Donate for Maximum Impact
Donations that support CFCF’s annual income and capital are essential to its mission of increasing forest fuel reduction and wildfire resilience via financial support for non-industrial/small forest landowners, and of educating the public and nonindustrial/small forest landowners about best active forest management practices in the face of climate change. No matter how close to, or far from, forests you live, your financial support can help treat forestland to make California’s wildfires less destructive. Some ways that you can help are:
IRA CHARITABLE ROLLOVER DISTRIBUTION
Those who are older than 70 1/2 with traditional individual retirement accounts (IRAs) can donate directly up to $100,000, known as a qualified charitable distribution (QCD), which counts toward your annual Minimum Required Distributions (“RMDs”). A QCD donation is exempt from your taxable income, helping to avoid a higher income tax bracket into which your RMD might land you. *
*Source: Stearn, Linda, “You Money, Financially Speaking: New Rules for Retirement Accounts”. AAUP Bulletin: December 2021: pages 30-31.
GIFTS OF STOCK, MUTUAL FUNDS, ETFs, and BONDS
Donating appreciated stock/other securities can bring you substantial tax savings while providing an easy way to give more to CFCF.
MATCHING GIFTS
Employers often offer giving programs that multiply their employees’ charitable contributions. Ask your employer if your company has a matching gift program.
HONORARY AND MEMORIAL GIFTS
Acknowledge life cycle events, and special days like birthdays and anniversaries, as well as memorials, by gifting to CFCF.
CASH CONTRIBUTIONS
Gifts are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law, and we deeply appreciate the importance of your support.
ESTATE GIFTS
The simplest way to include CFCF in your estate plans is through a bequest of a dollar amount, an asset, or a percentage of your estate to CFCF in your will. This ensures the long term future of our mission to keep California’s private/nonindustrial/small forests actively managed for maximum wildfire resilience.
