Melmark has always been transparent about the financial challenges facing human service providers in Pennsylvania, with low reimbursement rates for direct support professionals, workforce hiring challenges, and state-wide closures of other providers leaving 15,000 individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities on Pennsylvania’s waiting list for services. Today, we find ourselves facing new uncertainties around the federal funding streams that are crucial to our mission.
While advocacy and fiscal prudence are two of the long-standing pillars of our strategic and financial planning, it is philanthropy that has the most direct and immediate impact on all that we do. Today, we need that philanthropic support more than ever through generous contributions to The Melmark Annual Fund.
As an already generous donor, will you consider making an additional gift this year to The Melmark Annual Fund?
As a generous past donor, will you make this the year you renew and even consider increasing your support of The Melmark Annual Fund?
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As a member of our Melmark family, will you consider making this the year you support The Melmark Annual Fund?
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Melmark is a vital resource for every individual we serve, offering structured, skill-based programming that fosters independence, engagement, and personal growth at all stages of life. And as a nationally recognized leader in evidence-based, innovative treatment, Melmark remains ever committed to providing the highest quality of care, even in the face of these financial challenges.
Thank you in advance for your generous philanthropic support and for all you have done and continue to do for Melmark.
With heartfelt gratitude,
Rita M. Gardner, M. P.H., LABA, BCBA, CDE®
President and CEO
Did You Know?
Recurring Gifts enable donors to stretch their level of support by spreading their commitments into monthly payments. Matching Gifts provide matching gift company employees, and sometimes retirees or spouses, with the opportunity to double or even triple the impact of their gifts. Gifts through stocks, donor advised funds, or IRA distributions can provide donors with additional tax benefits. Contact Director of Advancement Lisa Ketcham at lketcham@melmark.org or 610-325-4953 for more information.