FAQ

If a donation check has been written out to you personally, you may endorse the back of the check and mail it in with a completed donation form to CHOC Children's Hospital.

It is not a good idea to send a cash donation in the mail. You may drop off the cash at CHOC Children's Hospital along with your information or you can deposit the cash into your checking account and send a personal check from your account.

Any donation made online should post immediately. If your donation does not post within 5 minutes, please contact CHOC Children's Hospital.

You can't enter a check online. What you can do is enter a check as a pledge. This can be done in the fundraising section of your headquarters page. The status of the check will be pending until the check is received by CHOC Children's Hospital.

A Tax ID number identifies CHOC Children's Hospital as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Many donors will request this number to validate their donation as tax-deductible. The CHOC Children's Hospital Tax ID number is 95-6097416 .

As your donors make a contribution, they have the option of whether or not they want to appear under Recent Donations.

Log in with your email and password to visit your headquarters page. Select ‘My Fundraising Report on the left side. You will then find a list of all of your donors as well as a list of all donors to your Company .

To easily send thank-you emails to donors, follow these steps:

1. Log in to your fundraiser dashboard by clicking the "My HQ" link in the top right
2. Click "My Fundraising Report" in the left sidebar
3. Locate the donor/donation you'd like to thank, and click "Send Email" (If the donor didn't submit their email address, this option is unavailable.)
4. Type the message in the pop-up window, and click "Send Email"

You are receiving these emails because we would like to keep you updated on your fundraising efforts. If you wish to stop receiving these updates, please login to your headquarters and edit your account preferences.

Payroll deduction is an easy way for an employee to give back through their company.  Your employer can partner with a payroll giving provider or integrate the program into their existing payroll system. You can then enroll in the program through an online portal provided by your company. 

If your company does not have a dedicated payroll deduction plan, please reach out to corporate@choc.org to learn more about making a gift directly to CHOC.

You can check whether your company matches gifts here.

Yes. You can make a donation to a Individual on a Company or you can make a general Company donation.

All donations should be mailed to:
CHOC Children's Hospital
1201 W. La Veta Avenue
Orange, CA 92868.

Please make all checks payable to: CHOC Children's Hospital.
Please make sure that in the memo it says CHOCstruction FY25 and who the donations should be credited to.

Click on the home page and begin typing the first or last name. Your options will display as you type.

Any donation made online should post immediately. If an online donation does not post within 5 minutes, please contact us.

If you check this checkbox, you will be charged the amount indicated next to the checkbox. This amount will also be visible to the non-profit. However, on the fundraising page, your intended - initial donation amount will be displayed.

All monetary donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.

Yes. For Canadian donations made online with a credit card, the amount entered in the online donation form will be in U.S. dollars.

Any donor who mailed their donation and provided an address will receive a receipt via mail once the donation has been processed. If you made your donation in installments, you will receive a receipt each time a monthly payment is processed.

Yes, anyone who donates online, regardless of the amount, will receive a receipt via email.

A Tax ID number identifies CHOC Children's Hospital as a 501(c)(3) non-profit Organization. The CHOC Children's Hospital Tax ID number is 95-6097416

When you make a donation online, you can designate what you want to appear as your recognition name on the participant's Honor Roll. This may be your name, or it could be something such as "From the whole Wolf family" or "in memory of Aunt Cathy."

A personal URL is a shortened link to your Company or personal page that you can send to friends and family in emails. A personal URL will look like this https://www.chocstruction.org/ben.

When a donor makes a donation online, s/he can enter text to appear on the fundraising honor roll. This may be the donor's name, or it could be something like "From the whole Wolf family" or "In Memory of Aunt Cathy".