Donation Options

Welcome to Our Donation Page

The Resource Center & TRC Foundation are 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations. Gifts of any size are deeply appreciated. If you would like to make a donation, you may do to in one of three ways:

1. Make a secure donation online.

2. Call Karen LaSota, Resource Development Coordinator, at (716) 661-1518.

3. Mail a gift to TRC Foundation, Inc., 880 East Second Street, Jamestown, NY, 14701. Make checks payable to “TRC Foundation” (if wishing to direct your gift for a specific purpose, please so indicate in the MEMO line on your check).

TRC Foundation supports The Resource Center by securing financial donations and sponsoring fund-raising events. Thanks to the generous financial support of caring individuals, service organizations, businesses, and local foundations, TRC Foundation ensures that important supports are available for individuals with special needs.

Donate to a Service or Activity of Your Choice

Gus Macker Basketball Tournament
Each June, the streets of Jamestown are filled with thousands of basketball players and fans in what has become one of Chautauqua County’s most popular sporting events. Gifts to the Gus Macker Tournament support TRC Foundation’s endowment fund.

Laurel Run
The third Saturday in July brings hundreds of people to Silver Creek, NY, for this annual event, which includes an 8-kilometer run, a 5k walk, children’s fun runs, and “Laurel’s Lap,” which is for anyone with a disability. Gifts to Laurel Run are deposited into TRC Foundation’s Laurel Fund, which raises money to enhance employment and work training opportunities for persons with disabilities.

Carl Cappa Memorial Classic
This annual event has become the premier one-day charity golf tournament in Southwestern New York. TRC Foundation’s most profitable event, the Cappa Classic has raised more than $900,000 since in began in 1997. Help us reach our “Drive for a Million” in 2008!

Disability Awareness Awards Celebration
Each fall, TRC joins with the community to honor individuals with disabilities who have made outstanding progress in their personal lives during the past year, and to pay tribute to those community members, businesses and civic organizations that have helped improve the lives of people with disabilities. Show your support for these champions by making a gift to the Awards Dinner.

Look Good Fund
Former TRC Board member Margaret Look established this fund so that people with disabilities would be able to obtain money for a variety of needed items that can enhance their community acceptance and their independence. “I started this fund because I have known people with disabilities who didn’t have the money to buy the proper clothes, to get a hair cut, or even small incidentals. It is these small things that make a person look better and feel better, that give him confidence in a world which often judges on appearances,” Margaret says. Make a gift to the Look Good Fund and help someone who needs assistance.

Arts Activities
Persons with disabling conditions throughout TRC have been enjoying the opportunity to express themselves through art, and the results have been fantastic – awards at juried art competitions, representation at professional art exhibits, and the satisfaction and self-esteem that come from being able to say, “I made that!” Make a gift in support of the arts.

Calendar
TRC’s Calendar features wonderful works created by artists with disabilities. If you were inspired to make a donation in response to our beautiful Calendar, your gift will help offset the cost of printing that publication.

Annual Endowment Appeal
Support TRC Foundation’s mission by making a contribution to our endowment fund.

Capital Building Projects
TRC is currently undertaking some capital projects designed to improve our service-delivery system. Strengthen our future by supporting our capital projects.

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If you’re interested in learning about different forms of Planned Gifts to support the work of The Resource Center and TRC Foundation, click here.