Donate
Your generous support makes Vashon Nature Center’s work possible and you are an important part of our vision –a world awakened to the wonders of nature. Since 2012, your support has played a key role in helping us understand and safeguard all communities of life locally and throughout the Salish Sea.
Vashon Nature Center is a federally registered 501 c3 non-profit organization (EIN: 82-5064648).
Sea Star Galaxy Recurring Donors
Sea stars are keystone species, strongly influencing their surrounding environment. A group of sea stars is called a galaxy. Consider our monthly giving option and become a Vashon Nature Center keystone!
- $5/mo helps build an international genetic library by charting the DNA of one salmon
- $25/mo supports one community science team during a BioBlitz.
- $50/mo provides transportation for one school group for field investigations.
- $100/mo funds one high school summer internship.
Make A One-Time Donation Today
Mail Your Donation:
The Vashon Nature Center
P.O. Box 2522
Vashon, WA 98070
Contribute Your IRA Required Minimum Distribution (RMD)
Direct your IRA RMD as a Qualified Charitable Donation (QCD) instead of as personal income to avoid potentially raising your tax bracket and increasing your health care while benefiting the Vashon Nature Center.
How to give a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) directly to Vashon Nature Center
1) Contact your wealth advisor or management company to ask about turning your RMD into a Qualified Charitable Distribution to the Vashon Nature Center. They can advise you regarding the best approach given your specific situation.
2) Provide them with our EIN (82-5064648) and our mailing address, where they will send your contribution directly:
P.O. Box 2522, Vashon, WA 98070.
3) Let us know! Some checks we receive from wealth managers do not include names and contact information. Please tell us a contribution is on its way, by emailing us at info@vashonnaturecenter.org
For a charitable distribution to count towards your current year’s required withdrawal, the funds must come out of your IRA by your RMD deadline, generally Dec. 31st!