Help California Thrive

Matching Gifts Program

Join us today to double your impact! Thanks to the generosity and leadership of the Morgan Family Foundation and the Emmett Family Foundation, your gift can now go twice as far to build a sustainable water future for California.

$50,000 Emmett Family Foundation New Donor and Increased Impact Program
All new and increased gifts under $10,000 will be matched up to $50,000.

$100,000 Morgan Family Foundation Leadership Matching Program
All new gifts of $10,000 or more and all gifts increased by $10,000 or more will be matched up to $100,000.

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Legacy Gifts

How Will You Be Remembered?

What is the story of your legacy? What lasting impact do you want to leave? Make it one of a California with its natural and working lands in a thriving balance.

Uniting People to Help California Thrive Today and for Future Generations

Sustainable Conservation cultivates California’s most important resource – common ground. Every day, we bring together business, landowners, and government to protect our air, land, and water in ways that make economic sense. With your legacy gift, this uncommon strength will continue to benefit California’s natural and working lands today and for generations to come.

Questions? Contact Jan Merryweather at 650-464-8203.

Gifts that Cost You Nothing Now

Questions? Contact Jan Merryweather at 650-464-8203.

Endowment Funds

Questions? Contact Jan Merryweather at 650-464-8203.

You can help ensure that Sustainable Conservation continues to steward the resources we all depend on for many years to come with a gift to the Endowment Fund. Receive current tax benefits while knowing that your gift will generate income to support our programs over generations. Gifts to the endowment fund can be made with cash, stock, or other assets.

IRA Distribution

Questions? Contact Jan Merryweather at 650-464-8203.

If you are 70½ or older, the IRS allows you to make tax-free charitable gifts from your IRA without claiming any increased income. Your gift counts towards your minimum distribution requirement.

Your gift from your ROTH or traditional IRA must be transferred directly to Sustainable Conservation.

Here’s how:

1. Contact your IRA provider (Click here for a sample letter of authorization to send to your IRA provider) or write a check payable to Sustainable Conservation from your IRA checkbook.
2. Use our Tax ID: 94-3232437
3. Please make sure to notify us to ensure accurate processing, as some IRA providers do not send your name or other critical information:
   Sustainable Conservation
   c/o Gina Pacheu, Finance Director
   98 Battery Street, Suite 201
   San Francisco CA 94111

Contact your IRA provider at least two weeks prior to the end of the year. Distributions must be completed by December 31 to count for the current tax year.

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Employer Matching Gifts

Contact your employer’s matching gift program for details on how to request a match. Most often, you will start by making your own gift and then send your company’s matching gift form to Sustainable Conservation to verify your gift. Some programs use payroll deductions for making contributions. Having your company match is a great way to increase the impact of your donation!

Gifts of Stock

Using shares of appreciated stock to make your contribution can be a tax-smart way to give. When you transfer shares, you are entitled to claim the full fair market value as a charitable gift (up to 30% of your AGI) if you have owned the stock for more than one year. In addition, by transferring directly (rather than selling the stock and making a cash gift), you avoid paying long-term capital gains tax on the increased value.

If you would like to donate shares to Sustainable Conservation, please request that your broker transfer shares to Charles Schwab, DTC # 0164 – Sustainable Conservation account #7179-9252. Please advise your broker to add your name to the transaction confirmation. To ensure that your gift is properly credited to you, please contact Jan Merryweather, [email protected], or at 650-464-8203, to advise of the stock type and amount.

Donor-Advised Funds

You can make a gift to Sustainable Conservation through your Donor Advised Fund (DAF).

DAFs can be easily set up through a community foundation or your financial institution to serve as a flexible charitable giving vehicle. Please contact your local community foundation or financial advisor for specific advice about how to establish a DAF.

If you already have a DAF through an organization that participates in DAF Direct, you can make a grant recommendation using the form. Please contact your DAF directly if your fund is not listed.

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Foundation Grants

Foundations comprise the majority of our institutional donor base. Our generous foundation donors make grants that enable our consistent, sustainable programmatic growth through their keen awareness of community needs, meaningful organizational goals, and high standards of accountability.

To learn more about our current goals and initiatives, contact Nathan Hart (Grants Manager) at [email protected] or at (415) 977-0380 x334.

We are proud to acknowledge grants of $5,000 or more received from the following foundations in 2017 and 2018.

Corporate Gifts

From underwriting organizational events and employee matching gift programs to on-the-ground programmatic support, our corporate funders partner with Sustainable Conservation to steward our natural resources in ways that make economic sense while advancing their global sustainability initiatives.

To learn more about our current goals and initiatives, contact Nathan Hart (Grants Manager) at [email protected] or at (415) 977-0380 x334.

We are proud to acknowledge grants of $5,000 or more received from the following corporate partners in 2017 and 2018.