Discover the many ways you can help The Nature Conservancy protect the lands and waters you love while meeting your financial objectives as well. Smart and creative gift planning with us can help maximize your philanthropic giving and the benefits to you. So let us help you explore the advantageous ways to make a lasting gift to conservation today:

A Gift for You & For Nature A charitable gift annuity gives you a steady stream of income for your future and may also provide you with significant tax benefits. Learn more.

Put Your IRA to Work for Nature Did you know that you can now make a distribution from your IRA to the Conservancy without incurring tax on the withdrawal? Learn more.

Protecting Nature is Easy with a Gift of Stock Gifts of appreciated securities can have an immediate impact on nature—and may also provide you with significant tax benefits. Learn more.

Leave a Conservation Legacy If you would like to support the Conservancy’s work and retain control of assets during your lifetime, your solution may be a charitable bequest. Create your legacy.

Just Getting Started? Not sure where to begin? Use our simple Legacy Planner tool or view all giving options to learn more about the many tax-efficient ways to provide lasting support for the natural world. Get started.

Join the Legacy Tradition If you have already included The Nature Conservancy in your estate plans, please let us know so that we can thank you and welcome you to The Legacy Club.

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Gifts of Real Estate

In three easy steps, My Real Estate Gift Guide can show you how a gift of real estate to the Conservancy can meet your most important needs... and create a legacy for the natural world you love.
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The Legacy Club:
Stories of Hope

Meet 15 of our Legacy Club members–they’ll share with you the experiences that helped shape their commitments to conservation.
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Contact Us

Need more information about planned giving with The Nature Conservancy?

E-mail: legacy@tnc.org
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