Support The Ridges Sanctuary
Consider supporting one of the oldest organizations in Wisconsin dedicated to preserving ecologically significant habitats. We are a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization so your donation is tax deductible. Thank you!
The Ridges Sanctuary’s 2010 Annual Report (1.1 Mb PDF)
Donate Online
You can now place a donation online. We offer:
- One Time Donation (use PayPal payment services (or a credit card) or mail a check)
- Monthly Donation (use PayPal payment services for a recurring monthly donation)
Get Membership Online
By becoming a member (benefits details), you will receive:
- Free, year-round admission to The Ridges’ trails
- 10% discount in the Nature Center
- Discounts on The Ridges’ programs
- 100% satisfaction in helping to preserve this unique collection of habitats
- Our newsletters, Sanctuary, and monthly bulletin, Ridges Lites
- Invitations to members-only events
The most important effect of your donation or membership is that you will help support The Ridges’ mission of preservation, education and research, and insure that these wild areas will be protected for the children – and the flowers – of tomorrow.
- Personal Membership (use PayPal payment services or mail us a check)
- Business Membership (use PayPal payment services or mail us a check)
V.I.P. / Company Match
Many companies reward their employees and retirees for involvement in the community by matching their volunteer hours with dollars. Another benefit to employees (and non-profits like The Ridges) is a company’s Matching Gift program in which the employer matches donations from employees with a ‘matching’ donation from the company.
To see if your company has a VIP or Matching Gift program: V.I.P. / Company Match
If your company does a match and is not listed here – please let us know at carol@ridgessanctuary.org
Planned Giving
The Benefits to You
You can provide for yourself and for places you cherish, like The Ridges, when you make a planned gift.
“I worked to save the Ridges because it gave me the chance to give something back for all I’d been given— and for all I’d been able to achieve in my life” — Olivia Traven, a Ridges Sanctuary founding member.
A gift to The Ridges through your will or trust allows you to do the same— to give back something of the joy and pleasure The Ridges has provided you and your family. Through it, you can also make a lasting contribution to the preservation of Door County’s exceptional natural landscape.
A planned gift lets you, and you alone, decide what happens with your assets. And who benefits from them after you’re gone. It also gives you the flexibility to change your plans at any time should circumstances change.
By leaving a planned gift to The Ridges, you can provide for your own needs while helping sustain the sanctuary. Whether you leave a legacy of treasured land, an ongoing children’s program, a funded research project, or a gift for the “greatest needs” of The Ridges, your bequest ensures that your love of nature and of the sanctuary will live on.
The Benefits to The Ridges
Your gift can benefit all aspects of The Ridges’ threefold mission— stewardship, education and research— or it can target a project of special interest to you.
When you make an unrestricted gift for the “greatest needs” of The Ridges, it will be invested in The Ridges Sanctuary Endowment Trust. There it will join other gifts in supporting preservation of the sanctuary, education and scientific research. Your gift will grow with the assets of the principal and continue to give in perpetuity.
If you’d rather designate your gift to a specific purpose, you may support The Ridges’ Land Fund, Building Fund, or another project of special interest to you— perhaps ongoing research, a children’s program, a lecture series, or needed technology.
There are a number of ways to make a planned gift to The Ridges. One of the most common and easiest is through your will. To leave an unrestricted bequest to Ridges, you can include in your will a statement such as: “I give, devise and bequeath the sum of $__ (or __ % of the residue of my estate) to The Ridges Sanctuary, Inc., located in Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin.”
You may also give through:
- Trusts
- IRAs or other retirement accounts
- Property (land or personal)
- Marketable securities or financial assets
- Life insurance
Some of these provide substantial tax benefits for you or your heir(s).
For further information on The Ridges Planned Giving Program, including more detailed examples of your giving options, please call The Ridges office: 920-839-2802.
