Riverbend | Other Ways to Give

Matching Gifts

Take that extra step to complete your company’s matching gift form and include it with your gift!

Corporate matching gifts provide a growing source of revenue for environmental education programs and give YOU the satisfaction of knowing your company supports a cause you believe in. Some companies will additionally match donations from retirees or employees who donate a specified number of volunteer hours to an organization. Across the country, more than 4,300 companies match volunteer time.

If your organization uses forms for matching gifts:

1. Obtain and complete an Employee Matching Gift Form from your employer.
2.Email form to us or mail to:

Attn.: Matching Gifts
Riverbend Environmental Education Center
1950 Spring Mill Road
Gladwyne, PA 19035

DAFs

Donor-advised funds (DAFs) are flexible donation vehicles that allow organizaions, families and individuals to manage donations to 501(c)(3) public charities.

Grants directed to Riverbend from donor advised funds, may be made payable as checks to:

Riverbend Environmental Education Center
1950 Spring Mill Road
Gladwyne, PA 19035

Riverbend’s tax i.d. is 23-7455526

For additional giving information, please contact us.

To avoid tax penalties, a DAF may not be used to make a payment on an existing pledge to Riverbend, and a new pledge may not be made if the intention is to use a DAF to fulfill the pledge.

Bequests, Planned Gifts

A Gift That Keeps Giving

You can support environmental education now and well into the future. No matter the size of your estate or age, your will empowers you to name the people and organizations, such as Riverbend Environmental Education Center, who can put your assets to work for good. We encourage you to consider a generous gift that helps protect a 30-acre preserve with a historic barn and farmhouse while nurturing the talent and conviction needed to protect our natural world.

The simplest, most common planned gift is naming the center as a beneficiary in your will, IRA, qualified retirement plan, or life insurance policy. This option is revocable and it does not affect your current finances. It can, however, create a lasting impact on a community and a special preserve you care about.

Sample bequest language:

I bequeath ____% of my residuary estate (or $___________) to Riverbend Environmental Education Center, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) charitable cultural organization, located in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, for its ongoing film, live performance, and other programs. Federal Tax I.D. number: 23-7455526.

Thank you for considering a gift that keeps on giving!

For more information on leaving a bequest to Riverbend, please contact us.

Note: For advice or assistance in specific cases or whether to make certain a considered gift fits well into your overall circumstances and planning, the services of a professional legal and/or financial advisor should be obtained.

IRAs

Anyone over the age of 70½ who has an IRA is required to take Required Minimum Distributions (RMD) each year. You may choose to give any funds that you don't need to a non-profit or charity such as Riverbend under a provision called the Charitable IRA Rollover. The distribution must be made directly by your IRA manager to Riverbend.

For additional giving information, pleasecontact us.

Stocks

Your Gift of Appreciated Stock May Have Multiple Benefits!

Gifts of securities, such as stock, that have increased in value are a popular asset used for charitable giving because of the mutual benefits provided to the charitable organization (us) and the donor (you).

How it works...

Selling a stock or bond that has appreciated in value subjects the individual seller to a tax on that capital gain. A public charity, such as Riverbend Environmental Education Center, is not subject to income taxation therefore it can sell your donated securities without being subject to the capital gains tax. Additionally, a charitable gift of securities held for over one year often entitles the donor to an income tax deduction equal to the value of the security at the time it is given to the charity.

When you are ready to give...

Please fill out the form below with your information. Once submitted, a Riverbend representative will reach out to assist you.

Erin Reilly

Executive Director

Other Ways to Give to Riverbend