Donate

There are many ways to support our mission

  • A one-time or monthly cash donation
  • A gift to honor or remember a loved one
  • A charitable bequest in your will
  • Gifts of appreciated assets or real estate
  • Other planned giving opportunities such as Charitable Gift Annuities or Charitable Remainder Trusts
  • A gift through our Text-to-Give program – Text LOVE to 80100 using your mobile device to give $5. The amount will be charged to your cell phone bill.

Giving Methods

To send a check, please make payable to:
Shriners Hospitals for Children – Cincinnati
3229 Burnet Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45229

To give by phone or online:
Call the development office at 513-872-6118 or click here to donate now. Select CINCINNATI in order for your gift to be designated for use at Shriners Hospitals for Children – Cincinnati.

Corporate Giving and Fundraisers:
Facilitating a corporate gift, matching gift, workplace giving program, or special event fundraiser will lend valuable support to our hospital

For more information, contact the Donor Development Department via email dgorbandt@shrinenet.org or by phone at 513-872-6118.

Non-cash gifts/Gifts-in-Kind:
For those wishing to purchase specific items, we are most in need of the following:

Teens

  • Travel size board games: Sorry, Trouble, Clue, Monopoly, Yahtzee, Battleship, Connect Four
  • Diaries, stationery (for 15-18 year olds)
  • Word search, crossword puzzle books, Sudoku books. sports books, posters (especially for boys)
  • Movies and books
  • Pop & country music CD’s
  • Magazines
  • Hand-held electronic games, battery-operated games and games for Nintendo DS, PS3, Gameboy Advance, and Wii (all rated for everyone or teen)
  • Nerf balls
  • MP3 players – any brand
  • Small calendars
  • Wristwatches
  • Keychains
  • Disposable cameras
  • Baseball caps & t-shirts with professional/college logos (adult sizes L, XL, XXL)
  • Model car sets
  • Acrylic paint-by-number
  • Playing cards: Uno, Skip-bo

Infants

  • Rattles
  • Teethers
  • Cardboard books
  • Small Fisher-Price infant toys – birth to age 2 (nothing that is filled with liquid)
  • Small musical toys
  • Small receiving blankets

Due to strict infection control precautions, we can only accept NEW gifts. Please keep in mind that 70% of our patients are boys and 50% of our patients are teenagers, ages 11 – 18.

Patient privacy regulations (HIPPA) prevent us from allowing donors to personally distribute toys to the children. Thank you for your understanding.

We cannot accept the following items:

  • Stuffed animals
  • Knitted slippers
  • Infant bibs
  • Pre-op dolls
  • Afghans
  • Coloring books
  • Matchbox cars and trucks
  • Wagons
  • Used toys
  • VHS tapes
  • Dolls
  • Beanie Babies
  • Books for pre-schoolers
  • Playdough
  • Candyland
  • Chutes and Ladders
  • Magic doodlers

For more information, call the development office at 513-872-6029.

Shriners Hospitals for Children – Cincinnati is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. All donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent permitted by law.