General Donations

General individual donations are popular and extremely beneficial to WRCNM. These unrestricted dollars provide a way for the organization to distribute funds where they are needed most. Unrestricted funds allow the agency to cover program and services expenses that are not funded or not fully-funded by grants.

Make a general donation here.

Sustaining Monthly Gifts

Sustaining monthly gifts are critical to providing financial stability and ongoing funding for programs and services across the agency. Recurring gifts provide an easy way to maximize your giving conveniently. Monthly gifts range in size and are automatically debited from your preferred account without any need to renew.

Make a sustaining monthly gift here.

Endowment

WRCNM holds endowed funds at the Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation and Charlevoix County Community Foundation. These funds provide stability as a permanent source of unrestricted funding for the organization. Earnings from the funds are used by the organization for special projects, programming/operating expenses, capital investments or are reinvested back into the fund. We will work with you and/or your financial advisor to help you make a planned gift that meets your wishes and provides you with the tax advantages that come with giving to an IRS recognized charity.

For more information, call WRCNM Development Director at (231) 347-0067 or contact the foundation offices listed below.

Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation
(231) 348-5820

• Women’s Resource Center of Northern Michigan Endowment Fund
• Jan Mancinelli Operations Fund

Charlevoix County Community Foundation
(231) 536-2440

• Women’s Resource Center of Northern Michigan Endowment Fund

Make an ‘in memory of’ gift. Memorial donations are placed into the WRCNM Endowment Fund to leave a lasting legacy.

Planned Giving

Including the Women’s Resource Center of Northern Michigan, Inc. (WRCNM) in your estate planning enables you to leave a profound and enduring legacy that benefits individuals and families who reach out for our services, as well as positively impacting the wider community. Your thoughtful planned gift ensures the continuation of vital and specialized support for future generations, empowering those who are navigating some of life’s most significant challenges by giving them a voice.

Learn more about planned giving here.

Community Giving

Our generous local business community often hosts benefits to help fund WRCNM programs and services:

• Ward and Eis Gallery supports survivor services through a contribution of 2% of annual sales, 100% of the proceeds from the sale of the book the Magpie Papers authored by Don Ward and Jennifer Eis and 20% of sales on two Saturdays in December.
• McLean and Eakin Booksellers provides customers the option of earmarking 10% of their purchases to support philanthropic endeavors, including schools and local nonprofit organizations. The store also annually hosts The Giving Tree, an in-store donation drive to give the gift of reading to children utilizing WRCNM’s Safe Home services.
• Oleson’s Food Stores’ pre-Thanksgiving Dollar Drive in Petoskey and Charlevoix raises funds to purchase much-needed food items used on a daily basis at the Safe Home.
• Oleson Food Stores and D&W Fresh Marketplace store receipts help earn dollars to purchase items used daily by families at the Safe Home and food items for the Children’s Learning Center. Deliver your receipts to WRCNM offices or Gold Mine Resale Shops.
• Lite 96.3 Safe Home Donation Drive and live radio broadcast at Oleson’s Food Store in Petoskey prior to Thanksgiving collects items on the Safe Home Needs List.

AmazonSmile via The Amazon Foundation will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to WRCNM, at no cost to you when you need an item that is not available locally.