We’re working towards a sustainable urban future where people are deeply and directly connected to the earth, each other, and the food they eat.
Your investment into DUG creates healthy, hyperlocal food systems where people have access, skills, and resources to grow their own organic food for themselves and their neighbors, builds strong, interconnected communities where neighbors find (and cultivate) common ground, and supports metro Denver to become a climate-resilient city by regenerating depleted urban soils, supporting pollinators, and storing carbon.
What your Gift Supports
$50
Buy Grow a Garden kits for metro Denver families
$250
Fund Community Composter Training Scholarships
$500
Add fruit & nut trees and other perennials to gardens
$1,000
Add pollinator habitats & rain gardens to community gardens
$2,500
Grow DUG’s Culturally Inclusive Seed Program
$5,000
Add sensory and free play spaces to DUG gardens
$10,000
Provide Finishing funds for first 3 Community Gardens in Denver’s West Area
Join Sustaining Steward!
Join the community of people who invest into a better metro Denver with a monthly gift to DUG.
Ready to Dig Deeper with DUG?
Volunteer With DUG
From drop-in teambuilding days to long-term projects for specialized skills, from digging in the dirt to lending a hand in our office, we have volunteer opportunities that suit a wide variety of abilities and interests.
Adopt a Garden or Food Forest
Invest in an invaluable community resource by ensuring one (or more) of our community gardens and food forests has the necessary physical and human resources to thrive. Garden adoption is a 3-year commitment with perks for you too.
Smart Ways to Give
Learn more about ways you can give to DUG while reducing your tax liability – it’s a win-win!
Other Ways to Support DUG
All of the giving options described below provide tax advantages.
To get a clearer idea of what that means for a particular donation, contact your tax advisor.
Please contact Executive Director Linda Appel Lipsius (linda@dug.org) to discuss how you can make the greatest impact in your community with a gift to DUG.
Planned Giving
Remember DUG in your Will or Trust, Charitable Remainder Trust, or Charitable Remainder Annuity. Will provisions are the most frequently used deferred giving vehicle. All you need is an attorney and appropriate bequest language.
Donor-Advised Funds
A donor-advised fund, which is like a charitable giving account, gives you the flexibility to support nonprofits of your choosing. They allow donors to make tax-deductible contributions when circumstances warrant and defer allocation decisions until donors are ready to make them.
Beneficiary Designation
You can designate DUG as beneficiary of a life insurance policy, a retirement fund, or a bank account.
Stocks, Bonds + Properties
Gifts of securities are especially advantageous if they have appreciated in value. Gifts of stocks held longer than one year avoid capital gains tax completely. In addition, donors receive a tax deduction for the market value of the gift.
DUG Endowment Contributions
Help us fund our endowment for a secure future.
Legacy Gardens + Food Forests
Fund a food forest or garden in honor or memorium of a loved one.
Matching Gifts
Ask your employer if they have a matching gift contribution program.
IRA Contributions
If you are 70 years or older, make a life-changing gift from your IRA account and potentially save on your taxes.
