The Larkin Street Fund
Annual gifts to The Larkin Street Fund enable the agency to invest strategically in our youth, staff, and innovative programs.  The Fund is the primary source of flexible, discretionary dollars used by the Executive Director for top priorities to strengthen and enhance the agency’s continuum of care.

Planned Gifts
Planned gifts enable many donors to make a more substantial gift to Larkin Street.  Donors receive tax benefits and gifts can enhance a donor’s own financial situation while making a lasting contribution to Larkin Street.

Corporate Matching Gifts
Many businesses match employees’ charitable gifts.  Contact your company’s human resources office for more information.

Honor and Memorial Gifts
You may make a donation or pledge in honor of or in memory of a family member or a friend.

Give through the United Way
You can increase the impact of your support for our kids by designating Larkin Street as a beneficiary of all or part of your United Way gift.  To designate Larkin Street, specify #3320 on your United Way pledge card. 

Make a Gift of Stock
You may realize significant tax benefits by making a sizable gift of appreciated stock, bonds or mutual fund shares to Larkin Street. Capital gains on the amount of the appreciation are avoided, and you receive a tax deduction for a securities’ full market value at the time of the transfer.

To begin the process, ask your broker to contact William F. Matzinger at Merrill Lynch, Larkin Street’s broker, at (415) 274-6183 (bill_matzinger@ml.com)
and tell him that you would like to make a stock transfer to Larkin Street Youth Services. Our account number is #29604424 and DTC number is #5198. 
Your broker may also want to know Larkin Street’s tax identification number
to substantiate that your gift will be tax-deductible.  Our tax ID number is
94-2917999.

Next, please contact Larkin Street’s Development Department at (415) 673-0911 ext 305 to inform us of your stock gift. We need to know your name, the date of the transfer, number of shares, and the stock name. We need this information in order to correctly credit each donor when shares are transferred electronically. We cannot tell who the donor is from the transfer alone.