There are many ways to give to Pittsburgh Mercy. When you make a gift to Pittsburgh Mercy, 100 percent of your contribution is directed to the program of your choice.
You can direct your gift to the area of greatest need or the Pittsburgh Mercy program that matters most to you. Need help choosing? Visit Every Gift Helps. We’ll gladly offer ideas to match your interests. If you don’t indicate your preference, we’ll apply your gift to the area of greatest need.
You can direct your gift to the Pittsburgh Mercy program that matters most to you or to the areas of greatest need:
Housing
Free Care Fund.
Pittsburgh Mercy is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Your gift is tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law. Your gift will be promptly acknowledged in writing for your records.
However you choose to give, thank you for giving hope to those most in need.
Online Gifts
Your online safety and privacy are important to us. Online gifts are processed through a secure website operated by an independent, third-party vendor.
For more information, please contact us at 412-697-0730.
“Since very little good can be accomplished without the aid of money, we must look after it in small as well as in great matters.”
Catherine McAuley, RSM, Founder of the Sisters of Mercy
Gifts By Mail
If you prefer to make a gift by mail, please make your check payable to Pittsburgh Mercy and mail it to:
Pittsburgh Mercy
Development Office 1200 Reedsdale Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15233-2109
Please include a note to let us know whether you’d like your donation to be applied to the area of greatest need or a specific Pittsburgh Mercy program.
For more information, please contact us at 412-697-0730.
Gifts In-Kind
Pittsburgh Mercy accepts gifts in-kind that help us to achieve our mission. If you’re interested in making a gift in-kind or a donation to one of our programs, please contact us in advance to discuss our areas of greatest need. Note: Due to the volume of gifts we receive, we are unable to pick up gifts in-kind. Please do not deliver gifts in-kind without making arrangements with us in advance.
For more information, please contact us at 412-697-0730.
In Honor Of & In Memory Of Tribute Gifts
Please consider making a tribute gift to Pittsburgh Mercy as a way to acknowledge special individuals, living or deceased. With your gift, please include the name of the person you’re honoring as well as and the name and address of the person you’d like us to notify of your thoughtfulness.
For more information, please contact us at 412-697-0730.
Planned Giving Opportunities
Please consider including Pittsburgh Mercy in your will or living trust.
The benefits of making a bequest include:
It’s simple to arrange.
It doesn’t affect your current assets.
It allows you to achieve your financial goals.
It can help reduce your estate taxes.
It costs nothing now, yet it can bring you the immediate satisfaction of knowing you’ve made a gift with a positive, lasting impact to an organization whose mission, values, and work are important to you.
You can leave to Pittsburgh Mercy:
An outright, charitable gift from your estate in a pre-designated amount of your choice.
A percentage of your estate through your will or through beneficiary designation in your retirement plan or life insurance policy.
The amount remaining after providing for other commitments.
For more information, please contact us at 412-697-0730. If you’ve already provided for Pittsburgh Mercy in your planned giving, thank you for your generosity and support of our mission.
“A community in which this universal charity reigns, is capable of surmounting all difficulties.”
Catherine McAuley, RSM, Founder of the Sisters of Mercy
Matching Gifts
If you or your partner work for a company or organization with a matching gift program, your donation to Pittsburgh Mercy has the potential to do even more good. Please ask your employer for details about their matching gift program.
For more information, please contact us at 412-697-0730.
Recurring Gifts
If you’d like to make a recurring gift to Pittsburgh Mercy quarterly or annually, please contact us at 412-697-0730.
Special Events
By sponsoring or participating in Pittsburgh Mercy special events, you support vital programs and services that touch the lives of people in need in our community.
For more information, please contact us at 412-697-0730.
The Way Home
Pittsburgh Mercy’s Operation Safety Net® is our award-winning, innovative outreach program to persons who are experiencing homelessness. We’ve helped more than 1,600 people who were once homeless to find and transition into homes of their own. Given our success, we’ve created The Way Home, a fundraising program dedicated to that mission.
The Way Home focuses on finding homes and providing important follow-up services to 200 persons in Allegheny County who are experiencing homelessness. With a fundraising goal of $500,000, The Way Home can go a long way in helping to solve a social problem that affects many in our community.
It’s our hope that individuals, organizations, corporations, schools, and faith communities will join in our efforts and help raise $2,600 to transition an individual into housing. With your help, these individuals can find not only a home, but also safety, security, and hope. If your school, youth group, civic group, or business would be interested in partnering with us to help end homelessness, please let us know.
For more information or to get involved, please contact us at 412-697-0730.
Irises for Hope® Note Cards
Irises for Hope note card sales benefit Pittsburgh Mercy.
Irises for Hope® raises awareness of mental illness by using the irises depicted in Irises, the masterpiece Vincent Van Gogh painted in 1889 while hospitalized for mental illness. Irises was one of more than 100 works the Dutch artist created during his hospital stay in St. Rémy, France. By using the beauty of this iconic painting to represent mental illness awareness, we hope to reduce the stigma that is so often associated with this treatable health condition.
For a $15 donation, you will receive 10 note cards with the Irises image on the front, a blank inside, and 10 coordinating envelopes. The note cards measure 5 1/2 x 4″. Shipping and handling are additional.
For more information, please contact us at 412-697-0730.
“The poor need our help today, not next week. We can never say, ‘It is enough.’”
Catherine McAuley, RSM, Founder of the Sisters of Mercy
A Comfortable Cup of Tea Note Cards
A Comfortable Cup of Tea teapot (Artwork by Pittsburgh Mercy persons served and staff)
Send a friendly greeting while supporting Pittsburgh Mercy’s programs and services by purchasing a set of note cards. The note cards feature images of teacups and a teapot created by persons served and staff at Pittsburgh Mercy. The artwork was inspired by Catherine McAuley, RSM, founder of the Sisters of Mercy, who welcomed and invited guests to “a comfortable cup of tea.”
For a $15 donation, you will receive eight note cards featuring a colorful teapot or teacup on the front, a blank inside, and eight coordinating envelopes. The note cards measure 5 1/2 x 4″. Shipping and handling are additional.
For more information, please contact us at 412-697-0730.
Sock Drives
Pittsburgh Mercy’s Operation Safety Net® distributes new socks to persons who are experiencing homelessness. Due to the amount of time that people who are homeless spend walking or standing on their feet in all types of weather, foot care is an important health issue. Many times their feet are in extremely poor condition. The combination of the elements and dirty socks can lead to infection. Businesses, schools, faith communities, and social clubs are invited to collect new socks for this worthwhile community project.
For more information, please contact us at 412-697-0730.
Gifts through United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania
Please consider designating your United Way contribution to Pittsburgh Mercy. Your gift will benefit people right here in Southwestern Pennsylvania. You can direct your gift to help persons who are homeless or are abused, who have a mental illness, an intellectual disability, an addiction to alcohol or other drugs, to support veterans or seniors, or to the area of greatest need. If your employer offers a match, please give them the respective donor code.
For more information, please contact us at 412-697-0730.
Third-Party Fund-Raising Events
Pittsburgh Mercy is grateful to all of our friends who work so tirelessly to create and build support for the programs that help our community’s most vulnerable individuals. By identifying new ways to raise funds for the many pressing needs and vital programs of Pittsburgh Mercy, you make a difference in many lives.
If you’re planning a third-party event to support any of Pittsburgh Mercy’s community outreach programs, please contact us in advance for permission at 412-697-0730.
