Keep the light on, every month.
Illumination Health + Home exists to disrupt the cycle of homelessness. A monthly gift provides steady support for care, shelter, and the path home.
Why monthly
People leave the hospital with nowhere to heal. Families arrive at our emergency homes on a Tuesday night.
Monthly gifts let Illumination say yes when that happens.
Steady support means we’re always ready. It keeps beds open, staff on hand, and meals on the table every week of the year, not just when a single gift comes in.
It’s also the simplest way to give. Set your gift once, and it continues until you change it.
Monthly donors make it possible to say a steady YES when people come to us at their lowest point.
How your monthly gift can help
Helps provide hygiene and basic supplies for a client in recuperative care.
Helps provide meals for a family in one of our Family Emergency Homes.
Helps provide safe nights of shelter and care for a family.
Helps a client move from hospital discharge toward a home of their own.
Choose your amount in the secure form below.
Where your gift goes
Illumination works in Orange County, LA County, and the Inland Empire, meeting people at every step between crisis and a stable home.
Recuperative care: a place to heal
When someone without a home leaves the hospital, they often have nowhere safe to heal. Recuperative care gives them a bed, meals, and medical support while they heal, plus help finding a place to live.
Family Emergency Homes: keeping families together
Families with children stay together in a safe home while they work toward a place of their own.
Finding and keeping a home
Our staff help people find an apartment, work through applications and paperwork, and stay connected to support after they move in, so they can stay housed.
5,474
people served in fiscal year 2025-26
Monthly donors receive quarterly updates
Each update includes a story from someone whose path home your support helps make possible.
Four-star rating from Charity Navigator.
90% of spending goes directly to programs.
Questions
Can I change or cancel my monthly gift?
To update your gift amount or frequency, payment card, or to cancel your monthly gift, use the link in your monthly receipt email, or log in to your donor account HERE. For your security, only you can change your payment details.
Questions? Email Kim Peterson, Development Operations, at kpeterson@ifhomeless.org, or call (949) 603-2897.
Is my gift tax-deductible?
Illumination is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and gifts are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. EIN: 71-1047686.
Can I give in honor of someone?
Yes. You can give in honor of someone using the additional questions in the donation form.