Shanti Orange County has served neighbors since 1987 because donors, volunteers, and community partners keep the doors open. Here is how you can help, at any scale.
Financial Gifts
Shanti is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization (EIN 33-0236592). Fundraising copy notes roughly 89% of each dollar reaches programs directly.
What donations fund:
- $100: about one week of case management
- $250: about one month of group therapy for ten clients
- $500: about one month of individual mental health counseling for five people
- $1,000: about one month of educational seminars and outreach
Give online
Use the PayPal donate button linked from Support us on this site.
Give by mail
Checks payable to Shanti Orange County mailed to the Laguna Hills office address on Contact:
23461 South Pointe Dr., Suite 100, Laguna Hills, CA 92653
Monthly giving
Legacy copy invites Caring Heart monthly donors. Steady gifts help payroll for counselors and case managers between grant cycles.
Corporate and Foundation Support
Grants from organizations like Cox Communications, Pacific Life Foundation, Weingart Foundation, and Wells Fargo have appeared in Shanti materials. If you represent a foundation, contact leadership about HIV navigation, teen mental health, or Spanish-language outreach.
Volunteer and Intern Opportunities
Volunteers extend group facilitation, events, and administrative capacity. Explore pathways via Support us and Shanti's community announcements. Call (949) 452-0888 if you are unsure which role fits your skills.
Non-Monetary Support
- Share Articles, especially HIV testing and first-visit guides
- Point schools to Community education requests
- Leave reviews and social follows: @ShantiOC on Facebook
- Refer neighbors to intake when someone is struggling. A warm introduction changes lives
Planned Giving and Events
Legacy materials mention planned giving, event sponsorship, and corporate partnerships. Contact the organization for current campaigns; celebration events and fundraisers rotate yearly.
Transparency
Review audited financials via the mirrored Audited financials page for accountability before large gifts.
If You Need Services, Not a Donation
Looking for care for yourself? Go to First visit instead. Supporting Shanti and receiving care are both acts of community: different doors, same house.
Donate: Support us · Volunteer questions: 949-452-0888 · Thank you for sustaining the caring heart of Orange County.
Where a Dollar Goes
Every dollar keeps a counselor in the room, a case manager on the phone, and an educator in a classroom. That is not a slogan so much as a description of the cost structure: Shanti Orange County runs four programs and two support groups out of one Laguna Hills location.
The parts that are free to the community are free because they are funded. Círculo Latino, the monthly Spanish-language circle, costs attendees nothing. The AB-329 sexual health education delivered to Orange County high schools and colleges costs those schools nothing. Low-cost counseling fees of $65 and $100 sit well below market rate by design.
Donations are what hold that gap open.
Volunteering and Interning
Shanti takes volunteers and interns, including counseling practicum placements, event support, and community outreach. For graduate clinicians, a practicum here means supervised experience with chronic illness navigation and LGBTQ-affirming practice, which is a specific and not widely available training environment.
The Shanti Ambassador program is its own path: individuals living with HIV/AIDS who speak in schools alongside a sexual health educator.
Ask at 949-452-0888, Monday through Friday, 9 am to 5 pm PT.
Transparency
Independent audited financial statements from recent fiscal years are published on the site as PDF downloads. If you want to see where the money goes before giving, the documents are there rather than available on request.
Corporate, Foundation, and Event Support
Sponsorship opportunities exist around Shanti's events, and corporate and foundation partners can support program work directly. The office can walk through current options; these change year to year, so a page is a worse source than a conversation.
The 1987 Argument
Shanti Orange County was founded in 1987, at the height of the HIV crisis, and has been operating continuously since. The referral relationships, the clinical specialization, and the community trust that make the programs work were built over nearly four decades and cannot be reconstituted quickly.
That continuity is the actual asset a gift protects.
If You Came Here Needing Services
Nothing on this page applies to you, and you do not owe this organization anything. Call 949-452-0888 or email [email protected]. Intake is free and there is no commitment. In crisis, 988 is free, confidential, and available 24/7.
