Colorado Open Lands
Ways You Can Help
You can support Colorado Open Lands by:
There are many ways to show your support of land conservation and Colorado Open Lands:
Donate Online - Support us today! Donations are made through GivingFirst, a web site of Community First Foundation that offers vital facts about Colorado Open Lands’ management, finances, and programs through a detailed profile. Because the data has been validated by Community First Foundation, you can be confident that the profile contains consistent data about us.
Furthermore, whenever credit card donations are made through GivingFirst, Community First Foundation will pay the credit card processing fees (through the end of 2007). This means that 100% of gifts made through GivingFirst.org go directly to Colorado Open Lands! This is a first come, first served matching gifts program, so make your donation right away! With your support, we can continue to protect and preserve the great open lands and natural heritage of Colorado.
Gifts of Cash or Securities - Colorado Open Lands accepts personal and corporate checks and gifts of stock. By giving appreciated stock, donors can avoid capital gains taxes and receive an income tax deduction.
Our Wish List - To accomplish our mission of land preservation, it is necessary to have the right tools. Another way you can support Colorado Open Lands in its work is to donate either the actual items or the money necessary to purchase any of the items. We greatly appreciate your support!
Community Shares - Founded in 1986, Community Shares is a nonprofit federation that raises funds for over 100 Colorado charities through workplace giving. Colorado Open Lands' Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) number is 78031. Our Denver Employee Combined Campaign (DECC) number and our Colorado Combined Campaign (CCC) are both 5021.
Employer Matching Gifts - Check with your employer to see if they will match your gift. This can often double your contribution. Colorado Open Lands is now a proud member of the Community Shares program.
Planned Giving - By including Colorado Open Lands in your will, you will leave a legacy of open space for generations to come - as well as receive potential tax benefits. To make a bequest to Colorado Open Lands, we suggest the following language:
I give Colorado Open Lands, a nonprofit organization, incorporated in Colorado, and having its principal offices at 274 Union Boulevard, Suite 320, Lakewood, CO 80228, the sum of $______ (or _____ percent of the residuary of my estate) for its general purposes to protect Colorado's spectacular natural heritage.
Gifts of Real Estate - Colorado Open Lands can take your excess real estate and turn it into capital to enable us to protect the scenic and working landscapes around Colorado, while potentially giving you a significant tax deduction.
Change Roundup – Ever hear of the “spare change donation jar”? Change Roundup applies this concept to the Internet. When people are buying something from one of the companies on Change Roundup’s website, they are asked if they would like to round-up their purchase price to the nearest whole dollar and then donate that "spare change" to a charity of their choice. For a current list of participating retailers, go to www.changeroundup.com and click on partners. If you know of a company not on this list that would like to participate in this program, please ask them to contact us.
GoodSearch– GoodSearch is an online search engine where every click equals a penny to Colorado Open Lands. The site is powered by Yahoo!, so you'll get the same quality search results that you're used to with the added benefit of donating money to your favorite non-profit. Go to www.goodsearch.com and designate Colorado Open Lands as the charity of choice and then continue to search the internet as if it was a regular search engine. GoodSearch has the ability to retain our name in your selection if you allow the cookie feature to be activated so you do not have to enter our name again.
One Percent for the Planet (1% FTP)is an alliance of companies that recognize the true cost of doing business and donate 1% of their sales to environmental organizations worldwide. Through their corporate giving, grants and philanthropy, they encourage responsible business and corporate responsibility. The environmental alliance is designed to help members become sustainable businesses and the environmental group database aids their membership to make choices with their corporate grants to environmental organizations.
Each business alliance member contributes 1% of its revenues to any of the environmental organizations listed on this website. In an effort to reduce attendant bureaucracy and encourage members to develop independent relationships with the groups they support, member companies disburse their own contributions. To maintain membership and use of the 1% FTP member logo, 1% FTP annually certifies that member companies have granted at least 1% of their sales to approved environmental organizations.