Planned Giving
Leave a lasting impact by including Brave Step in your planned giving. Your legacy can empower survivors and loved ones, support well-being and create a future free from the trauma of sexual violence.
Giving Options
Bequests
A bequest is a simple and meaningful way to leave a legacy by including Brave Step in your will or estate plan. This gift costs nothing now but ensures your values live on, providing hope and growth for survivors while offering potential tax benefits for your estate.
Beneficiary Designation
A beneficiary designation allows you to support Brave Step by naming us as a beneficiary of your retirement plan, life insurance policy or other financial accounts. This simple, flexible gift costs nothing now and can reduce tax burdens while ensuring lasting impact for survivors.
Honor/Memorial Gifts
Honor a loved one’s legacy by making a gift in their name to Brave Step. Your tribute donation celebrates their life while providing hope, well-being and empowerment to survivors in need.
Donor Advised Funds
A donor-advised fund is a flexible and tax-efficient way to support Brave Step. Recommend a grant from your donor-advised fund to provide survivors with the resources they need to grow and thrive, ensuring your generosity makes a lasting impact.
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Brave Step
970 Stafford Farm Road
Concord, N.C. 28025
Make a Life-Changing Gift to Brave Step
Each contribution, no matter the size, drives our mission forward. $100 to Brave Step provides for:
- 60 minutes of life-giving individual counseling for a survivor.
- Two participants in a group therapy session, fostering understanding and hope.
- Three trauma-informed assessments to help build a survivor’s roadmap to well-being.
$2,500 Intentional
- Provide 12 group therapy sessions for four survivors
- Sponsor full-day, trauma-focused Survivor Retreat
- Six Loved Ones sessions focused on knowledge, skills and co unity
- Support new part-time Volunteer Coordinator staff position
$10,000 Aspirational
- Fund part-time Loved Ones Program Manager (annual)
- Expand access to Loved Ones via facilitator training for mental health practitioners
$50,000 Inspirational
- Fund Full-time Program Manager for Adult Survivor Care (annual)
- Erase the Adult Survivor Care
waitlist by funding care for the existing 23 survivors currently signed up awaiting care
$100,000+ Transformational
- Support 50 more adult survivors annually
- Expand Loved Ones program to three new states
- Named Endowment for new staffed position at Brave Step