HeartikDonate
Heartik has no paid staff.
The organization is staffed entirely by student volunteers. Donations pay for craft supplies, court rentals, tutoring workbooks and holiday kits.
What a gift buys
Materials for one craft workshop session with autistic children.
Advocate $50One family's holiday activity kit for the season.
Champion $150Tutoring materials for one adolescent for a full semester.
Chapter sponsor $500An entire chapter's awareness event, from venue to supplies.
These figures are typical program costs. Each amount opens PayPal with that value pre-filled; any amount is welcome there, there is no minimum.
Ways to give
Online, via PayPal
Give directly through PayPal — no account required, card payments accepted. Donate with PayPal.
Cheque by post
Make cheques payable to Heartik Inc. Contact headquarters for the current mailing address before sending anything.
At a chapter event
Our farmers-market tables and charity sales take donations in person and sell handmade work. Upcoming dates are posted under news.
Employer matching
Many employers match employee donations. Email headquarters for our EIN and the matching-gift paperwork.
Volunteering
If you are joining as a volunteer.
New volunteers are asked to make a contribution when they join. It covers the materials you will use, the events you will staff, and administration of the PVSA hour-tracking.
If the contribution is a barrier, say so when you write. Headquarters can waive it.
Funding
Heartik is funded by individual donations.
Eleven chapters and over 200 families served, funded largely by individual gifts and chapter fundraisers.