Donation Contacts & Ways To Give
Charlotte D’Ooge
Planned Giving & Major Gifts
504-874-9655
Email Charlotte
To learn more about planned giving options, please visit our Online Planned Giving Center.
Kento Azegami
Development Assistant
504-584-1136
Email Kento
Please contact me about online donations, in-kind gifts or any general donation information.
Covenant House New Orleans is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization (EIN #58-1669937).
Host a Fundraising Event
We’re grateful to partner with businesses, community groups, and others who wish to organize fundraising events for Covenant House. Please email us at kazegami@covenanthouse.org before advertising anything so we can help you organize a successful event!
Donor-Advised Funds and Investment Accounts
We are honored to receive donations from accounts such as donor-advised funds, Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs), and investment accounts. Please ask your financial institution to include your name and address so we can send you an acknowledgement for tax purposes!
If sending directly to us, checks should be sent to:
Covenant House
611 N. Rampart St
New Orleans LA 70112
Sample Bequest Language
I [Name] hereby give to Covenant House New Orleans (Federal Tax ID # 58-1669937), a nonprofit corporation incorporated in Louisiana and located in New Orleans, LA, [written amount or percentage of the estate or description of property] for its unrestricted charitable use and purpose (or to be used specifically for [insert designated program or purpose]).
Employee Matching Gifts & Federated Campaigns
If your employer matches your donations, please send any form or direct your HR Department to chnoinfo@covenanthouse.org for assistance.
We are proud to participate in the following federated campaigns:
Get the T-shirt
We’ve partnered with Dirty Coast to design a t-shirt full of unconditional love. Part of the proceeds are donated to Covenant House – get yours now!
Donate Your Vehicle
Turn your used car into cash for Covenant House by donating it! We’ll put all of it to work for our youth. It’s easy, the pick-up is free, and we use your vehicle’s proceeds to support our mission. Call 1-855-500-RIDE (7433) or give online at careasy.org.
Wish Lists & Item Donations
Your donations of items for youth ages 16-22 are greatly appreciated – thank you! Please consult our Amazon wishlists above for suggestions.
Donations are accepted Monday – Friday from 8 AM to 5 PM at 611 N Rampart St, New Orleans, LA 70112. If you would like to coordinate a large donation or a donation drive, please email us at chnoinfo@covenanthouse.org or call 504-584-1136.
We are grateful to our partners at Bombas, the Streetside Library and the Junior League of New Orleans, who provide us with socks, books for our libraries year round, and diapers!
Guidelines and Advice
Hygiene items
- We prefer hygiene products in full sizes that our youth can share together – shower gels, shampoo, conditioner, etc. Save the travel sizes for your next vacation!
- We prefer shower gel over bar soap – it’s easier to share.
- We need natural hair care! About 80% of our youth are Black, so it’s great to have products they can use.
Clothing
- Keep it light. Please take care not to overpack bags or boxes – our volunteers and staff will thank you!
- Keep it clean. Please launder or clean all items before donating them. This lets us spend more time looking after our youth.
- Keep it fresh. We regret we cannot distribute to our youth clothing with inappropriate messages, including adult themes like drugs, alcohol or violence; or political issues such as candidates or parties.
- Under where? We accept underwear new with tags or in original packaging in all adult sizes and genders. Our boys tend to prefer boxers or boxer briefs. We also accept donations of bras, again new with tags or in original packaging, in all sizes.
- We prefer casual clothing. Few of our youth need suits and office wear – save those for charities who need them!
- Our youth are ages 16-22. Fashions and tastes change every generation – if you can’t picture a teenager wearing it, you may want to save it for another charity.
Linens and towels
- We accept linens and towels new with tags or in original packaging. Beds at Covenant House are twin sized.
Items for Young Children and Babies
- The need is greater for items for our teenagers! We appreciate the generosity, but we receive far more items than we need for babies and young children. Please call us first at 504-584-1136 before bringing in items for babies and young children.
- Our youngest residents are ages 5 and under. Items for children ages 5-15 should be donated to another charity – we’re happy to help you locate one.
- Check the date – We regret we cannot accept car seats past their expiration date.
Share A Meal
Sharing a meal with our youth is a fun way to support Covenant House youth. We’ll ask you to prepare a meal for 75 teenagers, either for lunch or dinner. You can choose to either simply drop everything off, or you can stay and serve your delicious meal to our youth.
Contact us at chnoinfo@covenanthouse.org or 504-584-1136 to set up a meal!
Large Donations & Donation Drives
We are deeply grateful for your support. If you have more than 50 pieces of any particular item, PLEASE call us at 504-584-1136 prior to making your donation. Our storage space is limited and we want to be sure we can fully honor your intent to help! Thank you in advance.
