Establish your legacy

Planned Giving with SDYS

You can help ensure sustainable support for kids and young adults facing homelessness and trauma.

Planning for the future and creating the legacy you wish to leave is one of the most effective ways to ensure a lasting impact - and we hope you'll consider including San Diego Youth Services in your plans.

We will work with you and your advisers to create a giving plan that best fits your financial and charitable interests.

Let Us Know Your Estate Plans

Planned Giving with SDYS

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

“Together, we’ve helped thousands of youth find hope, healing and stability.”

Walter Philips dedicated 25 years to the San Diego community as CEO of San Diego Youth Services. Upon his retirement in 2025, he and his wife Heidi made a generous gift to San Diego Youth Services to continue building futures for vulnerable youth.

Walter Planned Giving

SDYS Logo

WAYS TO GIVE to SAN DIEGO YOUTH SERVICES

Bequest

Remembering SDYS in your will or living trust is a personal way to extend the influence of your life and may bring significant estate tax savings. Your gift may be in the form of cash, securities or property. A codicil or amendment to an existing will or living trust can be used to make simple changes such as naming an additional beneficiary.

Charitable Gift Annuity

Transfer your financial assets or real estate to SDYS, paying you a fixed income for the rest of your life at higher rate of return than an average money market fund or savings account. Depending on your age, you can receive between 6 percent and 11.3 percent return on your gift. Upon your death, the remaining principal is paid to the organization.

Charitable Remainder Trust

A charitable remainder trust is a significant irrevocable gift of cash or property. You receive an immediate charitable deduction and a lifetime of income for yourself or for your beneficiaries with the principal eventually transferring to San Diego Youth Services.

IRA Rollover

Congress has extended the provisions to roll over your IRA to charity. The new act allows an IRA owner age 70 1/2 or older to directly transfer an IRA to a charity without penalty, up to a value of $108,000.

Endowments

San Diego Youth Services would be happy to establish an endowment on your behalf. You may also make your gift through the San Diego Foundation, designating San Diego Youth Services Endowment.

50+

Years of building futures for youth

834,000

kids & young adults Served in SAN DIEGO

100

Community & School Locations

“The moment I stepped foot in that shelter, everything changed.”

Alona was in foster care since her earliest memories. She was moved from family to family before her mom was granted custody of her again at age 10, but it was not the caring and stable life Alona longed for. Her mother struggled with addiction and would leave Alona home alone for months. Alona tells us about dropping out of school while living out of hotels before her mother was arrested.

While alone, she found her way to San Diego Youth Services' emergency shelter for youth.

Read Alona's Full Story

Establish your legacy

To find out how you can help continue to support youth in San Diego in the future, contact our team.

Contact Sandra Wellhausen
20240912 SDYS Seeds 186 ChrisWellhausen (1)