Every pledge lands somewhere real. Browse the schools and charities Gimel supports — and see what your points could fund.
National Charity
$100K
The American Red Cross responds to nearly 70,000 disasters across the US every year — most of them house fires affecting a single family, at an average response cost of $500. The organization requires over $3 billion annually to sustain its operations. Your converted points could fund an entire family's emergency shelter, food, and clothing in a single night. Every conversion closes a gap somewhere.
National Charity
$250K
Feeding America serves 1 in 8 Americans — over 40 million people — at a cost of roughly $1 per meal, mobilizing over $4.5 billion in food and funding annually. Demand continues to outpace supply. Your converted points could fund hundreds of meals for families in your own community. Your points won't solve hunger. But they'll feed someone tonight.
National Charity
$75K
Boys & Girls Clubs of America serves 4.6 million young people annually across 5,000 clubs nationwide — at an average cost of just $1,200 per child per year to keep their doors open. The organization raises over $2 billion annually, yet 1 in 5 clubs reports turning children away due to lack of capacity. Your converted points could keep a club running and a kid off the street.
National Charity
$150K
St. Jude never sends a family a bill — no treatment, no research, no housing costs. Ever. It costs over $3 million per day to operate, funded entirely by donors, who collectively contribute approximately $2.7 billion annually. Small conversions, compounded across thousands of Gimel users, add up to something that genuinely moves the needle for the children who need it most.
National Charity
$65K
Over 17 million US households spend more than half their income on rent. Building a single Habitat home costs between $50,000 and $150,000, with the organization raising over $600 million annually toward that mission. Your converted points can contribute toward a single build day — real materials, real walls, a real family's future.
National Charity
$75K
More than 30,000 service members have been physically wounded in post-9/11 operations, with hundreds of thousands more affected by PTSD and TBI. Wounded Warrior Project serves over 230,000 warriors and families annually — at an average cost of roughly $550 per warrior per year — raising approximately $400 million to fund mental health programs, career counseling, and long-term rehabilitation. It's the least idle points have ever done — and the most.
National Charity
$100K
1 in 6 American children doesn't know where their next meal is coming from. No Kid Hungry connects kids to school breakfast programs, summer meals, and after-school food at a cost of as little as $1 to provide a child with up to 10 meals. The campaign raises over $100 million annually, yet need far outpaces funding. The math is almost uncomfortably simple — and the impact is immediate.
Bay Area School District
$200K
SFUSD serves over 50,000 students across 125 schools — one of the most diverse student populations in the country — while facing a structural budget deficit exceeding $100 million. Arts, music, and enrichment programs are among the first cut. Gimel donors can direct converted points specifically to SFUSD schools in their own neighborhood. Local points. Local kids. Classrooms you can drive past.
Bay Area Organization
$175K
The CHP 11-99 Foundation supports California Highway Patrol officers and their families through line-of-duty injury, critical illness, and loss — raising approximately $8 to $10 million annually to provide emergency financial assistance, scholarships, and wellness resources for the men and women patrolling over 50,000 miles of California highway. A converted points donation could fund a scholarship for an officer's child or emergency relief for a family with no warning and no safety net. Behind every badge is a family. Your points can stand behind them too.
Bay Area School District
$70K
California allocates approximately $12,000 per pupil annually — but running a full-service high school with 1,300 students costs far more. The Tam community raises an additional $300,000 to $500,000 per year just to maintain what the base budget doesn't cover. A single counselor position costs $85,000. Replacing a full set of band instruments runs $40,000 to $60,000. The wealth of the zip code doesn't always reach the classroom. Your converted points can.
Marin Public School
$70K
Terra Linda serves a student body where nearly 30% qualify for free or reduced lunch — a level of need California's per-pupil allocation was never designed to fully address. Athletic programs cost $5,000 to $25,000 per sport per season. College access programming for first-generation students runs approximately $150,000 annually. Converting idle points into a donation here could fund application fee waivers for an entire cohort of students for whom a waiver is the difference between applying and not.
Marin Private School
$75K
St. Patrick's School commits $200,000 to $400,000 annually to financial aid — because cost should never be the reason a family walks away. The difference between a child attending and a family choosing a different path is frequently a scholarship of $1,500 to $3,000. Points sitting idle in a loyalty account could convert into exactly that — keeping a deserving student in a community that has shaped Marin families for over a century.
Marin Private School
$100K
Saint Anselm School requires $500,000 to $800,000 in annual fundraising beyond tuition to sustain the arts residencies, technology integration, and enrichment programs that define it. Faculty development alone costs approximately $100,000 per year. Points converted through Gimel go directly toward the programs that make a Saint Anselm education what it is — and keep them intact for every student who walks through the door.
Marin Private School
$150K
Marin Catholic commits an estimated $2 to $3 million annually to financial aid, with individual awards ranging from $3,000 to over $15,000 per student — because access to a MC education should not be determined by family income. Every dollar contributed to the financial aid fund opens a door. Points that would otherwise expire unused could become the scholarship that changes a student's trajectory entirely.
Marin Private School
$100K
MCDS commits approximately $2.5 to $3.5 million annually to financial aid — one of the most generous programs of any independent school its size in the Bay Area. The average award covers roughly 40% of tuition, representing $15,000 or more per family per year. Converting dormant points into a donation here means contributing to a fund that helps deserving families access an education their children have earned. The best schools shouldn't only be for the families who need them least.
Marin Private School
$125K
Mark Day raises $600,000 to $900,000 annually through its community fund to bridge the gap between tuition revenue and the true cost of its education. Financial aid awards range from $5,000 to $20,000 per family per year, with the school committing an estimated $1 to $1.5 million to aid annually. Points converted through Gimel go directly toward that gap — funding access to one of the most nurturing learning environments in Marin for families who might not otherwise get there.
Bay Area Organization
$200K
Catholic Charities SF serves over 30,000 people annually across homeless services, refugee resettlement, immigration legal aid, senior care, and family support — on an annual budget of $30 to $35 million, with over $12 million dependent on private giving. Emergency rental assistance averages $1,500 to $2,500. A full year of refugee family case management costs approximately $3,000. Senior meal delivery runs roughly $8 per meal. Points converted through Gimel become the bridge between a family staying housed and losing everything.
Marin Private School
$100K
MPMS has shaped Marin families for over 50 years — and raises $500,000 to $800,000 annually to fund the faculty enrichment, arts, technology, and financial aid that make it what it is. Individual aid awards range from $5,000 to $18,000 per family per year. Points converted through Gimel contribute directly to keeping MPMS accessible to the families who value it most but can least afford it without support.
San Francisco Private School
$100K
Stuart Hall commits an estimated $2 to $3 million annually to financial aid — with individual awards frequently exceeding $15,000 per student per year — ensuring that a Sacred Heart education remains accessible across San Francisco's full economic spectrum. The school's annual fund raises an additional $1 to $1.5 million for faculty, technology, and student programming. Points converted here land in a school small enough that every contribution is felt, and purposeful enough that every dollar is put to work.
National Charity
$250K
The Salvation Army returns over 82 cents of every donated dollar directly to program services — one of the highest efficiency ratings of any large charity in the country — deploying approximately $2 billion nationally each year. A single night of emergency shelter costs $35 to $50. A full cycle of addiction recovery programming costs approximately $5,000 per participant. Holiday assistance for a single family averages $150 to $300. Points converted through Gimel become shelter, recovery, and dignity — for people in your city, in your neighborhood, in the zip code you drive through every day
