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The Globe Santa Fund has been recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a non-profit public charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Contributions to the Globe Santa Fund are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. Federal Identification Number is 04-2731195.

Phone: Donations: 617-929-2007 General information: 617-929-1525 Globe Santa Española: 617-929-8006 Family Requests: 617-929-2002 Email: santa@globe.com *Please note we do not accept family requests via email.

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Once they were recipients of gifts from Globe Santa, now they are the program's generous donors.

Globe Santa brought them gifts, now they’re giving back

Most of the time, letters to Globe Santa are written by parents and legal guardians, with the occasional assistance of a social worker. But once in a while the children themselves take over.

‘I am very heartbroken’: Children open up to Globe Santa

Almost half of longtime Boston Globe reporter Gloria Negri’s estate — a bequest of $1 million — will go to Globe Santa. It is the largest financial donation ever made to the 68-year-old nonprofit.

Trailblazing journalist leaves $1 million to Globe Santa

Make sure to pack your family letter and verification form in the same envelope. Letters received without a verification form cannot be processed! All requests must be sent by November 1, 2025. Mail all documents to: Globe Santa 39B Teed Drive Randolph, MA 02368-4201

Pack and Mail

Complete and sign your Holiday Gift Verification Form from the Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) or another approved agency.

Finish your Forms

Write a letter to Globe Santa describing your situation or telling us why you’re seeking holiday gifts for your children. Do not include a wish list or gift ideas.

Tell us your Story

Follow the steps below to request gifts for children:

DELIVERY AREA

Globe Santa delivers holiday gifts to families of all denominations with children 12 years old or younger. Globe Santa requires each family to submit a holiday gift verification form via the Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) or another approved agency.

How to Apply

This season, help Globe Santa bring books and toys to children in need. Because joy is a gift that every child deserves.

Call 617-929-2007

Phone Donation

Make checks payable to "Globe Santa" Send check or money order to: The Boston Globe Foundation c/o Globe Santa PO Box 491 Medford, MA 02155-0005

Mail in Donation

Online Donation

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Give a little. Help a lot.

Small donations make a big difference by brightening the life of a child.

Globe Santa serves nearly 30,000 local children each holiday season. Over 1 million families and more than 3 million children have been served by Globe Santa during the past six decades. All donations go directly to support Globe Santa, a program of the Boston Globe Foundation. The majority of our donations come from individuals, families and organizations within the community, giving what they can to help those in need.

Globe Santa was created in 1956 to deliver holiday gifts to children in need.

OUR mission

"A letter's journey"

Globe Santa is a program of the Boston Globe Foundation and exists solely to deliver joy to children.

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During the holiday season, The Boston Globe publishes lists of those who have donated to Globe Santa. Donations can be made as a Friend of Santa, in memory of another or anonymously. Search for a donation as it appeared in the newspaper.

The mother’s financial needs were so great that in her October letter requesting holiday toys for her kids, she enclosed her most recent gas bill. The account was $1,800 past due. It was not winter yet.

Inflation is the biggest anxiety of all, families tell Globe Santa

Her husband is a disabled Army veteran and they can hardly survive on his veterans’ disability pay. It barely covers the necessities of life, let alone holiday gifts for their two children, ages 6 and 9.

Struggling veterans ask Globe Santa to help them

To get the word out, the foundation has harnessed the creative firepower of Digitas, a Boston-based advertising agency, and ELEMENT Productions, a Boston-based video content company.

At its essence, “A Letter’s Journey” is a one-minute documentary

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