Help us Build the Island Autism Center!
Thanks to the support of people like you, we are opening the Island Autism Center on Martha’s Vineyard! Your tax-deductible donation will help make this crucial need on the island a reality.
Here are some ways to show financial love.
1. Write us a check.
Checks should be made out to
Island Autism Group Inc.
POB 216, West Tisbury, MA 02575
2. Put stock in us!
DTC CLEARING NUMBER: 0075
LPL ACCOUNT NUMBER: 1798-3672
The Island Autism Group, Inc.
3. Remember us in your will.
After our buildings are built we will be working on our endowment so we can continue to offer our summer and afterschool camp to Island children at little to no cost. We know how hard it is to be working parents of kids with special needs and we know it can be expensive. It’s our long-term goal to make the financial burden on families go away.
We also have pledge sheets for multi-year gifts. Ask your IAG contact for a pledge sheet if you wish to donate in two or three-year increments.
(All gifts will be put in the Capital Campaign fund and no monies will be used for operational costs unless designated).
Donate online
Donate by mail
Island Autism
PO Box 216
West Tisbury, MA 02575
Other ways to Donate
Planned Giving
Have you remembered Island Autism in your will or trust? Donors can leave a lasting legacy by providing strong financial support to ensure that we reach our mission of improving the lives of those affected by an autism spectrum disorder on Martha’s Vineyard.
Consider leaving a legacy of support by making a planned gift to Island Autism Group that allows you to combine your charitable giving goals with your estate and financial planning goals.
Here is sample bequest language you can take to your attorney:
“I give to Island Autism Group (tax ID number 30-0661116) whose address is PO Box 216, West Tisbury, MA 02575, _______ (insert either dollar amount or a percentage) in support of its full mission.”
Donate Stock
Please instruct your stockbroker to transfer securities. We recommend you also inform us of your stock transaction so that we can assist with the process and track your donation.
Please specify that the donation is to Island Autism Group, Inc.
Multi-Year Pledges
We welcome donations spread over multiple years. Please see our multi-year pledge sheet for info and to pledge that wey.
A Message From our Co-Founder
As a parent of a child with autism, now 14 and still non-verbal, I am constantly trying to do all I can for him and for his future. I have found as I talk with other autism parents that there is a huge need for more structure for our children, their families and for adults with autism. If one child in 68 will now receive an autism diagnosis, where will they all be when they turn 22? If you have read about state care facilities in the news recently, we know as parents that no one wants that for their child.
The ability to network with other parents and share resources — everything from doctors and specialists to babysitters and camp programs, is invaluable. Autism affects the whole family and the whole family needs support.
I started thinking of an Island Autism Center on the Vineyard that could possibly grow into something that could be replicated in other communities. This center would be a place with small cabins where families could come and stay. In addition to going to the beach, riding horses at a local therapeutic riding center, and working in the farm garden along with their parents and siblings, speech, occupational and physical therapies could be woven into their day. Parents could attend gluten-free cooking classes, learn about latest thoughts in the autism field, and meet with other parents to hear about programs that have worked for them; treat the whole family and let all these families get together and support each other and learn from each other.
On the same property there would be a small co-housing village where adults with autism could live independently or in groups depending on their needs. Teachers and trainers in the program could live in the housing as residential advisors. Their living spaces would be at reduced cost in exchange for their participation in the program.
My wish is that the Island Autism Center would provide my son and other people living with autism the opportunity to be part of a community that embraces the older and younger people with autism and their families. Such a Center would meet so many needs and provide so much healing.
Won’t you help us make our vision a reality?
Thank you,
Kate DeVane
Co-Founder
