our partner in this work! – Mary W. and the Heart and Home Board.
Heart and Home Collaborative is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Our federal EIN is 46-2219062. Donations may be used at our discretion, for any purpose consistent with our mission.
Other ways to donate
1. Venmo @HHCollab
Your gift will be accessible to us immediately!
2. Benevity workplace giving
Employer matching can often double the value of your contribution to our program. Check your internal employee web site to see if Heart and Home is listed as an eligible match partner. Some employers will even contribute money to match your volunteer service hours!
3. Mail a check
Heart and Home Collaborative
1611 Stanford Ave.
Palo Alto CA, 94306
Note that this location is our postal mailing address only – no Heart and Home staff are available at this location. You can reach us by email: info@hhcollab.org
4. Donate a gift card
We lobve gift cards to local coffee shops and gas stations! A Peets or Starbucks gift cards supports a participant secure a warm place indoors on a rainy day. Gas cards support participants with cars get to work or daytime appointments.
Gift cards can be sent to our mailing address ab0ve or email us at donations@hhcollab.org to coordinate a drop off.
5. Drop off needed supplies
Running a shelter is all about supplies! In-kind donations are welcome and can be coordinated through our Donations Manager – donations@hhcollab.org. PLEASE NOTE: we are a very small shelter with limited storage space. We are only able to take in immedialetly usable supplies for the current shelter season or items our participants have personally requested. Our current needs and donation drop off instructions are online at: In-Kind Donation Needs