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.
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.
What Your Gift Supports
$50 Contribution
Buy Grow a Garden kits for metro Denver families.
$250 Contribution
Fund Community Composter training scholarships.
$500 Contribution
Add fruit & nut trees and other perennials to community gardens.
$1,000 Contribution
Add pollinator habitats & rain gardens to local community gardens.
Monthly Donations
Join Our Sustaining Stewards
Join the community of people who invest into a better metro Denver with a monthly gift to DUG.
Legacy Donations
Make a Lasting Impact
Have a lasting impact by including Denver Urban Gardens in your estate plans.
Supporting Denver Urban Gardens with a planned gift means investing in an urban, sustainable future in the Denver metro area (and beyond) where people are deeply connected to the earth, each other, and the food they eat.
When you make a planned gift, you can show your support and appreciation for the work of Denver Urban Gardens while meeting your own financial and philanthropic goals. With thoughtful planning, you may be able to increase the size of your estate and reduce the tax burden on your heirs. As a legacy donor, you’ll also join our esteemed group called the Perennial Circle!
Your support ensures that we can continue cultivating food, community, and climate resilience on a human scale for many years to come.
Want to learn more about legacy giving at DUG? Or have you already included us and want to let us know?
Honor a loved one with a memorial garden or food forest
Our beautiful Wonder Community Garden at Wyatt Park is a beautiful example of honoring a loved one who has passed. DUG supporter, Jerry Conover, funded the garden’s creation to honor his late wife, Jaquelyn Wonder.
Legacy Donations
Join Our Perennial Circle
The DUG Perennial Circle is a group of committed individuals and families who’ve chosen to include Denver Urban Gardens in their estate plans.
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.
Attend a DUG Event
Check out what new events we’ve got coming up at DUG. Get involved with your local community, meet with other garden members, and learn new skills!
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 ([email protected]) to discuss how you can make the greatest impact in your community with a gift to DUG.
Additional Information on Legacy Gifts
Bequest in Your Will or Trust
Including Denver Urban Gardens in your will or trust is the simplest way to make a gift that will have a long-term impact on DUG’s work to build and sustain a thriving, urban future today and for future generations.
A gift through your will costs you nothing now and will make a tremendous impact on the future of Denver Urban Gardens. The benefits of remembering DUG in our will or trust are many:
- It’s simple. A bequest gift is one of the easiest gifts to make. With the help of an advisor, you can include language in your will or trust specifying a gift be made to Denver Urban Gardens.
- It provides a variety of options. You can structure a bequest to leave a specific item or amount of money, make the gift contingent on certain events, or leave a percentage of your estate to support the work of Denver Urban Gardens.
- It’s flexible. You can change your will at any time as your circumstances change.
- There may be tax advantages. Your gift may provide an opportunity to reduce or eliminate estate taxes and ease the tax burden on your family.
- Your gift will leave a lasting legacy. A gift through your will or trust will help ensure that DUG will continue to cultivate food, community, and climate resilience for future generations.
Sample Language
Share this sentence with your attorney: “I bequeath to Denver Urban Gardens, a nonprofit corporation located in Denver, Colorado, with Federal tax identification number 74-2374848, the sum of _______; or _______% of my estate; or the following property _______; or the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate.”
DUG Endowment Contributions
Help us fund our endowment for a secure future. You can fund the organization, a position, or one of DUG’s programs.
Consult your financial planner or tax advisor to determine the best option for you. Please reach out with questions regarding the specifics of your planned gift so that we can discuss options and also celebrate you as a significant investor in the future of Denver Urban Gardens.
If you have any questions about making a legacy gift, contact us at [email protected]
Smart Ways to Give
Learn more about ways you can give to DUG while reducing your tax liability – it’s a win-win!
