A Great Egret stands in water looking down as water splashes around it.
Ways to Give

Ways to Give

Great Egret. Photo: Edward Episcopo/Audubon Photography Awards

For 120 years, we have embraced the mission of protecting birds and the places they need. Your giving funds a well-integrated program of science, advocacy, education, and on-the-ground conservation. Your support helps defend the clean air, clean water, healthy habitat, and stable climate that birds and people require. Read on to learn more about the different ways you can give birds a brighter future.

Giving Circles
The Canopy
Join a select group of donors giving $10,000 or more annually to help protect birds and the places they need.
The Grinnell Legacy Society
Learn more about naming Audubon as a beneficiary in your estate plans.
The Great Egret Society
Join a group of generous donors who help protect birds with contributions of $500 or more annually.
Non-Cash Giving
Gifts of Appreciated Stock
In addition to protecting birds and the environment, a gift of appreciated securities offers you significant benefits. Click here to learn more.
IRA Charitable Gifts
A qualified charitable distribution (QCD), sometimes known as an IRA charitable “rollover gift,” can save you income taxes, as well as help minimize your taxable estate and fulfill your philanthropic wishes.
Real Estate Gifts
You can support Audubon by donating land or leaving real estate to us in your will. Here’s what you need to know.
Donor Advised Funds
A donor advised fund (DAF) gives you the flexibility to recommend how much and how often money is granted to Audubon.

Membership

Member benefits
Join Audubon
Membership has its perks, a terrific magazine, local opportunities to get involved, and the satisfaction that you’re helping to protect birds.
Gift Memberships
Give the gift of an Audubon membership to friends, family, or fellow bird lovers.

Tribute Gifts

In Memoriam Gifts
Honor the memory of a departed bird lover with a gift in their name. With your thoughtful gift, you’ll help secure a future that protects birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow.
In Honor Gifts
Celebrate the bird lover in your life with a gift in their honor and help secure a future that protects birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow.

Adopt a bird

Choose from among a stunning variety of bird plush, other gifts and symbolic adoptions.

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