MBA Opens Doors Foundation Launches Text-to-Give Feature

NEW YORK–The Mortgage Bankers Association Opens Doors Foundation announced it will accept “Text-to-Give” donations.  

MBA Opens Doors is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing assistance to families with a critically ill or injured child by making their mortgage or rent payment.  

MBA President and CEO David Stevens, CMB, made the announcement during his opening remarks here at the MBA National Secondary Market Conference.  

Through the program, any Opens Doors Foundation supporter with a cell phone can text “ODF” to the number “20222.” Once the donor confirms the return message a donation in the amount of $25.00 is made to the Foundation. A one-time $25.00 donation is charged to the donor’s wireless bill or prepaid balance.  

“Attendees at MBA’s conventions have already been very generous,” said Debra Still, CMB, ODF Foundation Chairman and CEO of Pulte Mortgage, Denver. “More than $20,000 has been raised at MBA meetings in 2016 alone, through small donations of individual members moved to give by the stories of families that Opens Doors has helped. By using ‘Text-to-Give’ we can streamline that process and make it much easier for individual members to give not only at our conferences and meetings but throughout the year.”  

Opens Doors is currently able to pass on 100 percent of the donations it receives to families in need of assistance. Potential recipients of the grants are identified through the Foundation’s ongoing relationship with children’s hospitals in Washington D.C., Boston, Dallas-Fort Worth, Denver and Houston.  

Opens Doors is a 501(c)(3) organization and all contributions are tax deductible. For more information about the Foundation or to make a donation, visit www.mbaopensdoors.org.