GIVE TODAY. CHANGE TOMORROW.
See More Than a Need – See the Future
Your gift to Big Brothers Big Sisters of South-Central PA creates and supports one-to-one mentoring relationships between youth (Littles) and caring, supportive mentors (Bigs).
Little gestures – a small investment of time or a donation to sponsor a match – can help pave a child’s road to success.
Invest in The Potential of Youth
Your donation is an investment in the people, systems, and technology that allow us to create and support matches between youth facing adversity and caring mentors.
Your gift enables us to:
One donor, one dollar may seem like a little thing, but each donor, each dollar can make a big difference in the life of a child. That’s because we are BIGGER TOGETHER.
Fundraising: Invite your friends, family and coworkers to help you raise funds for Big Brothers Big Sisters of South-Central PA.
Match Makers: Join our monthly giving program. Each month your contribution will introduce a new waiting Little to their Big. Contributions of an amount of your choice will automatically be deducted from your debit or credit card, each month. This is an easy way to make a big impact!
Corporate Giving & Engagement Opportunities
Program Donations: 100% of your corporate donation goes directly to the delivery of our program services. Customize your annual or multi-year partnership to meet your ESG or CSR initiatives and provide employee engagement opportunities. You are welcome to designate your gift to a specific program or initiative.
Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC): Big Brothers Big Sisters of South-Central PA is a DCED-approved educational improvement organization (EIO). We are approved to utilize these funds to support our school-based programs that develop leadership skills for high school students. These include our Beyond School Walls workforce development program and High School Bigs leadership program. Eligible businesses can receive tax credits for their donations through the EITC program.
Employee Engagement & Program Partnerships: Provide your employees with opportunities to support their community and give back as a team. Sponsor a program at your workplace; host a Lunch ‘N Learn; run a workplace drive for back-to-school supplies or child/teen match activity bags; or engage your employees with a fundraiser, either at your workplace or in collaboration with one of our events.
Fund a Student Scholarship: Provide graduating High School seniors in our program with a scholarship for higher education expenses.
In-Kind Donations: Donate tickets or gift cards for our matches to experience new activities and area attractions.
Grants & Foundation Gifts: Big Brothers Big Sisters of South-Central PA solicits and receives grants from both public and private foundations and corporate grant-making entities.
Sponsor Match T-Shirts: Give each Big & Little a set of Big Brothers Big Sisters of South-Central PA t-shirts.
Make Your Gift Through: United Way, The Foundation for Enhancing Communities or a Donor Advised Fund.
Corporate Matching Gift Programs: Does your employer have a matching gift program? Ask. You could double your impact today.
Planned Giving: Create a legacy of support for future generations. Leave a charitable bequest in your will or living trust.
Contact Us
For more information on any of the above opportunities, please email Mary Murphy (mmurphy@bbbsscpa.org).
Charitable Giving
Big Brothers Big Sisters of South-Central PA is a 501(c)(3) organization for purely charitable purposes. Big Brothers Big Sisters is registered with Guidestar. The official registration and financial information of Big Brothers Big Sisters of South-Central PA may be obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of State by calling toll-free within Pennsylvania, 1.800.732.0999. Registration does not imply endorsement. Gifts made to Big Brothers Big Sisters may be fully deductible for tax purposes.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of South-Central PA maintains diverse funding streams and receives funding from annual contributions, special event fundraisers, local, state and federal grants, and EITC contributions.
As a United Way program partner, we receive funding from United Way of Carlisle & Cumberland County
All gifts help Big Brothers Big Sisters of South-Central PA achieve our mission to create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth.
