Be a part of the solution by donating to CYFS!
When you support our programs, you become part of the solution. Your gift ensures that CYFS can continue its tradition of keeping children safe from abuse and neglect, strengthening families, and transforming the well-being of those facing life’s challenges.
There are several different ways to contribute to CYFS:
1. Online
When making a donation to The Center for Youth and Family Solutions, you can either provide a gift as a general donation, which is the first option here. There are also some other designated funds below you could select based on your interest. Bottom line is, we want you to feel comfortable providing your payment information to us online, and that is why we use an industry leader in payment processing, Authorize Net.
Patricia Fox Scholarship Fund
The Patricia Fox Scholarship Fund honors the first CEO and co-founder of The Center for Youth and Family Solutions. It is designed to assist any current or previous young adults served by The Center for Youth and Family Solutions by helping to pay for fees associated with advancing their career and tied to pursuing a degree, vocational or technical training. By donating to this fund, you too are helping someone achieve solutions!
Just Like Me
Our Just Like Me activity fund gives kids who have experienced significant trauma a sense of normalcy by enjoying things like riding a bike, playing little league or going to the water park with friends. These experiences can be costly, and not all families can afford them. That is why our Just Like Me fund is so important, as it allows kids in our care a chance to quite simply, be kids!
If you are following WisemanTrek –and want to make a donation- this is the fund he is referring to!
The Jim Kleine Youth Enrichment Fund
To honor Jim Kleine, former Program Coordinator for The Center for Youth and Family Solutions’ Guardian Angel Home Residential Treatment program, we are humbled to announce a donor graciously started The Jim Kleine Youth Enrichment Fund. The purpose of this fund is to provide the youth at Guardian Angel with enrichment activities- opportunities that will help stimulate their minds as they learn to heal, cope and thrive from severe abuse and neglect. You too, can be part of the solution and donate to this very special fund!
2. By Mail
The Center for Youth and Family Solutions
Attn: Celeste Matheson, Director of Development and Marketing
2610 W. Richwoods Blvd.
Peoria, IL 61604
3. In-Person
Please contact Celeste Matheson at (309) 323-6619 if you would like to set up a meeting to discuss the ways in which your gift can impact CYFS.
Other Special Giving Opportunities
4. Planned Giving
Considering CYFS as a beneficiary of your estate plan is one of the most meaningful ways to impact the agency’s long-term well-being and stability. Please visit our Planned Giving page to learn more about your options by clicking on the image below.
If you wish to name The Center for Youth and Family Solutions in your will or estate plan, we should be named as:
“The Center for Youth and Family Solutions, a nonprofit corporation, organized
and existing under the laws of the state of Illinois, with principal business
address of 2610 W. Richwoods Blvd., Peoria, Illinois 61604. Tax identification
number: 45-3251182.”
All unrestricted gifts are used to support the agency’s greatest needs. To further
designate a bequest, please add an additional line to the wording above to state your preference for a specific community or program.
Date of Incorporation: September 12, 2011
We are here to help you! If you have any questions about donating to The Center for Youth and Family Solutions, please call our Director of Marketing and Development, Celeste Matheson at (309) 323-6619 or email at cmatheson@cyfsolutions.org.