Ways to Give
Your generosity can help us transform our community and change people’s lives for the better. Your gift to Community Action is just not an investment in an organization or in a mission, but an investment in people.
Our diverse programs support families with young children, help people cover their utility bills, keep families in their homes, and help people create a better life for themselves. And there are many way to give today!
Gifts of Cash, Check or Credit Card
You can make your gift via credit card online.
For gifts of cash or check download a gift form and mail to Community Action.
Please make checks payable to Community Action Partnership of Ramsey and Washington Counties
Community Action
Attn: Strategic Initiatives
450 Syndicate Street North, Suite 325
St. Paul, MN 55104
Monthly Giving through Partners in Action
Recurring monthly donations can be made using Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) or by credit card. Become a Partner in Action today to make your giving efficient and easy.
Planned Giving
You can help us reduce the causes of poverty and its impact on society through a planned gift. We offer many types of estate and gift-planning arrangements suited to your individual needs, including:
- Wills and Trusts
- Beneficiary Designations
- Qualified Charitable Distributions from IRA
We highly recommend consulting your personal attorney or financial advisor and sharing your charitable estate plans with them. When making a planned gift to Community Action, we recommend using the following language:
Specific bequest: “I give, devise, and bequeath to Community Action Partnership of Ramsey and Washington Counties, a Minnesota nonprofit corporation, located at 450 Syndicate Street North, St. Paul, Minnesota, [the sum of $_________ or describe the specific or designated assets].”
Residual bequest: “I give, devise, and bequeath [all or _______ percent (____%) of the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate to Community Action Partnership of Ramsey and Washington Counties, a Minnesota nonprofit corporation, located at 450 Syndicate Street North, St. Paul, Minnesota.”
For more information, please contact giving@caprw.org.
Legal name: Community Action Partnership of Ramsey and Washington Counties
Federal tax ID number: #41-0883443
Location: St. Paul, MN
Here's How Your Generosity Helps the Numbers Add Up
- $10 = outlets or other home safety supplies supplies to protect infants and toddlers from harm.
- $20 = books and materials for a participant in our Getting Ahead asset-building program
- $50 = a medical exam for a child enrolled in Head Start
- $100 = 8 hours of paid job training, leading to a higher wage job and a way out of poverty
- $200 = a month of heating for a family struggling to make ends meet
- $500 = emergency rental assistance to help prevent homelessness
