How to Donate The American Red Cross is not a government agency and all Red Cross disaster assistance is free thanks to the generosity of people like you. The value of your donation is increased by the fact that the ratio of volunteer Red Cross workers to paid staff is almost 50 to one. Locally, the chapter receives less than half of its budget from the United Way of the Quad Cities. Other funds come from donations, memberships, grants, foundations, special fundraising events and planned gifts.
Donors can make gifts in the following ways.
Other Ways to Donate Stocks and bonds that have increased in value are an excellent vehicle for charitable gifts to the American Red Cross of the Quad Cities Area. By making a gift of the appreciated securities themselves, donors may completely avoid the capital gains tax, allowing the gift to be made at a significantly lower cost while receiving a deduction for the full current fair market value. A bequest of cash, securities, or property in a specific sum or by percentage. A bequest of real estate, for example, a home, farm, or ranch. A testamentary charitable remainder trust created by placing all or a portion of the estate in trust to benefit family members during their lives, with the principal to be transferred to the American Red Cross of the Quad Cities Area at the termination of the trust.