Support & Donate to Agape Community
How You Can Contribute
Each year hundreds of committed supporters donate to the mission of Agape which is sustained solely on free will donations. We send out a fundraiser bi-annually.
We rely on donor support for the work of hospitality, sponsoring numerous events throughout the year. Our buildings constructed in 1987 need ongoing repair and we depend on donations for the maintenance of our vehicles.
We offer hospitality and jobs to the homeless and unemployed, funded by your donations.
Interns, both college age students and adults may need small stipends, which your donation also assists.
Please consider including Agape in your will.
We hope that you will consider supporting the mission of Agape by contributing what you can. Donate with Credit Card or ACH above or Send your gift to:
The Agape Community
2062 Greenwich Rd.
Hardwick, MA 01082
Consider A Legacy Gift
Including us in your estate plans creates lasting change for generations to come. Many assume planned giving is complicated or only for the wealthy—but the truth is, it can be as simple as:
- Adding one sentence to your will naming Agape Community as a beneficiary
- Listing us as a beneficiary on your IRA, 401(k), or life insurance policy—often done in minutes with a simple form
- Designating us on a bank account as payable-on-death (POD)
Your legacy gift will ensure that our work continues: serving those experiencing homelessness and poverty, witnessing for peace, honoring creation through sustainable living, and advancing justice rooted in Catholic social teaching.
We’ve created a guide to help you get started. It includes all the information you and your advisor need, plus details on different giving options.
If you’d like to discuss legacy giving or have questions, please reach out. We’re here to make this process easier and meaningful.
Thank you for considering this powerful way to live out your faith and values—today and for years to come.
Who Supports Agape?
Support for the ministry comes at various times from 300 benefactors, individuals, and peace organizations, as well as from the various Catholic Dioceses in Massachusetts and New England for whom Agape offers programs in parishes, schools and colleges, as well as hosting programs on site.
Agape has been the recipient of grants from religious orders over the years including Dominican Sisters of Illinois; Sisters of St. Joseph, School Sisters of St. Joseph, Notre Dame Sisters in Massachusetts, to mention a few.
Donations and grants have sustained the community in its outreach to inner city youth, including successive years of youth retreats at Agape, which now focus on college age youth, adults in a variety of contexts from peace and justice organizations, to parish, Just Faith groups and others. Individual support of the community is the lifeblood of its work. Friends of Agape choose to support us with prayer, shared labor, financial sustenance monthly and annually, as well as through outreach and education on life at Agape.
Our sustenance consists of donations for hospitality, intern ministry, retreats, workshops, day or week long community service days with colleges, and use of the Hermitage.
Please consider a donation to sustain Agape.