100% of your donation stays in Tennessee and helps to protect wetlands, forests, and wildlife and secure a clean energy future for all. You can be sure that your voice will be heard through legislative lobbying and grassroots action on the environmental issues that matter to you most.
If you would prefer to make a donation by check to the Sierra Club Tennessee Chapter, please mail your check to:
Sierra Club Tennessee Chapter
P.O. Box 113
Powell TN 37849
More ways to give:
- Give in honor of a loved one
- Support State Lobbying through gifts to the Tennessee Chapter Defenders Fund
- Include the Tennessee Chapter in your will or other estate plan
- Make a tax-deductible gift to the Sierra Club Foundation on behalf of the Tennessee Chapter
- Give from your IRA
- Give from your Donor Advised Fund
- Give stock or property
- Give a car, trailer, boat or other vehicle
Your donation supports efforts to:
- Keep our air and water clean
- Protect our wild places
- Work with leaders to ensure equitable, safe, and healthy communities
- Curb climate change and build more resilient communities
- Ensure a clean energy future and expand transit options
When you make a contribution to the Chapter’s Defender Fund, you will be supporting the Tennessee Chapter’s environmental lobbying efforts in Tennessee.
In the coming legislative year the Sierra Club will work to ensure protection of our natural resources, defend the guardrails and commonsense safeguards that protect the environment and Tennesseans, and empower local communities to plan and develop a sustainable and green future.
Your contribution to the Defenders Fund makes this work in the Tennessee General Assembly possible. Visit here to give online.
Planning an estate gift to the Sierra Club or the Sierra Club Foundation to benefit the Sierra Club Tennessee Chapter enables you to forge 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
- And join an extraordinary group of visionary partners who share your passion for a healthy planet.
Giving Docs is a simple, secure way to create your will and other important estate planning documents online. It’s free for Sierra Club supporters—and it only takes a few minutes to create an account and get started. You can even use Giving Docs to create your Sierra Club legacy by naming the Tennessee Chapter as a beneficiary of your plans. Although this type of support isn’t required to utilize this estate planning platform, any gift is greatly appreciated.
All planned giving donors are recognized as members of the Rachel Carson Society. If you have already made a planned gift or would like further information, please contact Julia Curtis at (800) 932-4270 or julia.curtis@sierraclub.org.
If you are 70.5 or older, you can make a tax-free charitable distribution directly from your IRA to support the Tennessee Chapter. 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 73 or older, this can also help you to meet your required minimum distribution. These gifts must be made directly to Sierra Club Foundation for the benefit of the Tennessee Chapter. More details are available from Sierra Club Foundation here.
Your gift from your Donor Advised Fund will immediately be put to work protecting our environment. You can recommend a grant to Sierra Club Foundation to support the Tennessee Chapter and have a positive impact on your local community and wild places. Please note that gifts from Donor Advised Funds aren’t automatically applied to the Chapter–you have to reach out to Sierra Club Foundation to share your designation to the Chapter. Easy instructions for contacting your financial institution are here.
If you have questions about giving, please contact Pat Cupples, Chapter Director at pat.cupples@sierraclub.org or by phone at [phone]. If you'd like to cancel your monthly donation or have any other membership questions, contact Sierra Club Member Care at 415-977-5653 (available Monday-Friday, 9AM-5PM Pacific).