Planned Giving
Planned Giving
Creating a Legacy of Compassion and Impact
There are many meaningful ways to support Hope Haven—both today and for generations to come. Planned giving allows you to extend your impact in a way that reflects your values, your story, and the legacy you want to leave behind.
When you choose to include Hope Haven in your long‑term plans, you become part of a legacy that brings independence, dignity, and opportunity to people with disabilities around the world. We’re here to walk alongside you, answer your questions, and help you explore the options that feel right for you.
Your generosity has the power to shape lives, strengthen our mission, and create lasting hope for the people we serve.
Creating a Legacy of Compassion and Impact
There are many meaningful ways to support Hope Haven—both today and for generations to come. Planned giving allows you to extend your impact in a way that reflects your values, your story, and the legacy you want to leave behind.
When you choose to include Hope Haven in your long‑term plans, you become part of a legacy that brings independence, dignity, and opportunity to people with disabilities around the world. We’re here to walk alongside you, answer your questions, and help you explore the options that feel right for you.
Your generosity has the power to shape lives, strengthen our mission, and create lasting hope for the people we serve.
Planned Giving Opportunities
Include Hope Haven in
your will or living trust
A simple and flexible way to leave a legacy without affecting your current finances.
Designate Hope Haven as a beneficiary in a legal charitable
trust
Support our mission while potentially receiving tax advantages and income options.
Designate Hope Haven
as a beneficiary in an IRA or retirement plan
A tax‑efficient way to make a significant and lasting impact.
Establish a gift annuity or
agreement
Provide long‑term support while receiving fixed income payments for life.
Make a life estate reserved gift
Donate property to Hope Haven while continuing to use it during your lifetime.
Learn more about special needs trusts
Ensure long‑term care for loved ones with disabilities while supporting Hope Haven’s mission.
Support our Endowment Funds
Contribute through the South Dakota Foundation or the Sioux Falls Community to sustain our work far into the future.
Set up monthly automatic account withdrawals
A convenient way to provide steady, ongoing support.
Donate commodity gifts (livestock, grain, etc.)
Gifts of livestock, grain, and other commodities can offer unique tax advantages.
Explore named gift opportunity
Honor a loved one or create a lasting tribute through designated naming options.
Request a free wills kit
Helpful tools to begin planning your legacy with confidence.
Planned Giving Opportunities
Include Hope Haven in
your will or living trust
A simple and flexible way to leave a legacy without
affecting your current finances.
Designate Hope Haven as a beneficiary in a legal charitable
trust
Support our mission while potentially receiving tax advantages and income options.
Designate Hope Haven
as a beneficiary in an IRA or retirement plan
A tax‑efficient way to make a significant and lasting impact.
Establish a gift annuity or
agreement
Provide long‑term support while receiving fixed income payments for life.
Make a life estate reserved gift
Donate property to Hope Haven while continuing to use it during your lifetime.
Learn more about special needs trusts
Ensure long‑term care for loved ones with disabilities while supporting Hope Haven’s mission.
Support our Endowment Funds
Contribute through the South Dakota Foundation or the Sioux Falls Community to sustain our work far into the future.
Set up monthly automatic account withdrawals
A convenient way to provide steady, ongoing support.
Donate commodity gifts (livestock, grain, etc.)
Gifts of livestock, grain, and other commodities can offer unique tax advantages.
Explore named gift opportunity
Honor a loved one or create a lasting tribute through designated naming options.
Request a free wills kit
Helpful tools to begin planning your legacy with confidence.
Support foundation partnerships
15+
Communities Served
50+
Community Living Homes
110
Countries Reached
15+
Wheelchairs Distributed
Barnabas Foundation
Hope Haven is a regional member of the Barnabas Foundation. The Barnabas Foundation is a not-for-profit, tax-exempt charitable corporation formed in 1976. Its sole purpose is to help Christian individuals and families exercise thoughtful stewardship in a wide variety of ways by careful Will preparation and tax-wise estate planning. They come alongside individuals to help them make important decisions for their family and the Christian organizations they want to support in an atmosphere of complete confidence and trust. If you’d like to utilize the Barnabas Foundation to help secure your own future, contact Hope Haven to find out who the Barnabas Representative is in your area.
Leave a Legacy
Hope Haven is a member of the Leave a Legacy program in Siouxland. Leave a Legacy is a community-based program to help people learn about charitable giving through a will or from an estate plan. Leave a Legacy does NOT solicit gifts for any particular organization. Instead, the program is a cooperative effort of all types of nonprofit groups including social service and arts organizations, churches, hospitals, educational institutions and other philanthropic groups. The Leave a Legacy program in this area can direct people to resources that will help them fulfill their charitable goals.
candid
Candid provides trusted information and insights about nonprofit organizations to help donors, funders, researchers, and communities make informed decisions.
Through its nonprofit profiles, Candid brings together information about an organization’s mission, programs, leadership, financials, goals, and impact. Nonprofits can also update their own profiles and earn Candid Seals of Transparency by sharing additional information about their work.
Candid was formed in 2019 through the merger of GuideStar and Foundation Center and now maintains data on more than 1.9 million nonprofit organizations.
how to get involved
Make A
Donation
Support life-changing
services locally and
around the world.
Join Our
Team
Build a career helping
people live with greater
independence.
Attend Our
Events
Connect with our missions
through benefits, fundraisers,
and community events.
Volunteer
Your Time
Use your skills to support
our local programs or our
international wheelchair ministry.
both local and
global impact
Hope Haven began in 1964 as a school for children with disabilities in Rock Valley, Iowa. Today, that same vision continues through local disability services across Iowa and Minnesota and our international wheelchair ministry around the world.
At home, we help people
build skills, independence,
and community.
Around the world, we help
provide mobility, dignity, and
opportunity.
Same vision. Two ways to live it.
He smiled so wide, his whole
face changed.
James is 9 years old and lives in rural Kenya. He was born with a spinal condition that left him unable to walk. For years, his mother carried him everywhere. Last March, a Hope Haven International team fitted James with a KidChair specially designed for rough terrain. It cost $300 to build. It changed everything.
15+
Communities Served
50+
Community Living Homes
110
Countries Reached
15+
Wheelchairs Distributed
Barnabas Foundation
Hope Haven is a regional member of the Barnabas Foundation. The Barnabas Foundation is a not-for-profit, tax-exempt charitable corporation formed in 1976. Its sole purpose is to help Christian individuals and families exercise thoughtful stewardship in a wide variety of ways by careful Will preparation and tax-wise estate planning. They come alongside individuals to help them make important decisions for their family and the Christian organizations they want to support in an atmosphere of complete confidence and trust. If you’d like to utilize the Barnabas Foundation to help secure your own future, contact Hope Haven to find out who the Barnabas Representative is in your area.
Leave a Legacy
Hope Haven is a member of the Leave a Legacy program in Siouxland. Leave a Legacy is a community-based program to help people learn about charitable giving through a will or from an estate plan. Leave a Legacy does NOT solicit gifts for any particular organization. Instead, the program is a cooperative effort of all types of nonprofit groups including social service and arts organizations, churches, hospitals, educational institutions and other philanthropic groups. The Leave a Legacy program in this area can direct people to resources that will help them fulfill their charitable goals.
candid
Candid provides trusted information and insights about nonprofit organizations to help donors, funders, researchers, and communities make informed decisions.
Through its nonprofit profiles, Candid brings together information about an organization’s mission, programs, leadership, financials, goals, and impact. Nonprofits can also update their own profiles and earn Candid Seals of Transparency by sharing additional information about their work.
Candid was formed in 2019 through the merger of GuideStar and Foundation Center and now maintains data on more than 1.9 million nonprofit organizations.
how to get involved
Make A
Donation
Support life-changing
services locally and
around the world.
Join Our
Team
Build a career helping
people live with greater
independence.
Attend Our
Events
Connect with our missions
through benefits, fundraisers,
and community events.
Volunteer
Your Time
Use your skills to support
our local programs or our
international wheelchair ministry.
both local and
global impact
Hope Haven began in 1964 as a school for children with disabilities in Rock Valley, Iowa. Today, that same vision continues through local disability services across Iowa and Minnesota and our international wheelchair ministry around the world.
At home, we help people
build skills, independence,
and community.
Around the world, we help
provide mobility, dignity, and
opportunity.
Same vision. Two ways to live it.
He smiled so wide, his whole
face changed.
James is 9 years old and lives in rural Kenya. He was born with a spinal condition that left him unable to walk. For years, his mother carried him everywhere. Last March, a Hope Haven International team fitted James with a KidChair specially designed for rough terrain. It cost $300 to build. It changed everything.
Ready to Explore Your Options?
We can help you identify the best method to support Hope Haven's ministries.
Please contact our Director of Development
Krystal Vander Pol
Ready to Explore Your Options?
We can help you identify the best method to support
Hope Haven's ministries.
Please contact our Director of Development
Krystal Vander Pol
Ready to Explore Your Options?
We can help you identify the best method to support Hope Haven's ministries.
Please contact our Director of Development
Krystal Vander Pol
Advanced Estate Planning Conference
September 3, 2026
Join Hope Haven for an Advanced Estate Planning Conference designed for attorneys, tax professionals, financial planners, planned giving professionals,
and others who help individuals and families prepare for the future.
The Benefits of Commodity Gifting
March 27, 2026
As harvest time approaches, we kindly ask you to prayerfully consider a commodity gift from your fields or barns to benefit the people we support through the ministries of Hope Haven. Through abundant generosity, over $10,000 was raised through gifts like corn, soybeans, cattle, hogs, and hay this past year.
Locations:
Rock Valley, IA
Sioux Falls, SD
Orange City, IA
Rock Rapids, IA
Spencer, IA
Emmetsburg, IA
Estherville, IA
Locations:
Rock Valley, IA
Sioux Falls, SD
Orange City, IA
Rock Rapids, IA
Spencer, IA
Emmetsburg,IA
Estherville, IA
Le Mars, IA
Pipestone, MN
Sheldon, IA
Sibley, IA
Spirit Lake, IA
Sioux Center, IA
Storm Lake, IA
Worthington, MN
Le Mars. IA
Pipestone, MN
Sheldon, IA
Sibley, IA
Spirit Lake, IA
Sioux Center, IA
Storm Lake, IA
Worthington, MN
Hope Haven is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. EIN: 42-0890017. All gifts are tax-deductible.
Advanced Estate Planning Conference
September 3, 2026
Join Hope Haven for an Advanced Estate Planning Conference designed for attorneys, tax professionals, financial planners, planned giving professionals,
and others who help individuals and families prepare for the future.
The Benefits of Commodity Gifting
March 27, 2026
As harvest time approaches, we kindly ask you to prayerfully consider a commodity gift from your fields or barns to benefit the people we support through the ministries of Hope Haven. Through abundant generosity, over $10,000 was raised through gifts like corn, soybeans, cattle, hogs, and hay this past year.
15+
Communities Served
50+
Community Living Homes
110
Countries Reached
15+
Wheelchairs Distributed
how to get involved
Make A
Donation
Support life-changing
services locally and
around the world.
Join Our
Team
Build a career helping
people live with greater
independence.
Attend Our
Events
Connect with our missions
through benefits, fundraisers,
and community events.
Volunteer
Your Time
Use your skills to support
our local programs or our
international wheelchair ministry.
both local and
global impact
Hope Haven began in 1964 as a school for children with disabilities in Rock Valley, Iowa. Today, that same vision continues through local disability services across Iowa and Minnesota and our international wheelchair ministry around the world.
At home, we help people
build skills, independence,
and community.
Around the world, we help
provide mobility, dignity, and
opportunity.
Same vision. Two ways to live it.
He smiled so wide, his whole
face changed.
James is 9 years old and lives in rural Kenya. He was born with a spinal condition that left him unable to walk. For years, his mother carried him everywhere. Last March, a Hope Haven International team fitted James with a KidChair specially designed for rough terrain. It cost $300 to build. It changed everything.
Upcoming events
JUNE
5
Fishing Benefit
Spirit Lake, IA
JUNE
17
Golf Benefit
Spirit Lake, IA
AUG
28
Dueling Duo: Keys to the Garden
Spirit Lake, IA