When you give to the Summit Area YMCA, your donation supports vital programs that strengthen our community and promote health and wellness for all.
Every dollar to the Annual Fund fuels our financial assistance program for families from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. This includes direct scholarships for everything from early childhood education to swim lessons and free programs, which include food distribution, mentorships for high school students, and LIVESTRONG® for cancer survivors.
Explore the giving options that fit your lifestyle and help us create a positive impact in the lives of our members and neighbors.
Supports a child’s growth, learning, and confidence with one year of nurturing care.
Provides 10 Teen Achievers mentorship, leadership and guidance for the academic year.
Offers nine disabled veterans a year of support, strength, and community through free memberships.
Gives eight cancer survivors the opportunity to rebuild confidence and vitality through twelve weeks of LIVESTRONG® programming.
Provides summer camp for a child from Empowering Kids Organization to keep summer learning loss at bay and enjoy an afternoon of summer camp.
Supports two youth with special needs in building friendships and independence through a year of Fridays in Motion and Teen Socials.
Offers two children the chance to build confidence and have fun in eight weeks of group swim lessons.
Opens the door for a local senior to enjoy three months of active living and community.
A DAF is a tax-smart charitable giving account where you contribute assets today, receive your tax deduction now, and then you can recommend grants to the Summit Area YMCA over time.
Recommend a Grant
A DAF is one of the most powerful ways to support our mission. You can recommend a grant from your fund to the Summit Area YMCA, simply contact your fund administrator or make the recommendation online.
Our Tax ID Number is 22-1487392.
Set Up Recurring Grants
Sustained funding = sustained impact. If your DAF allows recurring grants, you can help ensure our community-programs thrive year after year. Ask your fund administrator how to set this up.
Name Us as a Beneficiary
Leave a lasting legacy. You can designate the Summit Area YMCA as a beneficiary of your DAF to support our mission long into the future through legacy giving.
DAF Partners
Donors commonly recommend grants to support the Summit Area YMCA from platforms such as: Fidelity Charitable, Schwab Charitable, Vanguard Charitable, American Endowment Foundation, Morgan Stanley GIFT and many more.
Donate appreciated stocks or securities to the Summit Area YMCA and potentially receive tax benefits, including avoiding capital gains taxes. Your gift helps support our mission while providing a simple and effective way to make a meaningful impact on our community.
Please forward any information regarding a pending stock transfer to Jeramie Barletta at jeramie.barletta@thesay.org or 908-738-2173. The donor’s name is not transferred with the stock information. Providing us with information relating to the transfer will ensure stock gifts are appropriately attributed to the donor. Gifts of securities will be valued at full market value on the date of the transfer to The Y.
Name of Account/FBO: YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SUMMIT NJ
Account #: 656-479814
Fidelity DTC #: 0226
National Financial Services, LLC
Zach Oyer
Mariner Wealth Advisors
One Main Street, Suite 202
Chatham, NJ 07928
zach.oyer@marinerwealthadvisors.com
(973) 635-3929
Securities may be endorsed in blank (the donor’s signature only) and sent to the above address. If stock certificates are endorsed, please send a stock power to the Y under separate cover on which only the signature has been filled in.
A gift of appreciated securities that you have held for more than one year is frequently the most economical way to give. You will be eligible to take a federal income tax deduction equal to the fair market value of the stock on the date of the gift for up to thirty percent of your adjusted gross income and will not have to recognize the appreciation as capital gain.
To make a donation through wire/ACH:
Pay To: Citizens Bank – Summit, NJ
Routing No: 036076150
Beneficiary Instructions
For the Benefit of: The Summit Area YMCA
Account No: 539902648
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