ways to give

There are many different ways to support Environmental Advocates of New York.

EARTH SHARE OF NEW YORK WORKPLACE GIVING

One of the most simple and efficient ways to donate to Environmental Advocates is by contributing through Earth Share of New York in your workplace charity campaign. Earth Share manages environmental giving campaigns in workplaces for environmental and conservation charities, nearly sixty local, statewide, national and international organizations.

By contributing to Environmental Advocates through Earth Share of New York, you may pledge that a small amount of each paycheck be automatically deducted to help protect New York's environmental treasures. In addition, your payroll deduction contribution can count as your membership to Environmental Advocates.

What's more, Earth Share provides the option of giving a single gift that is distributed among all of its members, covering the widest variety of environmental and conservation issues. The choice is yours.

If you are interested in learning more about Earth Share of New York, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or visit Earth Share to learn more about how it works.

BEQUESTS
There are several ways to make distributions through your will. You can give:

A Percentage

"I give, devise, and bequeath to Environmental Advocates of New York ________ % of my estate to be used for its charitable purposes."

"I give, devise, and bequeath to Environmental Advocates of New York $ ________ to be used for its charitable purposes."

"All the residue of my estate, including real and personal property, I give, devise, and bequeath to Environmental Advocates of New York, to be used for its charitable purposes."

• You avoid paying capital gains taxes.
• You can deduct the full fair market value of the stock from the current year's taxable income if the stock has been owned longer than 12 months.

MATCHING GIFTS
Many employers want to support the charitable causes that are of interest to their employees. To do this, companies make a matching gift based on the amount of money you have contributed. To find out if your company will make a matching gift, you should ask your employer if they have a "matching gift program."

GIFT MEMBERSHIP
Keep your friends and family up-to-date on environmental issues in New York State with a yearlong subscription to Environmental Advocates for just $35.

Membership includes a subscription to our bi-monthly newsletter, Green Sheet New York, hard copies of our reports on everything from water pollution permits to environmental funding, and a copy of EPL/Environmental Advocates' annual Voters' Guide, the only scorecard of state lawmakers' votes on environmental measures.

For more information about gift memberships, please contact Marcy Stengel at (518) 462-5526. 

ONLINE SECURITY
If you choose to give a gift online, all credit card transactions conducted on our website are routed through a secure server. The secure server can send and receive private information across the public internet by scrambling (encrypting) the information. If you have any questions or concerns about sharing personal information on this site or making credit card transactions, please feel free to contact
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For more information on any of the above items, call us at (518) 462-5526.

A copy of Environmental Advocates of New York's latest financial statement may be obtained, on request, by contacting us at 518.462.5526 or from the New York State Attorney General's Charities Bureau, Attn. FOIL Officer, 120 Broadway, NY, NY 10271.