Become Part of the Encompass Team: Make a Donation

Your investments and support help make all that Encompass offers the community possible!

Whether it’s buying art supplies & games for youth activities, providing educational materials and books for parents to reference, teaching an art activity, supporting a functioning office & clean workspace, bringing in professional speakers for special lectures and therapeutic workshops, or funding maintenance and building projects- Your contributions help provide resources to encourage and strengthen families within our community.

Donations will be added to the most in need project at the time the gift is given, or to donate to a specific project, simply include your preferences with your donation.

Encompass Adoptees is a 501c3 nonprofit, and donations are eligible for tax deduction. Financial contributions can be made online by choosing the “Donation” button bellow. Other ways to support Encompass Adoptees include giving through The Columbus Foundation Giving Store, our Facebook page, or by mailing a check to Encompass Adoptees at 122 S Terrace Ave, Unit 1, Columbus OH 43204. Various projects and areas for giving are listed below.

Donate Through The Columbus Foundation:

We’re now in The Columbus Foundation’s Giving Store! The Giving Store at columbusfoundation.org is a one-stop shop for effective and easy local focused philanthropy of any kind. Check out our organization there to make a gift!

Donate Supplies, Art Materials, or Books:

ART: A large part of what we do in our Encompass youth program revolves around the arts, including painting, drama, clay, poetry, music, language arts, story writing, dance, and culinary arts just to name a few. The arts allow a for unique opportunities to express ourselves, explore, share & be part of a team, and build a positive identity and have fun.

BOOKS: Both new and used books in good condition will help us build a resource library for parents as well as adult adoptees & foster alum. We are collecting any book referencing adoption and foster care, as well as those on related issues such as grief and loss, attachment, trauma & neglect, resiliency, anthologies and memoirs by those with lived experience.

CLEANING: In addition day to day supplies are used for clean up and to maintain a small office and support group meeting space. Paper towels and disinfectant wipes are always helpful.

Choose a category that most appeals to you! Lists for needed supplies & materials, can be viewed &/or purchased through amazon below. Used or new items can also be dropped off at our location. Please contact us to schedule a drop off time.

Thank you!

Encompass Adoptees sincerely thanks those of you who have who have already join our team in efforts to create strong families and more resilient youth by helping provide shelving and furniture, lighting, a stainless steel sink for washing art supplies, art materials, ceiling tiles for repairs, not to mention labor!

Encompass Adoptees is a 501c3 nonprofit community organzation.