Incorporating The Conservation Fund's Freshwater Institute into your estate plan is a creative way to give charitably while meeting other personal, family or financial needs.
Your planned gift will ensure a legacy of sustainable water use strategies, protected wildlife habitat, waterways and heritage sites across America while providing capital gains and federal estate tax savings.
We welcome the opportunity to discuss your goals and to give you more information about Planned Giving options. Please contact Stacy Hosler, Annual Fund Coordinator at 703-908-5805 or shosler@conservationfund.org. All inquiries will be held in the strictest confidence.
We advise that you consult your attorney or tax consultant about how tax benefits may apply to your specific situation. Donations to The Conservation Fund's Freshwater Institute, a 501(c)(3) charity, are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. Our tax identification number is: 52-1388917.
Suggested wording for bequests
“I give The Conservation Fund, a Nonprofit Corporation, incorporated in Maryland, and having its principal offices at 1655 North Fort Myer Street, Suite 1300, Arlington, VA 22209 the sum of $_________ (or alternately, _____ percent of the residuary of my estate), for its general purposes to protect the nation’s land and water resources.”
The Conservation Fund's Freshwater Institute greatly appreciates the generous gifts of our donors. Donations provide the resources for sustainable water use development, land acquisition, community initiatives, and leadership training for conservation professionals.
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Designating a planned gift in your will provides a legacy of protection for America's outdoor and water heritage.
As a proud member of Earth Share, The Conservation Fund participates in many workplace giving campaigns and is listed as #10630 in the Combined Federal Campaign.
Many companies have a matching gift program to support employee interests and demonstrate their commitment to the community. Ask your human resources or personnel department for a matching gift form to enclose with your contribution.
The Fund’s experts in real estate markets, portfolio management and tax policies will help you convert real estate—land, homes and commercial buildings—into capital for conservation. For more information contact Reggie Hall, Loan Fund Program Manager at 703-908-5825.
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The Freshwater Institute began 20 years ago as an economic and environmental resource for rural Appalachian communities. Partnering with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Institute pioneered a new form of sustainable aquaculture, improving techniques for growing cold-water fish—such as trout and salmon—with less water, fewer environmental impacts, and increased efficiency. By helping to modernize the fish-farming industry, the Institute energized these rural economies.
Today the Freshwater Institute benefits communities across the country, working to protect their green infrastructure to recharge aquifers and safeguard public water supplies; clean up pollution caused by acid drainage from old mines; safely handle community wastewater; prevent water pollution from natural gas development and restore habitat for threatened native brook trout.
In the face of climate change and growing populations, freshwater issues take on new urgency. In 2007, a third of the Southeast found itself in the surprising, stubborn grip of a drought that ravaged both the economy and environment. Whether stark or subtle, community challenges increasingly call for the Institute’s practical solutions to efficiently use limited freshwater resources.
Help us rise to the challenge of sustaining the clean, available freshwater resources on which we all depend. With your support today, The Freshwater Institute will continue to pursue engineering innovations that provide practical solutions to meet our society's water needs.
The Freshwater Institute is a program of The Conservation Fund. The Conservation Fund, with its 1 percent fund-raising costs and 97 percent program allocation, was recognized as the nation’s top environmental nonprofit by two prominent charity watchdog organizations.
Charity Navigator, in its Guide to Intelligent Giving, awarded The Conservation Fund its exceptional “four star” rating for exceeding industry standards. For the fifth year in a row, the American Institute of Philanthropy gave the Fund its highest “A+” grade for unsurpassed effectiveness and efficiency.
A research partnership between the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service and the Freshwater Institute has refined a new model for fish farming, one that can produce healthy fish, leave a healthy environment, and be done almost anyplace, even far from large water resources. Learn more.
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Our donors choose to invest in the Fund because of our commitment to safeguarding their privacy, exceeding industry standards for use of funds, limiting mailings and ensuring gifts directly support conservation.
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1098 Turner Road
Shepherdstown, WV 25443-4228
Phone: 304-876-2815
Fax: 304-870-2208
Email: info@freshwaterinstitute.org
