For Our Sponsors - Special Money Donations

BEYOND SPONSORSHIP

GIFT AND SPECIAL FUNDS

Your sponsorship provides a child or elderly friend with life-enhancing benefits such as medical services, nutritious food, education, personal development and—especially—the knowledge that someone cares.

From time to time, sponsors may wish to make contributions over and above their monthly sponsorship for special occasions such as birthdays or Christmas, or for special needs.

CFCA and our overseas project staffs decide how additional contributions are used. This ensures funds are used in the best interest of the sponsored child, aging person or family, consistent with CFCA’s goals.

GIFT FUNDS

Birthday Fund
For many sponsored children, a party hosted by CFCA may be their first birthday celebration—a special and cherished day. The Birthday Fund provides all CFCA children and aging friends with a celebration and gift, or additional benefits, selected by the project staff to be culturally appropriate.

Christmas Fund
In celebration of the joyous Christmas season, every child and aging person participates in celebrations that respect the religion and culture of the region, and often include the families of sponsored friends. Gifts (practical or fun) or additional benefits are selected by the project staff to ensure appropriateness.

The children and aging friends understand that birthday and Christmas celebrations and gifts are given on behalf of their sponsors. Monetary gifts for other holidays or special occasions are directed to the fund that most closely corresponds to the gift’s intention.

SPECIAL FUNDS

Project Need Fund
This fund allows sponsors to extend additional support to their sponsored friend’s project. Projects use these funds for children and aging persons most in need of extra help or for benefits that regular sponsorship may not cover, such as medical emergencies, funerals and housing repairs.

Special Need Fund
This fund allows sponsors to address critical needs of their sponsored friend or family that go beyond what regular monthly sponsorship can cover. Needs addressed may include medical emergencies; housing repairs following a natural disaster or fire; educational assistance for high school, university or vocational studies; or assistance in times of acute economic crisis. If the project finds that the need was already met, the funds may be used for other assistance to the family or for critical needs of other sponsored members.

Other Special Funds

CFCA also has other special funds including Scholarship, Food Assistance, Housing, Disaster Assistance, Sponsorship Assistance and the General Fund. Learn more about these funds.

Donate to a CFCA Special Fund

You may contribute online by clicking the link above. Or, if you prefer to pay by check, please make all checks payable to CFCA and mail to:

Christian Foundation for Children and Aging
P.O. Box 805105
Kansas City, MO 64180-5105