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Because of donors like you, KC Shepherd's Center has expanded our services to reach more older adults in need, providing them with essential resources and fostering a strong sense of community. However, our ability to continue this vital work relies on the generosity of people like YOU. Your support will allow us to make significant strides, and we hope that you will consider joining us in our mission to honor our elders by celebrating, empowering, and serving older adults.

KC Shepherd's Center is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, recognized by the IRS. Contributions to KC Shepherd's Center are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Our EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 43-0994417.

Thank you for supporting our mission to empower older adults in Kansas City to lead engaged and independent lives.

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Unrestricted contributions are the fuel that enable nonprofits to pay staff and keep the lights on to deliver our critical and essential programs. These gifts help support KC Shepherd's Center's most basic organizational needs that are rarely eligible for grant or foundation support. While contributions to specific programs are greatly appreciated, contributions to our operational and administrative needs are the lifeblood of our ability to acheive our mission. If you would like to make an unrestricted contribution, please indicate that clearly by selecting "Unrestricted Donation" below, so we are able to apply it to our greatest needs.

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Please include if your donation is: "celebrating", "empowering", or "serving" a KCSC program.
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​Make a one time or monthly gift:
Unrestricted contributions are the fuel that enables nonprofits to pay staff and keep the lights on to deliver our critical and essential programs.  These gifts help support KC Shepherd’s Center’s most basic organizational needs that are rarely eligible for grant or foundation support.   

​IRA, stock, or donations of investments:
Sharing your wealth to help older adults in Kansas City through stocks, bonds or other investments allows us to invest in the future of KC Shepherd's Center.    

​Corporate sponsorship or in-kind donations:
Support KC Shepherd's Center through sponsorship and in-kind gifts of products and/or services.  There is no limit to how we can help you achieve your corporate objectives for community investment while achieving our mission. 

​Honorary and Memorial Gifts:
Honor your parents, grandparents, family and friends by designating a gift in the honor or memory of someone special to KC Shepherd’s Center.

​Elbert Cole Legacy Society:
Your planned gift will help ensure that older adults age well for decades to come. Any individual, at any time, can create an Elbert Cole Legacy Gift. It can be as easy as naming a charity on the beneficiary form of a savings, checking or pension account, or through a more complex instrument such as a trust. Please consider making a general or residual charitable bequest to KC Shepherd’s Center in your will.  If you need legal assistance in drafting your legacy documents, we will be happy to refer you to area elder law or trust attorneys familiar with the process.

​Please let us know of your intent to make a legacy gift by filling out the form below. This entitles you to become a member of the Elbert Cole Legacy Society.

Your generous gifts help ensure older adults live healthy, engaged and independent lives.

Our Impact In 2023

  • People Served

    3,400

  • Meals Delivered

    212,000

  • Volunteer Hours

    46,159

  • Volunteer Value

    $1,643,260

  • Meals on Wheels 2023 Member Badge
  • Great Nonprofits Top Rated
    Great Nonprofits Top Rated
  • United Way
  • AARP Member Badge
  • GKCCF
    GKCCF
  • Health Forward Foundation
    Health Forward Foundation
  • Hulston Family Foundation
    Hulston Family Foundation
  • Oppenstein
    Oppenstein
  • Soroptimist
    Soroptimist
  • AmeriCorps
  • Tilton Family Fund
    Tilton Family Fund
  • McGee Foundation
    McGee Foundation
  • Caukins
    Caukins
  • Speas
    Speas
  • Village Presbyterian Church
  • Truehold
  • Utopia
  • Optum
  • NCOA
  • Jackson County
  • Mean Well
  • MARC
  • Suburban
  • MHF
  • MHBFF
  • Evergy
  • Dunn Family
  • Centerwell
  • MOSHIP
  • GEHA
  • Judge CF Moulton
  • Helen Boylan
  • William Halsell McCluskey
  • The Vivian and Hymie J Sosland Charitable Trust
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We are grateful for your donation and support of our organization. If you have made an error in making your donation or change your mind about contributing to our organization please contact us. Refunds are returned using the original method of payment. If you made your donation by credit card, your refund will be credited to that same credit card.

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Ongoing support is important to enabling projects to continue their work, so we encourage donors to continue to contribute to projects over time. But if you must cancel your recurring donation, please notify us.

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