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Support our annual operating fund
Artwork by Tara Gregg

Annual Operating Fund

We offer a variety of easy ways to support our Annual Operating Fund -- the engine that keeps conservation running:

  • Donate online via credit card through our secure online giving site.
  • Set up monthly or quarterly giving through our secure online giving site.
  • Mail us a check to: Methow Conservancy PO Box 71 Winthrop, WA 98862.
  • Donate via your Donor Advised Fund. Click HERE to learn more about DAF giving or simply follow the instructions from your Donor Advised Fund. Our official name is Methow Conservancy and our Tax ID # is 91-1588861.
  • Donate a portion of your IRA Required Minimum Distribution to a qualified charity like the Methow Conservancy If you are 70 1/2 or older, you can choose to . Follow the instructions from the entity that holds your IRA. Our official name is Methow Conservancy and our Tax ID # is 91-1588861. Learn more about IRA RMDs HERE.
  • Donate stock. For our stock donation instructions, please click here.
  • Become a business sponsor. Support conservation work through your business. Learn more here.

Questions? Give us a call at 509-996-2870 or email us at info@methowconservancy.org.

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Aspen Stand
Photo by Denny O'Callaghan

Interested in learning more about bequests? Visit our Leave a Legacy page, email us at info@methowconservancy.org, or give us a call at 509-996-2870.

Planned gifts—including bequests through your will, retirement plan, or insurance policy—are a powerful way to ensure that the Methow Valley you love will still be here for future generations to fall in love with all over again.

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Program Funds

Hummingbird gate by Crystal Miller cropped

In 2021-2022, the Methow Conservancy, supported by fundraising from the Methow Valley community, purchased and then facilitated the return of 320+ acres of ancestral land on the Chewuch River to the CTCR in honor of the mətx̌ʷu/Methow Descendants. The x̌ʷnámx̌ʷnam/Hummingbird property (formerly Wagner Ranch) offers an important place for the mətx̌ʷu/Methow Descendants to preserve and share their ancestral knowledge, skills, and traditions and to steward the property.

Click HERE to learn more. Below are instructions for supporting the mətx̌ʷu/Methow Descendants' cultural activities at x̌ʷnámx̌ʷnam/Hummingbird.

  • You can mail us a check to: Methow Conservancy PO Box 71 Winthrop, WA 98862. Be sure to denote that your donation is for the mətx̌ʷu/Methow Descendants.
  • You can donate stock. For our stock donation instructions, please click here. Be sure to denote that your donation is for the mətx̌ʷu/Methow Descendants.
  • You can donate via your Donor Advised Fund. Simply follow the instructions from your Donor Advised Fund. Our official name is Methow Conservancy and our Tax ID # is 91-1588861. Be sure to denote that your donation is for the mətx̌ʷu/Methow Descendants.
  • If you are 70 1/2 or older, you can choose to donate a portion of your IRA Minimum Distribution Requirement to a qualified charity like the Methow Conservancy. Follow the instructions from the entity that holds your IRA. Our official name is Methow Conservancy and our Tax ID # is 91-1588861. Be sure to denote that your donation is for the mətx̌ʷu/Methow Descendants.
Farms to Neighbors

Farms to Neighbors is a program of the Methow Conservancy in partnership with The Cove to support local farmers and feed our neighbors in need. Click here to learn more about he program.

  • You can mail us a check to: Methow Conservancy PO Box 71 Winthrop, WA 98862. Be sure to denote that your donation is for Farms to Neighbors.
  • You can donate via your Donor Advised Fund. Simply follow the instructions from your Donor Advised Fund. Our official name is Methow Conservancy and our Tax ID # is 91-1588861.
  • If you are 70 1/2 or older, you can choose to donate a portion of your IRA Minimum Distribution Requirement to a qualified charity like the Methow Conservancy. Follow the instructions from the entity that holds your IRA. Our official name is Methow Conservancy and our Tax ID # is 91-1588861.
Sunny M Red

You can make your pledge payment to the Imagine the Methow: The Campaign for Sunny M Ranch here.

  • You can mail us a check to: Methow Conservancy PO Box 71 Winthrop, WA 98862.
  • You can donate via your Donor Advised Fund. Simply follow the instructions from your Donor Advised Fund. Our official name is Methow Conservancy and our Tax ID # is 91-1588861.
  • If you are 70 1/2 or older, you can choose to donate a portion of your IRA Minimum Distribution Requirement to a qualified charity like the Methow Conservancy. Follow the instructions from the entity that holds your IRA. Our official name is Methow Conservancy and our Tax ID # is 91-1588861.

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Land Fund

Donations to our Land Fund make it possible for us to purchase and protect high-priority places when opportunities arise. Ways to contribute to our Land Fund are:

  • Mail us a check to: Methow Conservancy PO Box 71 Winthrop, WA 98862.
  • Donate stock. For our stock donation instructions, please click here. If you donate stock, please let us know. The stock transaction information we receive rarely includes the donor name and it often takes us a while to figure out who donated stock.
  • Donate via your Donor Advised Fund. Simply follow the instructions from your Donor Advised Fund. Our official name is Methow Conservancy and our Tax ID # is 91-1588861. Make sure "Land Fund" is in the memo.
  • If you are 70 1/2 or older, you can choose to donate a portion of your IRA Minimum Distribution Requirement to a qualified charity like the Methow Conservancy. Follow the instructions from the entity that holds your IRA. Our official name is Methow Conservancy and our Tax ID # is 91-1588861. Make sure "Land Fund" is in the memo.

Questions? Give us a call at 509-996-2870 or email us at info@methowconservancy.org.

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Planned Giving

We are always humbled and honored to be included in a donor's estate plans.

  • For more information on how to leave a lasting legacy for conservation, read about our Aspen Stand.

If you have any questions about giving to the Methow Conservancy, please contact Sarah Brooks, our Executive Director, at 509-996-2870 or email her.

Our federal Tax ID # (EIN) is 91-1588861. The Methow Conservancy is registered with the State of Washington Secretary of State’s Office under the Charitable Solicitations Act. You may call 1-800-332-4483 or visit www.sos.wa.gov/charities for more information.

Inspiring people to care for the land of the Methow Valley since 1996.

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