Other Ways to Help

Tax-Wise Giving with Your IRA Required Minimum Distribution

This year those age 70 ½ and older may want to consider making a meaningful, tax-efficient gift to Sonoma Ecology Center using funds from their traditional or Roth IRA. Learn more. 

    Donate Stock

    Here are step-by-step instructions to help you take advantage of this gift planning opportunity.

    Be a Business Partner

    Sonoma Ecology Center depends on the support of our entire community: volunteers, donors, grantors – and on the generosity of our Sponsoring Business Partners. Learn more.

    Choose Sonoma Ecology Center as a “Sports Basement Masementeer”

    10% of the profits made from our Sports Basement Basementeer supporters will go back to Sonoma Ecology Center. 

    How it works

    1. If you’re new to Sports Basement’s Basementeer program, join Sports Basement’s Basementeers and select Sonoma Ecology Center from the drop down menu. It costs a one-time fee of $25 to join. JOIN BASEMENTEERS AS A FIRST-TIMER.
    2. If you’re a current Basementeer member, update your account to select Sonoma Ecology Center under “Favorite Charity or School.” UPDATE YOUR ACCOUNT.

    Legacy Giving

    Leave a Lasting Legacy as a member of our Valley Oak Society. With your philanthropic investment, you will help ensure that Sonoma Valley is preserved and protected for generations to come. Learn more.

    Celebrate 35 Years of Impact—Support Our Next 35

    $35 — Honor the past. Celebrate each year of Sonoma Ecology Center’s legacy with a one-time gift that helps sustain our daily work in the field and classroom.

    $35 per month — Invest in the future. Your ongoing support builds lasting programs that protect our ecosystems and educate the next generation of environmental stewards.

    $350 — Plant the seeds. Fund habitat restoration projects that bring native plants, healthy soils, and thriving wildlife back to Sonoma Valley.

    $3,500 — Create lasting change. Lead the way in funding large-scale restoration, wildfire resilience, and watershed protection that safeguard Sonoma Valley for generations to come.

    Let’s build on what we’ve accomplished in the past 35 years towards a future where the people, land, water, and wildlife of Sonoma Valley thrive. Learn more. 

    Contact Tiffany Wing, Associate Director and Development Director, at tiffany@sonomaecologycenter.org or 707.363.0010‬.

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