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We are the National Association for Children of Addiction (NACoA). Our mission is to eliminate the adverse impact of alcohol and drug use on children and families. We envision a world in which no child who struggles because of family addiction will be left unsupported.
By donating today, you can enact change and help us in our mission to provide hope, help and healing to children and families on their road to recovery!
Contribute to our Mission and Work
Your tax-deductible gift to NACoA will help support important education, awareness, advocacy, research, and most importantly, enable us to assist children and families living with the adverse effects of the disease of addiction. Take a look at the ambitious goals NACoA has set for the upcoming year, to see the impact your can make with your generous efforts. Thank you for being a caring adult helping to bring hope and healing to children in need.
The Janie Fleckenstein Art Therapy Memorial Fund: If you are interested in contributing to this meaningful tribute to a talented educator committed to the arts and helping children, please donate online here, or donate by mail and indicate this fund on the form.
NACoA is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Donations are tax-deductible as allowed by law. Our federal tax ID number is 94-2865311. NACoA does not solicit funds through telemarketing. This ensures the majority of the donation is used directly to improve the lives of children and families affected by the disease of addiction.
NACoA supports your passion to rally your community or social network to raise money to help the children impacted by addiction .
For a simple and effective fundraising effort, you can share your personally-crafted message and include NACoA’s online donation form.
For a more customized campaign:
We will create for you a personalized fundraising page specifically for NACoA, and provide you with a URL link and QR code to invite your family, friends, neighbors, and other interested parties to contribute to your overall donation goal. In no time at all, we’ll have you ready to get started to successfully accomplish your fundraising goals!
Simply complete this form to get started.
All donations given through these avenues are tax-deductible to anyone else who contributes. NACoA will receive the funds automatically when the fundraiser concludes.
If you additionally receive cash donations, we’ll work with you to include them on your fundraising page and provide credit to the individual donors.
This is an incredibly generous way to partner with NACoA to support children and families impacted by addiction!
If you choose you can include NACoA in your will. We often have gracious donors who name NACoA as a recipient in their will and your attorney or power of attorney will contact us at the correct time.
Contributors for NACoA:
• Connect children and families in need to valuable information and resources through NACoA.org
• Educate and inform through the content and trainings offered OnDemand and in person
• Inform by producing a comprehensive journal on Autism spectrum disorders;
• Advocate for children’s rights in Washington, D.C. and in communities nationwide;
• Support children affected by addiction and their families through a nationwide affiliate network.
Annual Membership Levels:
• NACoA Champion: $5000
• Major Supporter: $2,500
• Patron: $1000
• Exceptional: $500
• Sustainer: $250
• Contributing: $100
• Other: $____________________
Contributors enjoy the following benefits:
• Access to a community that provides connection and essential information to children and families living with the trauma of the disease of addiction.
• Valuable resource information and advocacy for Addiction and COA related issues.
• Access to our monthly NACoA newsletter, programs and educational events.
NACoA has many sponsorship opportunities throughout the year for you, your company, or your foundation to get involved. We offer a variety of mutually beneficial packages based on the event. Here are just a few examples where we can partner together:
⦁ COA Awareness Week (the week in which Valentine’s Day falls)
⦁ Customized webinars for your company
⦁ Regional and National Educational events and trainings
⦁ Giving Tuesday (1st Tuesday after Thanksgiving)
You can contact us with questions by email nacoa@nacoa.org or by phone at
301-468-0985/888-55-4COAS
You can host an in-person event to raise funds for NACOA and encourage your community to get together for a great cause. Previous examples include social media campaigns, dinners, 5k runs, walk-a-thons, bike races, bake sales, and more. You can reach out by email at nacoa@nacoa.org or by phone at 301-468-0985 if you have questions or if you want assistance brainstorming any ideas.
We invite you to join our growing business supporters list!
If you own your own business or work for a company who has an interest in supporting NACOA , you can direct a portion of sales revenue to be donated to the organization. We work with many businesses who find that marketing their relationship with NACoA helps increase their overall sales while also benefiting COAs and the addiction community at large.
Please contact us by email at nacoa@nacoa.org, or by phone at 301-468-0985 to discuss your ideas so we can work with you and provide any trademark materials you might need.
Trademark Materials
If you’d like to utilize our logo or other trademarked materials, please contact us by email at nacoa@nacoa.org to receive what you need.
Find out if your company participates in a workplace giving campaign — an annual employer-sponsored program that allows employees to make charitable contributions through payroll deduction and other payment methods. This will allow you to set an automated amount to donate (tax-free) to the National Association for children of addiction, each time you receive a paycheck. Your company may also offer the opportunity to match up to 100% of your contributions so you can double your impact.
We are a proud participant in the Best Charities Campaign and many people designate NACoA through their company’s United Way campaign and Independent Charities of America.
Alternate Ways to Support
If you’re looking for an alternate way to support NACOA , you can also consider the following options:
Are you paying premiums for a life insurance policy you no longer need? Consider donating it to NACoA. Utilizing a well-established concept known as life settlements, donated life insurance policies may be sold for the policy’s true market value. Those proceeds, in turn, can be reallocated to the initiatives and goals that our organization wishes to accomplish on behalf of those we serve.
If you are interested in this program or wish to obtain more information, please send an email to nacoa@nacoa.org or call and leave a message at 301-468-0985. You can also contact Denise Bertin-Epp directly at 734-476-9931 or at denisebepp@nacoa.org.
Automobile donations are an incredibly fast and easy way to help NACoA. Your car donations help support our vital work and are an easy way for you to get rid of an unwanted vehicle. To make a donation or for more information, click here.
If you wish to donate stock, please contact your broker to process a transfer of securities. Please inform us of your transaction via email at nacoa@nacoa.org or 1-301468-0985 so we can assist with the process, track your donation, and provide the required tax acknowledgement. Your broker will require account transfer information which we are happy to provide to you.
A DAF is a centralized vehicle for charitable giving that makes it easy for donors to dedicate funds to support their favorite nonprofit organization. It also provides an operationally convenient and tax-efficient method for donors to manage their charitable giving. Please contact us by email at nacoa@naco.org or by phone at 301-468-0985 for information about DAF.
NACoA’s 2024 Wishlist
Through your efforts, your generosity can help NACoA accomplish an ambitious list of goals for 2024!
$50,000-> Creation of an OnDemand group leader training for Celebrating Families! (CF!):
An online, On-Demand training experience and access to our comprehensive CF! curriculum to be developed and supported on NACoA’s Learning Management System. This would grant access to all content and downloadable forms, surveys and measurement tools at any time in the most time-sensitive, responsive platform for busy facilitators. With busy schedules at agencies and organizations, this eliminates the challenge and burden of coordinating teams to be together and one time, and instead individuals to learn at their own pace and timeframe. Assures greater input and outcomes data for NACoA to continue to track progress, impact, and outcomes for this program.
$40,000-> Website and Brand Update:
NACoA has had similar branding for 40 years. While a testament to the incredible work NACoA as accomplished, we look forward to updating awareness and current branding strategies. Our website requires a major overhaul to support our Learning Management system and the new curriculum we are developing, as well as support for our expanding webinar platform, blog/vlog library, and provide a history archive.
$35,000-> Update Curriculum Videos for our Programs:
Videos that focus on the impact of addiction on children are quite rare. What is currently being used with programs are still on point, but are very dated. To be most effective – especially for materials to be used when working with kids and teenagers – these videos require remakes/updates.
$30,000-> Product Development and Updates:
Each year, NACoA identifies key programs that warrant updates and insertion of new evidence to maintain accuracy and relevance of our content bank provided to our constituents. These updates are costly to obtain the newest information and to compensate professionals for their time to create, modify and review new curriculum pieces.
$30,000-> Learning Management System (LMS) Maintenance and Innovation:
Maintaining and strengthening NACoA’s learning management system to serve our organizations facilitating our programs requires significant expertise. This platform is essential to deliver our ongoing curriculum and grow educational opportunities to other professionals who engage with children every day.
$30,000-> Translation for Curriculum:
Addiction affects all communities and populations, so diversifying materials to truly support all children and families impacted by the disease is paramount. Providing more curriculum and materials in Spanish is the priority. But further, NACoA has requests to serve populations in French, Italian, Vietnamese, and Swedish.
$27,000-> Outcomes and Research Continuation:
Annually, NACoA seeks outcomes oversight and program evaluation to help communities seek grant funding for some of our most effective, evidence-based programs.
$25,000-> Role Call Police Department Information Videos:
NACoA has partnered with PTAAC (Police, Treatment, and Community Collaborative) to create informational videos about children impacted by addiction for police departments across the country to be better informed on deflection calls or during drug arrests. The premiere time to present 10-minute content videos for police departments is during role call.
$20,00-> Spring Conference Sponsorship:
In spring 2024, NACoA plans to host a child and family prevention conference to inform professionals about COA’s, breaking the cycle of addiction with children and families, and the latest elements of effective prevention.
$7,500-> Celebrating Families!, ¡Celebrando Familias!, Wellbriety/Celebrating Families! Partnership:
Whole-family recovery programing for the general community, Spanish-speaking families, and our indigenous communities, provides a huge opportunity for children and families to receive the support and services they need to heal and living healthier lives. supports implementation of our 16 module curriculum focused on creating and building healthy families broken and impacted by addiction. By providing one training opportunity to a community, children and families are provided opportunities to heal and grow a healthier recovery community.
$2,500-> Children’s Program Kit Implementation:
Supports On-Demand training and implementation for one location of NACoA’s Children’s Program Kit. Using this kit, sites are provided an opportunity to create educational support groups in the schools, workshops to be provided in the community, or enrich an area summer camp designed for children impacted by trauma. With over 100 activities for school aged children K-12, this resource is extremely valuable for communities in need to creating a variety of supportive opportunities for kids and teens.
