Support Downtown Menlo Park
Every gift helps make downtown Menlo Park a place people love, with more events, more foot traffic for local shops, and a stronger civic heart. Choose what fits you below.
Be part of the music that's bringing downtown together. Individual giving for the series lives on our downtown site, where you'll also find dates and the lineup.
Give to the music →Put your business in front of the neighborhood and become one of the names behind the best night downtown. Tiers and sign-up live on our downtown site.
See sponsorship tiers →Support everything we do downtown with a tax-deductible gift — online, or by check, stock, wire, or donor-advised fund.
Give to the fund →Beyond the music
Every gift supports a more vibrant downtown Menlo Park — from live music on Santa Cruz Avenue to beautification and community events. All gifts are fully tax-deductible.
The quickest way to give — credit or debit card, Apple Pay, or Google Pay.
Make your gift through our secure donation form, powered by Zeffy. 100% of your donation goes directly to the Downtown Menlo Fund, and you'll receive a tax receipt by email right away.
Giving through our partner, SVCF
For gifts from donor-advised funds, checks, wires, stock, and other assets, we partner with the Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF), a 501(c)(3) public charity that receives and administers these gifts on our behalf. Direct these gifts to SVCF, Federal Tax ID 20-5205488, designated for our fund — you'll receive a tax receipt from SVCF where applicable, and our heartfelt thanks always.
Schwab Charitable, Fidelity Charitable, Vanguard Charitable, SVCF, and others.
Personal, business, trust, or foundation checks welcome.
Make checks payable to Silicon Valley Community Foundation and write “For the Downtown Menlo Fund, Fund #6397” in the memo line.
Often the most tax-efficient way to give — you may avoid capital gains tax on appreciated shares.
Stock gifts move electronically from your brokerage account to SVCF's through DTC (the Depository Trust Company) — the standard system brokerage firms use to transfer securities to each other. SVCF holds its receiving account at Morgan Stanley, which is why those details appear below: they identify exactly where your shares should land.
You don't need to do anything technical — just give the details below to your broker or financial advisor and ask them to initiate the transfer. Your gift is valued at the average of the stock's high and low price on the day it's received, per IRS regulations.
| Receiving firm | Morgan Stanley |
| DTC number | #0015 |
| For credit to | MS account 112-089215 |
| Account name | Silicon Valley Community Foundation |
| Broker contact | Matthew Ives · 650.853.4072 |
Mailing physical certificates? Send certificates unsigned with a gift letter noting “For the Downtown Menlo Fund, Fund #6397,” and mail signed stock powers in a separate envelope, to the check addresses above. Contact SVCF for details before sending.
For cash gifts sent directly from your bank.
| ABA / Routing | 121000248 |
| Account number | 4122436637 |
| SWIFT code | WFBIUS6S |
| Beneficiary | Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Gifts Account |
| Reference / memo | For the Downtown Menlo Fund, Fund #6397 |
More ways to give
Mutual fund shares must be transferred directly to an SVCF account within the same fund family — contact SVCF first to verify or open the receiving account.
Complex and illiquid assets — SVCF accepts a wide range of highly appreciated assets, including real estate and private company stock. Specific restrictions and transfer details apply.
Planned gifts — charitable gift annuities, charitable remainder trusts, gifts from estates, wills and trusts, and gifts of retirement assets can all support the Downtown Menlo Fund.
For any of these, contact SVCF at donate@siliconvalleycf.org or 650.450.5444, and mention the Downtown Menlo Fund, Fund #6397. Please also copy donations@menlofund.org so we know your gift is coming.
Questions about giving? donations@menlofund.org · Sponsorship? events@menlofund.org
Gifts of entities (trusts, foundations, businesses): please include the entity type, name, address, and a contact when notifying SVCF.
Gifts by DAF, check, wire, and securities are received through the Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Federal Tax ID 20-5205488.