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Aspen trees in autumn. © Kimball "Kim" Schmidt
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A Gift to Nature

A gift of cash is the quickest and simplest way to support conservation.

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How It Works

  1. You send a check, wire funds, or contribute online to The Nature Conservancy.
  2. We use your donation for the purposes you specify.

Benefits

  • Use the simplest asset to make your donation—no appraisal or acceptance requirements as with gifts of appreciated property.
  • Deliver a gift that TNC can use immediately.
  • Receive a full charitable deduction, and apply it against a larger percentage of your taxable income than a deduction for a property gift.

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You can claim the entire amount of your cash gift as a charitable income tax deduction. The IRS allows you to claim this deduction up to 60% of your adjusted gross income (AGI). If you used appreciated securities or other assets to make your gift, your deduction would be the same, but you would only be able to claim the deduction up to 30% of AGI. (You can claim excess deductions over the five tax years following your gift.)

If you want to help TNC today and maximize your charitable deduction, consider making your gift with cash. It is the simplest asset to donate, and the easiest for TNC to accept and quickly put to good use. Make your cash gift via a check or money order, a credit card or a wire transfer.

Although a cash gift can provide immediate benefit to us, you can also use it to fund a gift that pays you income, such as a charitable gift annuity.

Author and environmentalist Rachel Carson. Author or the ground breaking environmental book, Silent Spring.

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Rachel Carson's Legacy Gift

Renowned conservationist Rachel Carson donated the royalties from "Silent Spring" to help protect her beloved coast of Maine.

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ALL INTERNAL RIGHTS, LIMITED EXTERNAL RIGHTS. December 2013. The Mad Island Marsh Preserve protects 7,063 acres, including rare tallgrass coastal prairies. Every winter, birders flock to preserves and parks to tally species and take part in the Christmas Bird Count, a friendly competition that pits teams from across the contitent against each other. For five years, the team at The Nature Conservancy's Mad Island Marsh Preserve has come out ahead. Photo credit: © Karine Aigner
Mad Island Marsh ALL INTERNAL RIGHTS, LIMITED EXTERNAL RIGHTS. December 2013. The Mad Island Marsh Preserve protects 7,063 acres, including rare tallgrass coastal prairies. Every winter, birders flock to preserves and parks to tally species and take part in the Christmas Bird Count, a friendly competition that pits teams from across the contitent against each other. For five years, the team at The Nature Conservancy's Mad Island Marsh Preserve has come out ahead. Photo credit: © Karine Aigner © Karine Aigner

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Protect nature's future and further your own financial goals with a gift that provides you with income for life.

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Retirement Plan Gifts

Naming TNC as a beneficiary of your IRA, 401k or other qualified plan may eliminate both income and estate taxes.

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