Would you like to support the Rio Grande Chapter campaign to promote clean, renewable energy? How about our outreach efforts such as Global Warming Express? Shouldn’t the Public Regulation Commission be held accountable for enforcing New Mexico’s Renewable Energy Act? Your donations make all these things happen!
The Sierra Club is a non-profit 501(c)(4) organization. This means that membership dues and most contributions are not tax-deductible. This status allows us to lobby for environmental issues and support political candidates. Our membership activities and lobbying costs relating to advocacy can be supported by your non-tax-deductible contributions to the organization.
Regular donation
Help protect people, animals, water and our public lands in New Mexico and West Texas. Your generous donation is an investment in the future of our environment and the protection of our most special places!
Please note that these donations are not tax deductible.
Political Action Committee
Nothing has a bigger impact on our climate, water, land and wildlife than public policy and the people who set that policy. Help us elect environmental champions!
Please note that these donations are not tax deductible.
Sierra Club Foundation
Some of our outreach and education projects – such as Water Sentinels and environmental advocacy – are tax-deductible, as are all contributions to the Sierra Club Foundation.
Support these activities with your tax-deductible contribution to the Foundation.
The Global Warming Express
The Global Warming Express, founded in 2012, is a Climate Change Education & Activism organization and a fast-growing kids’ movement, created and led by kids, for kids. The program has expanded from schools in Santa Fe, NM statewide and across the nation.
Help support and expand this impactful program with your tax-deductible donation.
Donation from your IRA
If you are 70 1⁄2 or older, you have the option to make donations to Sierra Club Foundation directly from your IRA. These gifts are known as Qualified Charitable Distributions.
If you are 73 or older, you can use a QCD to satisfy a portion or the entirety of your Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) for the year. You can donate up to $108,000 per year via QCDs. Giving through your IRA is a wise way to support the work you care about at the Rio Grande Chapter, while potentially reducing your federal income tax liability.
For full details and how-to’s, please see this document.
Donor Advised Funds
A donor-advised fund (DAF) is a dedicated giving account set up for the purposes of donating to public charities. You contribute cash or assets, take an immediate tax deduction, and recommend grants to qualified nonprofits over time. While your money sits in the fund, it can be invested for tax-free growth.
The Sierra Club Foundation is the independent fiscal sponsor of Sierra Club’s charitable programs. A grant from your DAF to the Rio Grande Chapter via Sierra Club Foundation can support education, advocacy, conservation, and ensuring more people have access to our great outdoors.
For full details and how-to’s, please see this document.
Honor someone special
With one gift, you can honor a loved one while you protect wildlife and wild places, ensure clean air and water for all, and fight for environmental justice here in New Mexico and West Texas.
Your gift supports conservation efforts and will be applied where most urgently needed. Best of all, 100% of your contribution will stay in New Mexico and West Texas to work locally
Other ways to donate
Donate your car or used vehicle
We make it easy for you to donate a vehicle. Whether it’s running or not, your car, truck, boat, RV, or motorcycle will support the Sierra Club Foundation’s mission to move toward a greener future with a tax-deductible donation.
In-kind donations
Laptop or desktop computers in good working condition – our volunteer network enters a lot of data and we are always short of computers on volunteer days.
Contact Camilla Feibelman for details.
Legacy giving
Because most planned gifts are given after your lifetime, they don’t affect your current budget—and many are simple to set up. The two most popular options are:
1. A gift in your will or living trust
2. Beneficiary designation
For details on how these work, including simple language, please see this guide.
You will also find information about legacy giving with the Free Estate Planning toolkit. Sierra Club membership is not required.