Support VCC’s Mission

Want to help protect our region’s amazing cultural and natural resources? Valley Conservation Council is a member-supported land trust, and relies on contributions from folks like you to support our land protection and outreach efforts. Your contribution matters!

VCC member benefits include our newsletters, our annual report, an invitation to our annual conservation celebration and member meeting, event notices, eblasts, and the knowledge that your investment is helping protect the greater Shenandoah Valley region.

Gift of Stock

A gift of stock can be a mutually beneficial way for you to support our work to protect the Shenandoah Valley. If you own stock or other securities that have appreciated since you acquired them, you may face capital gains taxes when you sell them. When you choose to donate your stock to VCC (a non-profit organization), neither you nor VCC must pay capital gains tax, meaning that VCC receives the full value of your stock, and you can receive a charitable deduction for the full market value of your gift.

For more information about gifts of stock email info@valleyconservation.org or call 540-886-3541

Please let us know your gift is coming by emailing admin@valleyconservation.org, as it will help us acknowledge it promptly.

Please reach out if you have any other questions, and thank you for considering a gift of stock to Valley Conservation Council

How to Give:

Mail a Donation to:

Valley Conservation Council
PO Box 988
Staunton, VA
24402

OR

Donate online today using the button below

Shenandoah Legacy Society

By making a planned gift, you ensure that the Valley Conservation Council will continue its critical work for years to come.

In addition, some planned gifts will provide income during your lifetime while others will help transfer assets and reduce or eliminate tax burdens.

Some methods by which you may leave a lasting legacy to VCC include:

  • Remember VCC in your will. You may name VCC as a beneficiary in your will. You may specify a particular purpose to be supported through a bequest (e.g., to establish a memorial fund, an endowment fund, or a program fund) or you may wish to designate its purpose as unrestricted. If you place VCC in your will, please let us know so that we may thank you now for your generosity and add your name to VCC’s Shenandoah Legacy Society.

  • Designate VCC as a beneficiary. You may designate VCC as a beneficiary of your employer-provided retirement plan, IRA, life insurance policy, or bank account.

  • Provide life-income gifts. A charitable remainder trust (CRT), managed by a trustee of your choice (e.g., a bank trust department), will provide a way of giving to VCC while you retain an income stream for life. When the trust ends, the principal will pass to VCC to fund a purpose selected by you, the donor.

  • Donate a gift of securities. Gifts of long-term appreciated stock or mutual funds will offer an efficient way to make a lasting contribution to VCC with tax benefits to you, the donor. A donation of appreciated securities may help you avoid capital gains taxes.

Other methods to contribute to VCC are also available. To determine the most favorable method of making a gift, VCC encourages donors to consult with their financial and legal advisors.

We will be happy to work with you to design a gift or estate plan that will assist VCC with its long-term efforts to protect the agricultural, cultural, and natural resources of the greater Shenandoah Valley region. For more information, please contact us at 540.886.3541 or info@valleyconservation.org.

Corporate Memberships

The Valley Conservation Council welcomes the opportunity to develop new corporate partnerships as a way to support, enhance, and complement our mission. Companies with a solid history and a strong brand image, as well as sound environmental practices and values compatible with VCC’s mission, are invited to become valued members of our coalition.

Whether a corporation funds an initiative directly related to its core business or an issue that the company and its employees find meaningful, VCC will work to ensure that each philanthropic contribution supports lasting conservation solutions to benefit the agricultural, cultural, and natural resources of the greater Shenandoah Valley region.

The definition and conditions of VCC membership are provided in its bylaws, a copy of which we will be happy to provide upon request.

To join our corporate team, please contact the Valley Conservation Council: info@valleyconservation.org or 540.886.3541

All donations to VCC are tax deductible to the extent allowable by law.

We are a 501(c)3 nonprofit headquartered in Staunton, VA (EIN: 54-1548245).

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VCC also salutes its numerous sponsors for events and programs. As a corporate member, you may wish to adopt one of our numerous events and programs throughout the year as a key contribution. Please give us a call to talk about your sponsorship options.