How to Help
Online and Cash Donations
Donate now to Vista Center. Your gifts of any amount help approximately 2500 blind or visually impaired individuals per year to live independent and successful lives. Our clients could not succeed without your help!
To make an online donation please select the Donate Now button on the upper right side the screen.
We also gratefully accept checks made out to Vista Center that can be sent to the address below:
Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
2470 El Camine Real, Suite 107
Palo Alto, CA 94306
Annual Giving
When you make an annual gift to Vista Center, your gift has a direct and positive impact on our clients and their families. Vista Center relies on the generosity of our annual donors to consistently provide quality programs and services to our clients.
Employee Giving Programs
Your employer may enable you to make gifts to non-profit organizations such as Vista Center through regular payroll deductions – or may match your contribution through a matching gift program. Check with your Human Resources or Public Relations manager for information about your employer’s programs.
Endowment Gifts
Vista Center’s Endowment Fund provides a perpetual source of funds to support the Center’s programs and services. When you make a gift to the Endowment Fund, you are helping to build Vista Center’s financial stability and ensure our ongoing work in the community.
Legacy Gifts
You may name Vista Center as a beneficiary of your will or estate plans.
Vista Center is a non-profit organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. All gifts to Vista Center are tax-deductible under current IRS regulations. Gifts may be made in cash or appreciated securities. Gifts may be made directly to Vista Center, or through a family foundation or donor-advised fund.
We appreciate knowing when you have made us a beneficiary. To inform us or to inquire about planned giving opportunities, please contact Susan Kokores, Director of Development at 650-858-0202x124 or skokores@vistacenter.org.
Donation of Stock
A gift of appreciated stock may be the least expensive way to make a donation to Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired. When you give stock that you have held long-term to a charity, two tax savings result: a charitable deduction for the full fair market value of the stock rather than its original cost, and avoidance of capital gains tax.
If you would like to donate stock, you can do so quickly and easily by downloading and filling out the lower portion of of the Stock Donation Form below and faxing it to your stock broker. If you are holding your own certificates, the process is slightly different. Contact Steven Goldenberg at 800-531-3649 or 415-438-3008, for an explanation of the procedure or email him at steve.goldenberg@opco.com