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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.

Monthly Donations

Join Our Sustaining Stewards

Join the community of people who invest into a better metro Denver with a monthly gift to DUG.

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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.

PLANNED / LEGACY GIVING

Join the DUG 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.

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.

Want to learn more about legacy giving at DUG? Or have you already included us and want to let us know?

Make a Legacy Gift

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.

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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, 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

Consider designating DUG as the beneficiary of a life insurance policy, a retirement account, a charitable remainder trust or charitable lead trust, or an investment account.

This can be donated as an outright gift of a new or existing policy by naming Denver Urban Gardens as the owner and beneficiary of the insurance contract (each premium payment to the organization is tax-deductible as a charitable gift if you itemize).

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. You can fund the organization, a position, or one of DUG’s programs.

Legacy Gardens & Food Forests

Fund a food forest or garden in honor or memoriam of a loved one. This is a highly-impactful way to make a gift to your community so they can enjoy your support for years to come.

Matching Gifts

Ask your employer if they have a matching gift contribution program and make your donation have double the impact! You can use Charity Navigator to donate to DUG.

IRA Contributions

If you are 70 1/2 years or older, make a life-changing gift from your IRA (retirement) account and potentially save on your taxes. Learn more about eligibility and qualified charitable distributions (QCB) limits on the IRS website.

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. Learn more and make a gift here!

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]

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