Your Gift Brings Compassion to Life
Every day, someone in our community is facing a heartbreaking diagnosis, a difficult goodbye, or the weight of caregiving. Thanks to the generosity of people like you, they do not face it alone.
At Foothills Compassionate Care, we walk alongside individuals and families through some of life’s most challenging chapters. Your donation helps ensure that everyone in our care receives comprehensive, expert medical support, along with the deep compassion, dignity, and respect they deserve, regardless of their ability to pay.
From hospice and palliative care to caregiver support, bereavement counseling, community education, and volunteer training, your gift supports a continuum of care that is local, personal, and profoundly human.
Looking for a Local Nonprofit to Support in Nevada County?
If you’re looking for a nonprofit organization to donate to in Nevada County, consider giving to an organization whose work directly benefits local individuals and families. Foothills Compassionate Care is a local, nonprofit hospice organization serving Grass Valley, Nevada City, and communities throughout Nevada County.
As you explore the best places to donate in Nevada County, we invite you to consider what your charitable gift can accomplish close to home. Your donation supports compassionate hospice and palliative care, caregiver support, bereavement services, community education, and other programs that help people navigate serious illness, caregiving, grief, and the end of life.
Your generosity helps keep these services local, accessible, and available to our community, ensuring that patients and families can receive expert care, compassion, dignity, and support during some of life’s most challenging moments.
Whether you are searching for a local charity to support, a Nevada County nonprofit to donate to, or a meaningful way to give back to your community, your gift to Foothills Compassionate Care makes a difference right here at home.
Give locally. Support compassionate care. Help your neighbors live with dignity through every stage of life.
Your Impact
- Our interdisciplinary team made 14,306 home visits last year.
- Our triage nurses spent 2,850 hours providing after-hours and crisis support so families are never alone.
- Our care teams devoted more than 8,500 hours coordinating care, family meetings, and clinical discussions — time that ensures every patient receives the highest quality of compassionate care, even though it is not reimbursed.
- And more than 200 community members donated 47,420 hours of their time, serving on boards, providing presence, comfort, companionship, and fundraising support — a total valued at nearly $1 million in volunteer service.
You have a choice. The highest quality hospice care is here in your community.
A Platinum Seal status is the leading symbol of non-profit transparency and accountability.
NPHI is a membership organization comprising 100+ not-for-profit, community-integrated hospice and palliative care providers.
When you choose to donate to Foothills Compassionate Care, you are investing in a community that embodies the spirit of neighbors helping neighbors. Please donate today and help us continue to provide compassionate care for our community.
Ways to Give
Your one-time gift can provide immediate support to our patients and their families. Every contribution, no matter the size, is greatly appreciated.
Your monthly gift, no matter how big or small, will create a lasting impact on the lives we serve. By choosing to give consistently, you ensure that our essential services and programs continue to thrive, providing comfort, care, and dignity to those facing end-of-life challenges.
Consider a planned gift that supports our mission for years to come. Your legacy will help ensure compassionate care is available for all—today and tomorrow.
MEMORIAL & TRIBUTE GIFTS
Donate in honor of a loved one or to remember a special person in your life. Your gift becomes a meaningful tribute.
PERSONALIZED BRICK PURCHASE
Community members can support the programs and services provided by Foothills Compassionate Care (Hospice of the Foothills) through the purchase of an engraved brick. Each $150 brick is etched with a name or message to honor or memorialize a friend or family member and will line the sidewalk leading to the memorial flagpole honoring Eugene Zepp and Nina Leu Zepp. For more information call us at 530-272-5739.
Have a car, truck, boat, motor home or motorcycle you’d like to get rid of? Skip the hassle of selling it; avoid hefty repair bills; get a tax-deduction when you donate it through our vehicle donation program.
Donate online or call 866-398-4483 to make your donation.
Many companies will match your membership donation. To request a matching gift from your employer, ask your Human Resources Department, fill it out and send it to us.
Donating stocks to Foothills Compassionate Care is a powerful way to make a meaningful impact while also receiving potential tax benefits.
Gifts of appreciated securities, such as stocks or mutual funds, enable you to support our mission of providing compassionate, high-quality care to patients and families at every stage of life. By giving stocks, you can avoid capital gains taxes and may receive a charitable deduction for the full market value of your gift, allowing you to maximize your contribution.
Your generosity helps us expand our services, enhance our programs, and continue supporting our community, ensuring everyone receives the compassionate care they deserve.
Click here to download the stock donation form.
A DAF is a centralized vehicle for charitable giving that makes it easy for donors to dedicate funds to support their favorite nonprofit organization. It also provides an operationally convenient and tax-efficient method for donors to manage their charitable giving.
What’s a qualified charitable distribution (QCD)?
Starting at age 70½, a QCD is a direct transfer of money from your IRA provider, payable to a qualified charity. QCDs can be counted toward satisfying your required minimum distributions (RMDs) for the year, as long as certain rules are met.
Hospice of the Foothills dba Foothills Compassionate Care is a registered 501 (c)(3) non-profit EIN #94 -2674084
When corporations partner with nonprofits, they often find themselves in the limelight, receiving accolades for their community involvement and social responsibility. This positive publicity not only creates a buzz in the media but can also foster a favorable image in the minds of consumers.
Current sponsorship opportunities for Moonlight Magic and Sierra Community Palliative Care are available. Please call or email us for sponsorship packets.
PHILANTHROPIC QUESTIONS?
Email Hilary Hodge, Director of Development & Marketing
Our Impact
2024 – 2025
FACTS & FIGURES
459
HOSPICE PATIENTS
103
PALLIATIVE CARE PATIENTS
110
GRIEF SUPPORT PATIENTS
217
VOLUNTEERS
17,726
VOLUNTEER HOURS
$689,214
DONATIONS / BEQUESTS / GRANTS
$1,412,859
GIFT & THRIFT STORE REVENUE
Why Your Support Matters
Your support isn’t just a donation; it’s a lifeline to individuals and families facing end-of-life. Your contribution can bring comfort, care, and dignity to those who need it most. Every year we support and guide over 500 patients and caregivers and countless numbers of family/friends through our bereavement services.
Foothills Compassionate Care relies on the kindness and generosity of supporters like you to provide comprehensive care that extends beyond just medical needs. Your contributions allow us to:
- Enhance Comfort: Your donations enable us to improve the quality of life for our patients by offering comfort and symptom management.
- Emotional Support: Your support provides a range of emotional services, aiding patients and their families through this challenging journey.
- Educational Outreach: We work to reduce the stigma around hospice and palliative care by educating the community and healthcare providers.
- Community Connection: We serve as a valuable resource, collaborating with other organizations to enhance the well-being of our community.
We invite you to join us in our MISSION: With expertise, quality, and compassion, we empower and guide individuals and families to prepare for and navigate life’s challenging chapters and VISION: To have a community that fully embraces the Journey of life and death.
Your support, whether it’s a one-time gift or a long-term commitment, is invaluable. Together, we can make a significant impact. Your generosity is deeply appreciated.
