Reasons to donate today!
When you give to STAR/PAL you can be confident that your funds are being managed and applied responsibly, and serving a great cause. By minimizing our fundraising and administration costs, we ensure that the biggest percentage of our budget is allocated to programming that directly serves our mission.
With over 80% of our funding dedicated to our youth programs, you can be sure that your contribution is making a difference to support, inspire, and encourage youth, build relationships between law enforcement and kids, and to build lasting bonds that strengthen our community.
Our funding and programmatic resources come from a variety of sources, including:
- The STAR/PAL annual celebrity waiter luncheon, in which local and national celebrities donate their time to help us raise over $200k
- San Diego Police Department
- San Diego County Probation Department
- National PAL
- SDG&E
- The Zable Foundation
- The Parker Foundation
- City Council Community Projects, Programs, and Service
- A variety of individual donors
If you or your organization would like to help support STAR/PAL in our efforts to open doors, grow minds, and inspire new ideas through building relationships between youth and law enforcement, learn how here.