Contribute to PCEC

We rely on your support to continue our work and appreciate your generosity. As a small, local grassroots group with limited staff, PCEC's primary financial support is contributions from our members and we hope you will take this opportunity to join them in making a difference. Your donation goes to work immediately protecting the irreplaceable natural assets of Park County. Start making a difference now!

MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS:

• Our quarterly newsletter, with articles covering issues affecting Park County's environmental, cultural, and economic stability and how to get involved.
• Special alerts on upcoming issues, projects, and meetings along with background information to keep you informed and involved in critical conservation issues impacting our community.
• Invitations to relevant workshops, conferences, and community meetings that offer opportunities to meet and learn with environmental specialists and other grassroots activists.
• Benefit from PCEC's working relationships with elected officials, agency personnel, the environmental science and legal communities, related nonprofits, local landowners, business owners, community leaders, and our 450-plus members.
• Special invitations to join our annual Open House, Ski Day, Annual Meeting, and other special events.
• A voice in the future environmental and cultural integrity of Park County.
  
  WE OFFER A WIDE RANGE OF CONTRIBUTION OPTIONS:
  
  Double your Gift - you can increase the amount of your donation at no cost to you! Many employers offer matching gift programs that double your payroll deduction contributions or annual donations. Check with your employer today to see if this value-added option is available to you or a family member.
  
  Gift Membership - give an annual PCEC membership as a gift and the recipient will receive a card, T-shirt, and full membership benefits for a year. Click here for more details or phone 406/222-0723 or email info@envirocouncil.org.
  
  Honorarium - donate to PCEC in honor of a friend or family member's Birthday, Wedding, or Anniversary, or in Memory of a loved one, and we will send the appropriate greeting card as well as honor them in our next quarterly newsletter. Honor someone special with a lasting gift. Click here for details.

Donate Stocks or Real Estate - make a bottom line difference in both your taxes and environmental efforts through the donation of stocks or other securities to PCEC. You may make a gift of real estate to PCEC, continue to occupy and enjoy the property throughout your lifetime, and still enjoy a current income tax deduction for the property's discounted value. The gift must be irrevocable to qualify for the tax benefit. This strategy also reduces estate taxes and avoids probate. Act today!

Make a Bequest - Join PCEC's Legacy Council by designating PCEC in your will or participating in other planned giving opportunities. Benefits can include: income for life, immediate tax deductions, avoidance of capital gains tax on appreciation, reduction of estate taxes, and elimination of the need to probate assets place in the trust. We strongly recommend that you discuss such options, including Charitable Gift Annuities and Charitable Remainder Trusts, with your attorney!

Sample bequest language
" I Hereby give, devise and bequeath to Park County Environmental Council, a Montana non-profit organization (_____ the sum of / or a specific asset / or # of shares, or % of estate) to be used for its unrestricted use and purpose."

Charitable Gift Annuities
A gift annuity arrangement is a legal contract between you and PCEC that pays you or designated beneficiary a fixed amount every year for life. The rate of payment is determined by the age of the person or people named in the agreement. You cannot outlive this source of income, and you receive an immediate income tax deduction equal to the present value of the future gift (the younger you are, the smaller the deduction). Upon your death, the remaining principal passes to PCEC.

Charitable Remainder Trusts
You may transfer ownership of cash or other assets to a trust and receive income for life. This is especially desirable if you have highly appreciated assets. For instance, if your cost basis is low in stock and you sold the stock outright you would have to pay tax on the capital gains. If, however, you give the stock to PCEC, you can avoid the capital gains and receive income on the full value of the gift at a rate to be determined at the time of the gift. These arrangements can actually increase your income while living. Upon your death, the remainder becomes the property of PCEC. Not only does the sale of assets through a charitable remainder trust avoid capital gains tax on any appreciation, it also reduces estate taxes and eliminates the need to probate assets placed in the trust. There is also an immediate tax deduction.

Charitable Remainder Unitrust is a similar tool, which provides variable income related to the earning of the invested principal. This appeals to donors who want to be able to increase income during inflationary times.

PCEC appreciates your interest in supporting our work and recognizes that you have many choices regarding how you choose to support us. We encourage you to maximize your benefit when making a gift to PCEC.

PCEC is a tax-exempt 501 ( c ) (3) non-profit organization and any contribution is tax deductible to the full extent allowed by law. We rely on your support to continue our work and appreciate your generosity!

Two ways to give:

1) Online at Network for Good, our online donation service. Use the link below to access a secure and safe method to send us a donation:

2) Or, fill out the below form, print it out, and mail the relevant information with your check or money order made payable to PCEC. Click here for our printer friendly version.