Donate to BIA-MA

A traumatic brain injury happens in America every 18.5 seconds to anyone, anywhere, anytime.  Chances are, you or someone you know, has been affected by a brain injury changing who we are, the way we think, act, and feel in a matter of seconds.

This year is BIA-MA’s 30th anniversary of providing support services, statewide advocacy, education, and prevention programs. Our work is needed more than ever because over five million Americans are living with the after-effects of a traumatic brain injury.

By the year 2020, brain injury (including strokes, brain tumor, and anoxia) is expected to be the leading public health problem in the world.  While brain injuries are associated with approximately 30.5 percent of American injury-related deaths, there are at least 5.3 million Americans currently living with a long-term or lifelong disability due to a brain injury. They now occur at an astounding rate – between 1.7 and 3.8 million annually – according to the Center for Disease Control.  As a comparison, consider that there are 176,000 new cases of breast cancer or 44,000 cases of HIV/AIDS annually.  Yet, thousands of survivors are unable to receive any supports because there are still not enough awareness, services, professionals, or funds to meet the growing demand.

Brain injury is reaching epidemic proportions. Your gift – no matter how large or small – will help us to help the next survivor, their family, or their caregiver.  Your gift also will help us to prevent brain injuries, advocate for increased funding for services, offer resources, and raise awareness– perhaps to someone you know or love.

There are several ways to donate to the Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts.

Annual Fund Gifts
All contributions to the Annual Fund provide critical support for our community services, prevention programs, educational seminars and conferences, and resources for brain injury survivors, their families, and caregivers.

Your contribution is tax deductible and will be acknowledged with a personalized letter. Our tax identification (EIN) number is 04-2753269.

To make a general donation, click here.
Read below to find out how your gift will benefit BIA-MA and brain injury awareness.

Matching Gifts

In an effort to encourage charitable giving, many companies choose to match employee donations. If your organization offers this benefit, your annual fund gift may be doubled or even tripled. Please ask your company's Human Resources Department about matching gifts.

Memorial and Tribute Gifts
Consider a Memorial Gift to BIA-MA as a special way for you to honor the memory of a friend of loved one. Tribute Gifts celebrate someone special for a holiday, birthday, wedding, graduation or other memorable occasion. Every Memorial or Tribute Gift will be acknowledged in writing and a letter will be sent to the person that you designate to advise them of your gift. Please include the name of the person being honored in the memo section of the check, and send the address of the person you wish to know about the gift. Allow two weeks for delivery.  We also will acknowledge every gift in the next issue of the BIA-MA newsletter, Heads Up Headlines, and the Annual Report, listing the individual’s name and all of the donors who made a memorial or tribute gift (without the actual gift amounts). 

Gifts to BIA-MA in Lieu of Flowers

If you wish to have gifts made to The Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts (BIA-MA) in lieu of flowers, you may use the following announcement in the obituary:

We would like The Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts (BIA-MA) to be the recipient of memorial gifts for (name). The funds received will improve the lives of brain injury survivors across the Commonwealth.

By Mail: Checks can be made out to BIA-MA and sent to 30 Lyman Street, Suite 10, Westborough, MA 01581. Please note the name of the person being memorialized in the memo section and send us the name and address of the family member who is to be advised of the gifts.

Online: Donors can also make a memorial gift online on our website (www.biama.org) by clicking the "Donate" link at the top right of any page on our website. There, donors can scroll down to "Make a Memorial Gift." The link is http://www.biama.org/donate.html

More Ways to Give

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Have questions or want to know more?

Please contact:

Juliana Field
Director of Development
BIA-MA
30 Lyman Street, Suite 10
Westborough, MA 01581
(508) 475-0032 x21
jfield@biama.org

If you prefer to mail your donation to our office, please send it to:

BIA-MA
Attn: Development Office
30 Lyman Street, Suite 10
Westborough, MA 01581