How you can help
Your support - whether given in time, talent, or treasure - provides life-changing experiences for youth and adults with disabilities. Your support helps us upgrade equipment, maintain and improve our facility, increase staff training, and enhance the quality of services. Your support provides more options and more opportunities for our clients - empowering them to live happier, healthier, more productive lives. If you've given a gift, joined us for our 5k Fun Run, volunteered, or sponsored our summer auction, we are forever grateful for your role in our community!
Every dollar makes a difference!
Donors and sponsors help fulfill our mission. 100% of your donation goes toward serving the clients. You can make a big impact on children and adults with disabilities in our community. It is our mission to provide opportunities that allow for people with disabilities of all ages greater independence, self-sufficiency, and participation in our community. There are many ways to give that will both help us continue to offer life-changing services and programs, and help you meet your personal charitable goals.
Thank you to every single donation - whether it be a recurring donation, a grant from a community foundation, or an event sponsorship - helps us fulfill our mission. Our community of support includes organizations that provide grant dollars and sponsorships to help fund initiatives, programs, and building needs. Our work wouldn't be possible without the support of our community. Thank you to our major donors, community foundations and organizations, and local businesses:
Alberts, Dave & Karen
Atlas Building Group
Allegra Printing
Avista Foundation
Banner Bank
Blue Cross of Idaho
Cancer & Community Charities
Coeur d' Alene Rotary Club
City of Coeur d'Alene: CDBG
Ds Connections
First Interstate Bank
GINNO Construction Co.
Grace Surrounds US
Greene Idaho Foundation, Inc.
Hayden Homes
Innovia Foundation
Intermax Networks
Jurvelin, Richard & Jill
KERR Oil Company
Kiwanis of Coeur d' Alene
Kootenai Health
Loper, Brian and Ada
Mountain West Bank
Mountain View Forestry
Nelson, Ken & Michelle
North Idaho College
North Idaho Dermatology
Numerica
Pacific Steel & Recycling
PayneWest Insurance
REM-TECH Inc.
Stafford, Jim and Avis
Springhill Suites
STCU
TDS
Thorco Inc.
TML Construction Inc.
TPI Embroidery
Ukich, John and Celeste
Umpqua Bank
United Way of North Idaho
US Bank
Windermere Foundation
Women's Gift Alliance
Why choose Tesh to receive your charitable dollars?
Tesh, Inc. is a private not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization offering choices and opportunities to people of all ages with disabilities seeking greater independence, self-sufficiency, and participation in their communities in North Idaho. Tesh, Inc. offers Child Development, Independent Living, and Employment programs to enhance individuals' opportunities for a full and meaningful life.
Charitable donations when made to a qualifying charity like Tesh result in a deduction on individual and corporate Federal and State tax returns. In addition, donations to Tesh, Inc. qualify you to receive a youth and rehabilitation facility state tax credit, even if you do not itemize.
How does the tax credit work?
When you make a donation to Tesh, Inc., that amount is deductible on your Federal and Idaho income tax returns as an itemized deduction, which reduces the amount of income tax due. You will also receive a credit against your Idaho income tax. The credit is limited to the smaller of the following: 50% of the amount contributed, 20% of your Idaho Tax due, or $100 ($200 if married filing a joint return.)
