Leave a Lasting Legacy for Nature
Your gift can help secure legal rights for rivers, forests, oceans, and wildlife — not just today, but for generations to come. Whether through a donor-advised fund or a gift in your estate plan, planned giving lets you make a bigger impact than you may have thought possible.
Give Through a Donor-Advised Fund (DAF)
A donor-advised fund lets you recommend grants to Earth Law Center while potentially reducing your taxable income — a simple, flexible way to support Earth-centered law.
Simply contact your fund advisor directly using our EIN: 32-0258388
Legal name & address: Earth Law Center, 530 Main Ave, Suite F, Durango, CO 81301
Consider naming Earth Law Center as a successor or remainder beneficiary of your DAF, so your fund continues supporting Earth law after your lifetime.
Through your support, you help build a future where humans and nature flourish together. ELC works on the front lines of the Rights of Nature, ecosystem guardianship, Indigenous Earth law, human environmental rights, and animal rights — a fast-growing area of transformative law where your legacy can make a defining difference.
By including Earth Law Center in your estate plans, you help ensure this work — and the protections it wins for rivers, forests, oceans, and wildlife — continues long into the future.
Leave a Legacy Gift
WAYS TO LEAVE A LEGACY
Gift in Your Will or Trust
Name Earth Law Center to receive a specific amount, a percentage of your estate, or the remainder after other bequests. This is the most common and flexible way to leave a legacy gift, and it costs you nothing today.
Beneficiary Designations
Name Earth Law Center as a full or partial beneficiary of your retirement account (IRA, 401(k), 403(b)), life insurance policy, or bank/investment account — often as simple as updating a form with your account provider.
Donor-Advised Fund Succession
Name Earth Law Center as a successor or remainder beneficiary of your DAF so your giving continues after your lifetime.
Trusts & Other Planned Gifts
Charitable remainder trusts and other gift arrangements can provide you or your loved ones with income while ultimately supporting Earth Law Center. We recommend speaking with an estate planning attorney or financial advisor to determine what's right for you.
Tax & Financial Information
Tax Information
Earth Law Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Your donation is tax deductible to the extent permitted by law. All currencies are welcome, but you will be charged in U.S. dollars.
Financial Transparency
We make our annual IRS Form 990 filings publicly available to ensure transparency and accountability in how we use our resources. View them here.
Questions? We're Here to Help
For questions about DAFs, estate gifts, major gifts, or wire transfers, contact:
Grant Wilson, Executive Director gwilson@earthlaw.org +1-510-566-1063
Header Photo: Unsplash / Felix Mittermeier; Whale photo: Unsplash / Jonathan Hsu