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CoasternersConnect

Helping people find, understand, and use the health systems built to serve them — starting with the communities those systems reach last.

Coasterners Health Access Foundation Inc. is a U.S. 501(c)(3) public charity (EIN 42-2717249). Donations to the U.S. organization are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.

What Connect does

The shortest path between people and care

For many families, the biggest barrier isn't the absence of services — it's finding them, understanding them, and using them. Connect turns confusing systems into usable ones.

Health & digital literacy

Plain-language health education and hands-on digital skills: patient portals, telehealth, trustworthy health information, and everyday health technology.

System navigation

Helping individuals and families understand eligibility, find services, coordinate across health and social supports, and follow through on referrals.

Community outreach & education

Workshops, health fairs, faith- and community-based sessions, and multilingual materials designed with the communities they serve.

Patient education & self-advocacy

Preparing people to ask questions, understand their conditions and medications, and take a confident seat in their own care.

Why it matters

Support exists. Access doesn't — yet.

Too many people fall through the gaps between programs — not because help doesn't exist, but because reaching it demands time, digital skills, language, and system knowledge that are unevenly shared. Every unnavigated referral and unread portal message is care that was funded but never delivered.

Connect exists to close that last mile. When people can find, understand, and use the services already built for them, existing investments in health finally reach the people they were meant for — and families gain skills that keep paying off long after a single visit.

Fund the work

Your gift clears someone's path

  • Sponsors plain-language health and digital-skills workshops
  • Supports one-to-one navigation help for families facing complex systems
  • Funds multilingual, accessible education materials
  • Extends outreach to communities facing the greatest barriers
Program Goals

What Connect is working to deliver

Targets Connect is working to deliver, year over year.

500Community members reached annually through workshops and outreach
300Navigation supports completed — referrals, applications, and follow-through
12Community partner sites delivering Connect programming
Partners

Built with partners, not around them

Connect is delivered through community organizations, libraries, faith communities, schools, clinics, and public agencies. If your organization serves a community facing barriers to care, let's build something together.

Partner with Connect

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Give to Coasterners Connect

100% of your donation goes to Coasterners — our giving platform charges the foundation no platform or processing fees. You may see an optional tip request at checkout; tips go to Zeffy, the platform, not to Coasterners, and are entirely optional. One-time and monthly gifts are both welcome; monthly giving sustains programs year-round.

$25Plain-language health guides for one family
$50A seat in a digital health skills workshop
$100A month of navigation support for one household
$250A community outreach session with a local partner

Giving levels are illustrative of program costs; all gifts support Coasterners Connect and the mission of Coasterners Health Access Foundation Inc.

United States

Tax-deductible to the extent permitted by U.S. law.

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Canada

Canadian donors may give to the U.S. organization; official Canadian tax receipts are not yet available.

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Coasterners Health Access Foundation Inc. (United States) and Coasterners Health Access Foundation (Canada) are separate legal entities that share this website and a common mission.

Donations on this page are made to Coasterners Health Access Foundation Inc., a U.S. 501(c)(3) public charity (EIN 42-2717249), and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by U.S. law. No goods or services are provided in exchange for contributions unless otherwise stated.

Coasterners Health Access Foundation (Canada) has applied for registered charity status with the Canada Revenue Agency and cannot issue Canadian official donation receipts at this time.

Giving questions, answered

Is my donation tax-deductible?

Yes — donations on this page go to Coasterners Health Access Foundation Inc., a U.S. 501(c)(3) public charity (EIN 42-2717249), and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by U.S. law. A receipt is emailed automatically after you give.

I'm in Canada — can I get a Canadian tax receipt?

Not yet. Coasterners Health Access Foundation (Canada) has applied for registered charity status with the Canada Revenue Agency and cannot issue official Canadian donation receipts at this time. Canadian donors are welcome to give to the U.S. organization, though the gift will not qualify for a Canadian tax credit.

How much of my gift reaches the program?

100% of your donation. Our giving platform charges the foundation no platform or processing fees, so every dollar you give goes to Coasterners.

What's the optional tip at checkout?

The tip goes to Zeffy, the platform that processes our donations — it is how they keep the service free for nonprofits. It is entirely optional and separate from your donation to Coasterners; you can set it to zero and your full gift still reaches us. Tips to Zeffy are not tax-deductible.

Can I give monthly?

Yes — choose the monthly option on the form. Recurring gifts are the most powerful way to sustain our programs, and you can change or cancel at any time.

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