Donate to the Sierra Club DE

The Sierra Club Delaware Chapter works hard to promote renewable energy solutions, ensure a clean, safe water supply, and protect our natural, open spaces. Please join with other Sierra Club members who are committed to our work and make a donation today. There are many different ways to show your support.

Make a one-time gift or become a sustaining donor to the Delaware Chapter

Gifts to the Delaware Chapter of the Sierra Club give citizens a voice -- helping us keep up the pressure on state and federal officials to protect our air, waters and open spaces, expand clean energy, and increase transportation options. Your gift, 100% of which will stay here in Delaware, is key in helping our chapter's efforts to secure an environmental legacy that future generations will thank us for. Your generous donation is an investment in the future of our environment and the protection of our most special places!  Contributions, donations, gifts, and dues to the Sierra Club Delaware Chapter provide the most flexibility and are not tax deductible. They support our effective, citizen-based advocacy and lobbying efforts. 

Estate Planning

Planning an estate gift to Sierra Club or Sierra Club Foundation to benefit Sierra Club’s Delaware Chapter enables you to  create your legacy and ensure support for generations to come. Depending on the type of gift you choose—whether it’s a gift in your will, a gift of retirement assets, or a gift that provides you with income—a legacy gift can help you to:

  • Feel secure about making a future impact on the health of your regional communities.
  • Maintain control of your assets for life.
  • Receive tax benefits.
  • Give more than you ever thought possible.
  • Join an extraordinary group of visionary partners who share your passion for a healthy planet. 

If you have already made a planned gift or would like further information please contact our Gift Planning office at (800) 932-4270 or giftplanning@sierraclub.org

Make a tax-deductible gift to the Sierra Club Foundation 

Most often used for donations over $500

For those seeking to make a tax-deductible contribution, checks can be made to our national partner – the "Sierra Club Foundation,"  BUT, please mark “For Delaware Chapter” in the memo field to ensure funds stay in Delaware. Then checks can be mailed to our Foundation office address:  

Sierra Club Foundation
2101 Webster Street, Suite 1350
Oakland, CA 94612.

IRA Qualified Charitable Distributions

IRA Qualified Charitable Distributions, also referred to as Charitable IRA Rollovers or IRA QCDs, are a way to support the Sierra Club Foundation as a qualifying charity without incurring federal income tax liability. If you are 70 ½ or older, you can give up to $108,000 in tax-free charitable distributions annually from your IRA directly to the Sierra Club Foundation, and if you are age 72 or older, it can help you to meet your minimum distribution requirement.

How To Make a Gift:

To make a gift from your IRA to the Sierra Club Foundation, contact your IRA administrator to arrange a direct transfer from your account. You can download a sample letter to your IRA administrator here. We strongly recommend you instruct your broker to include your name and address with the check YOU MUST INCLUDE "For Delaware Chapter" IN THE MEMO. 

Your IRA administrator can send the funds by a check made payable to the Sierra Club Foundation and mailed to:

Sierra Club Foundation
2101 Webster Street, Suite 1350
Oakland, CA 94612

To be tax-free, the donation must go directly from your IRA account to the Sierra Club Foundation without passing through your hands. Don’t deposit the distribution into your personal bank account or it will not qualify as a charitable distribution and will be treated as taxable.

To Qualify:

  • You must be 70 ½ years or older when the gift is transferred.
  • You may transfer up to a maximum of $108,000 to qualified charities per year. Gifts must be made by December 31 of each year.
  • If you are a joint tax filer, your spouse can also give $108,000 per year if he or she is over 70 ½ and has an IRA.
  • This only applies to eligible individual retirement accounts and does not apply to group plans, 401(k) plans, or 403(b) plans.

Additional Considerations:

  • Certain states may not exclude gift amounts withdrawn from an IRA for state income tax purposes.
  • If you reach the age of 70½ on or before Dec. 31, 2019, you can use your gift to satisfy all or part of your required minimum distribution (RMD) for the year. If you turn 70½ on or after Jan. 1, 2020, you can use your gift to satisfy all or part of your required minimum distribution starting at the age of 72.

The Sierra Club Foundation does not provide tax or legal advice. Please consult your own professional tax or legal advisor before making any charitable gift decision based on this information.

Donate from a Donor Advised Fund

Donate through your Donor Advised Fund using DAF Direct.

Please consider recommending Sierra Club Foundation as an organization to support through your donor-advised fund. Please note that the Sierra Club, as a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, is not eligible to receive charitable donations from a donor-advised fund. 

If you have a donor-advised fund with Fidelity Charitable, Schwab Charitable, or BNY Mellon, you can make your grant recommendation to the Delaware Chapter through the Sierra Club Foundation via the DAF Direct online form. If your donor-advised fund is not listed here, please contact your adviser at your DAF sponsoring organization directly to make your recommendation.

If you do not wish to make your DAF grant recommendation via DAF Direct, please direct your DAF sponsoring organization to make checks payable to Sierra Club Foundation - and put "For Delaware Chapter" in the memo- and mail to:

Sierra Club Foundation
2101 Webster Street, Suite 1350
Oakland CA, 94612

Sierra Club Foundation Tax ID is 94-6069890.

For more information, please contact the Donor Concierge team in the Sierra Club’s Office of Advancement:
Robert Kowsaluk
Serving the East Coast donors from Maine to Florida
323-388-6626
robert.kowsaluk@sierraclub.org

What is a donor advised fund?

A donor advised fund (DAF) allows you to combine the most favorable tax benefits with the flexibility to easily support Sierra Club Foundation and other public charities through cash, appreciated securities, and other assets. DAFs allow you to make a charitable contribution, receive an immediate tax deduction, and then recommend grants from your DAF account over time to the nonprofits you wish to support.

Please note that the Sierra Club Foundation does not provide tax or legal advice. Speak with your professional tax or legal advisor with questions about donor advised funds and gifts to the Sierra Club Foundation.

Interested in creating a Donor Advised Fund at the Sierra Club Foundation?

To learn more, please visit our Open a Donor Advised Fund page.

 

If you have questions about making a gift to the Sierra Club Delaware Chapter, please contact our Chapter Director, Dustyn Thompson 

 

Vehicle Donation Program for Sierra Chapters

Donate your car todayWhen you donate a vehicle that you no longer need or use, you reduce your impact, support the charitable programs of Sierra Club Chapters sponsored by the Sierra Club Foundation, and receive a tax deduction. CARS will pick up most cars, trucks, trailers, boats, RVs, motorcycles, off-road vehicles, and heavy equipment, making it easy for you to support the Sierra Club's mission to move toward a greener future.

For more information, or to donate your car today, click here!