Ways to Give

Your Donation Changes Children's Lives at Shriners Children’s St. Louis

Shriners Hospitals for Children is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, commonly known as Shriners Children's.

Shriners Children’s St. Louis is changing lives every day through high quality, compassionate care, world-renowned research and cutting edge medical education. Your gift supports and advances world-class pediatric care in:

There are many reasons to make a charitable gift to Shriners Children's – and your passion for helping children is likely at the top of that list. Friends like you make it possible for us to provide pediatric specialty care, regardless of the family's ability to pay or insurance status, today and for years to come.

Credit Card and ACH Donations

Call 314-692-6441 or Donate Online.

Send Check Donations to:

Shriners Children’s St. Louis
Office of Philanthropy
4400 Clayton Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63110

Bequests

Maintain full control of your financial resources during your lifetime and reduce your taxable estate by including Shriners Children’s St. Louis in your will or living trust.

Charitable Gift Annuities

Provide a lifetime income to you and/or a loved one and earn a current tax deduction with a gift of cash or property.

Stock Gifts

Shriners Children’s is able to offer our supporters an easy method to make stock donations in 10 minutes or less. You can now donate stock from your brokerage to Shriners Children’s through a secure portal, making the gifting process fast, safe and easy.

More Ways to Support Our Care

Giving Property

Donating property such as real estate, land, vehicles and boats to Shriners Children's ensures that our patients receive comprehensive care and fosters hope for the future.

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Planned Giving

Plan for your philanthropic legacy, where you know you can truly make a difference and provide hope and healing to children, now and in the future.

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Fundraise for Us

Whether you start your own fundraiser, join an existing fundraiser or get the word out, your support helps us provide life-changing care to patients in need.

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Ways to Show Your Support

For almost 100 years, Shriners Children’s St. Louis has provided amazing care to more than 134,000 children with orthopedic conditions and bone diseases. Our world-renowned pediatric specialty care, innovative research and outstanding medical teaching programs led us to be ranked by U.S. News and World Report as one of America’s top pediatric orthopedic hospitals. There are many ways you can partner with us and support our efforts to bring brighter tomorrows to kids from all over the country – and the world. Learn more about how you can help, and read below to learn about some of the programs you can support at Shriners Children’s St. Louis.

Special Projects

Each year, Shriners Children’s St. Louis identifies specific equipment needs that may not fit into a department’s operating budget. It can be a replacement item or a new state of the art piece of equipment. Our donors can help contribute to that specific need. Contact us at 314-692-6430 for more information on the special project needs at our hospital.

Heroes for Kids

This program honors donors giving significant gifts, starting at $10,000. As a Hero for Kids, your gift allows you to make a more substantial donation to name patient care and staff space within our state-of-the-art orthopedic hospital. These gifts are a tremendous help to allow our leadership to respond to changing patient and care needs. Contact us for more information on the variety of naming opportunities at our hospital.

KMOV Cares 4 Kids Telethon

For more than a decade, we have joined together with KMOV in St. Louis for a day of celebration. Through this effort, we are able to share with you the amazing stories of the life-changing care that happens daily in our hospital. The 2020 KMOV Cares telethon raised a record $155,000.

Learn more about the telethon and ways to donate.

Gift Cards

Because of your faithful toy donations over the years, every child will continue to receive a gift when they awake from surgery throughout the coming year. We are now accepting small denomination gift card donations to help children and their families who visit the hospital. Suggested vendors include Wal-Mart, Amazon, Papa John’s, McDonald’s, Taco Bell, Target and Domino’s Pizza.

Give in Memory of a Loved One

You can send a tribute in memory or honor of a loved one or friend. We will mail a letter to the person who should know of your gift if you provide us with his or her name and address. Please know, gift amounts are not listed.

Call us at 314-692-6441 or mail your donation to:

Shriners Children’s St. Louis
Attn: Office of Philanthropy
4400 Clayton Ave. St. Louis, MO 63110

Donate Your Vehicle to Benefit Shriners Children's St. Louis

Your car donation can help transform children's lives. Each vehicle donated helps Shriners Children’s deliver exceptional healthcare. Please consider any vehicle, running or not, including cars, trucks, trailers, boats, RVs, motorcycles, campers, off-road vehicles, planes, heavy equipment, farm machinery, and most other motorized vehicles. The vehicle can be in any condition and picked up from any location. Your vehicle is towed at no cost to you. Complete the online vehicle donation form or call 833-SHC-KIDS (833-742-5437) seven days a week.

Learn more about the program. The process is easy, and your gift may qualify as a tax deduction.

Contact Us to Give

Give By Mail: Mail your donations to:

Shriners Children’s St. Louis
Attn: Office of Philanthropy
4400 Clayton Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63110

Give by Phone: You can make your donation by phone from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Call 314-692-6441.

Meet Our Office of Philanthropy

Dianne Johnson
Director of Philanthropy St. Louis
314-692-6430
dsjohnson@shrinenet.org

Lori O'Donnell
Assistant Director of Philanthropy St. Louis
314-872-8330
lori.odonnell@shrinenet.org

Teressa Reynolds
Philanthropy Assistant
314-872-8342, Ext. 1188
treynolds@shrinenet.org