Support Stepping Stone

The community taking care of its own — since 1976.

Stepping Stone's residential, outpatient, and sober-living programs run on community support. Your gift keeps the doors open for the next person who needs to get sober and put their life back together — exactly as they are.

501(c)(3) · Tax ID 95-3080619
Donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law
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Featured · 2025 Impact Report

See exactly where your gift goes.

Our 2025 Impact Report lays out the year in full — the people who completed treatment, who we serve, and the community that funds the work. Recovery, built on community.

Read the 2025 Impact Report

Forty-nine years in, and just getting started.

166 people completed treatment

393 people served across all programs

100% of homeless arrivals housed at discharge

Other ways to give

Three more ways to fund the next 50 years.

Already donated, or thinking bigger? These build on the work directly — estate gifts, the courtyard tile wall, and apparel that funds programs.

Estate · Bequest · Beneficiary

Planned & Legacy Giving

Include Stepping Stone in your will, trust, or 401(k) and create a gift that costs nothing today but sustains LGBTQ+ recovery for the next 50 years.

Explore planned giving Tax ID 95-3080619

$500 – $10,000 · Permanent

Commemorative Tiles

Honor someone — a chosen family member, a sponsor, a loved one we've lost — with an engraved tile installed at our residential facility.

Order a tile 4 sizes · $500 – $10,000

50th Anniversary · Limited

Shop & Merch

Tees, totes, hats, and the Stepping Stone pin. Wear the mission.

Coming soon 12 items · ships from San Diego

Recurring vs one-time

Why monthly gifts go further.

One-time gifts close out a year. Monthly gifts let us plan one. Both matter: every donation provides critical support and meets people exactly where they are in their recovery journey. Here is what each unlocks.

Monthly

Predictable program budgets

A confirmed monthly base lets our clinical team commit to intake slots, group cycles, and sober-living leases six and twelve months out.
Lower processing fees over time

Recurring ACH gifts cost a fraction of one-time card transactions — more of every dollar reaches programs.
Ambassadors of Recovery community

Monthly donors are invited to twice-yearly program updates with the clinical and executive team — small, candid, and on the record.

One-time

Anniversary moments

A 50th-anniversary, end-of-year, or in-honor-of gift lands with full impact in a single line item — useful for matching, DAF, and stock transfers.
Flexibility for larger gifts

One-time gifts are the right vehicle for capital-style asks — bed renovations, a sober-living deposit fund, scholarship cohorts.

Choose Your Gift Type

Planned giving

A gift that costs nothing today.

Including Stepping Stone in your will, trust, retirement plan, or life insurance is one of the most meaningful ways to sustain LGBTQ+ recovery in San Diego for the next generation. Our team can walk you and your advisors through bequest language, beneficiary designations, and IRA qualified charitable distributions.

Legal name: Stepping Stone of San Diego, Inc. · Tax ID 95-3080619

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Thank you · 2025

With deep gratitude to the people who made 2025 possible.

Recovery is a community act. This is the community your gift joins. The funders, sponsors, and individual donors named below kept the doors open this year. These are the same names we thank in the 2025 Impact Report.

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