Every contribution helps safeguard the beauty and biodiversity of Bainbridge Island while making you a valued member of our conservation community. Thank you for standing with us!
Give to Support Conservation on Bainbridge Island
Donate to the Bainbridge Island Land Trust
Your secure online donation makes a difference—and makes you a member! Your contribution to the Bainbridge Island Land Trust will support our critical everyday work protecting and stewarding our Island’s natural landscapes.
Support Stand for the Land
Our Stand for the Land movement is a bold call to action to safeguard critical habitat on Bainbridge Island. Your contribution to this ambitious capital campaign will directly support acquisitions, ensuring the conservation of critical habitats for generations to come.
Ways To Give
By Check
Please make your check out to the Bainbridge Island Land Trust and mail to:
P.O. Box 10144
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
Gifts of Stock & Appreciated Securities
You can make a gift of appreciated securities—publicly traded stocks, bonds, and mutual fund shares—to the Land Trust while possibly avoiding capital gains tax and deriving other tax benefits. Some employers also match these types of gifts.
How it Works
In order for the Land Trust to appropriately credit the gift to you, it is important that you or your broker notify the Bainbridge Island Land Trust of the incoming gift and its intended purpose (or designation), and that the broker references your name in the Depository Transfer Company (DTC) transfer instructions.
First, please let us know your gift is coming; this helps us identify your gift when it comes in. Then draft a letter to your broker providing instructions for the stock transfer. For further instructions on stock transfer, please email our Development Manager, Kate Kelly or call the office at (206) 842-1216.
Planned Giving
Planned gifts, also known as legacy gifts, can be made during your lifetime or through your will or trust. Advanced planning can help direct your contribution to special focus areas or projects, according to your wishes. By including Bainbridge Island Land Trust in your estate plan, either you or your estate may qualify for a charitable deduction. Learn more about planned giving.
Business Sponsorship
By becoming a Business Sponsor of the Bainbridge Island Land Trust, you can make a lasting impact on our Island, demonstrate your commitment to environmental sustainability and join a community of supporters who share that same passion. Sponsorship of the Land Trust also provides an excellent opportunity to increase your visibility and deepen engagement with the community. Learn more about business sponsorship.
Land Donations
By donating your treasured home and/or land to the Land Trust, you can leave a lasting legacy, ensuring that your land is conserved and carefully stewarded for generations. This can be done through your will or in an arrangement that allows you to live in your home for the rest of your life and possibly realize tax benefits.
Furthermore, you can donate a conservation easement during your lifetime— a voluntary legal agreement between the Land Trust and a landowner that protects and preserves the “conservation values” of a piece of land, guaranteeing that the land is conserved even if the property changes hands.
Electronic Funds Transfer / ACH
For further instructions on electronic funds transfer, please email our Development Manager, Kate Kelly or call the office at (206) 842-1216.
Donor Advised Funds / Charitable Funds
Please coordinate with your fund manager. For further information, you may email our Development Manager, Kate Kelly or call the office at (206) 842-1216.
IRA: Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCD) / Required Minimum Distributions (RMD)
Please coordinate with your broker. For further information, you may email our Development Manager, Kate Kelly or call the office at (206) 842-1216.