Gifts of Assets Stories

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Discover the benefits of a gift of real estate.

White barn in the center left with oak tree on the right and trees on left with a bright blue sky in the background. San Felipe (an active cattle ranch owned by the HP families) is located within Mount Hamilton, between two county parks and one state park. The ranch is the missing link in a corridor of protected lands that stretches 70 miles from Pacheco Pass to Livermore Valley.TNC now protects San Felipe through a permanent conservation easement which protects the ranch and surrounding areas from urban development. © Ian Shive

If you own property you are no longer using, a gift of real estate to The Nature Conservancy may save you thousands of dollars in income, estate and capital gains taxes as well as help you avoid the hassles of handling negotiations that go with selling property on your own. Best of all, your gift will provide support for the lands and waters you value so much.

Read stories of donors who provided Gifts of Assets to The Nature Conservancy.

Garland and Suzanne Marshall

"We are happy that the donation of our home could assist the Conservancy’s efforts in some small way."

Betty Anne Schenk

“If I had just sold the property on my own, I would have lost a lot of value in paying taxes like capital gains. By donating it to the Conservancy, they get funds for conservation, I get income for life, and I save on taxes.”

Austin Okie

Under the temporary Pension Protection Act of 2006—when the charitable IRA rollover provision was first made available—Okie saw a win-win opportunity.