Ways To Donate: National Capital & Greater Chesapeake

How You Can Help Today

Gifts of all kinds are accepted with gratitude, but these are the most effective ways you can make a difference right now.

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Give Online

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Give with a Qualified Charitable Distribution

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Give Monthly

Featured Donation Program

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Step up for a cause this September!

Challenge yourself to Walk 60 Miles for the Red Cross

Lace up your sneakers for the Walk 60 Miles Challenge for the Red Cross to support families affected by disasters.

Join the Facebook group for community and motivation, start a fundraiser, and we’ll send you a Red Cross water bottle when you receive your first donation!

More Ways to Make a Financial Donation

Donate by Mail or Phone

Donate By Phone

Please call our Financial Development office: 703-584-8400 or our Baltimore chapter office: 410-624-2030.

Donate by Mail

Please make out your check to American Red Cross and mail to one of our two main offices:

American Red Cross of the National Capital & Greater Chesapeake Region, 8550 Arlington Blvd., Fairfax, VA 22031.

The American Red Cross, 4700 Mt. Hope Drive, Baltimore, MD 21215

Donate via Workplace Giving

The American Red Cross of the National Capital & Greater Chesapeake Region is a proud member of the United Way in the National Capital & Greater Chesapeake and a participant in the annual Combined Federal Campaign.

You can provide your support to the Red Cross of the National Capital & Greater Chesapeake Region by designating code #8022 when donating to the United Way.

If your organization participates in the Combined Federal Campaign, you can also donate to the Red Cross by designating code #96686. Your donations are tax deductible and help provide relief to victims of disasters and helps people prevent, prepare for and respond to disasters and other life-threatening emergencies.

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All Ways to Donate

From online to in your will, IRA to DAF, there are many ways to make a monetary donation to support all of the urgent humanitarian needs of the American Red Cross.