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Gift & Estate Planning

Meet Planned Giving Donors

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Learn More About a Few of the People Who Will Help Make Our Future Work Possible

The Nature Conservancy's donors are a dedicated and inspiring group of people who ensure our conservation work gets done. Many of them have enhanced their giving by making a planned gift, such as a bequest, a gift that pays income or a gift of appreciated securities.

Meet Darlene and Sam Chirman

Darlene and Sam Chirman's charitable gift annuity provides income while supporting conservation. Read their story.

Elliott Mackle and George Mende

“It was the international aspect that brought them to my attention—they were protecting contiguous blocks of land,” Elliott Mackle and George Mende

Chris and Kate Mathews Put Their Iras To Work For Nature

Chris and Kate Mathews were required to take minimum distributions from their IRAs, so they used that income to make a tax-free gift to The Nature Conservancy

Drs. Beth Salerno and Tod Ramseyer

Drs. Beth Salerno and Tod Ramseyer listed The Nature Conservancy as a beneficiary of their retirement plans and life insurance policies.

Meet Manfred Krause and Denise Caldwell

Manfred Krause and Denise Caldwell share why they established charitable gift annuities with The Nature Conservancy.

Tien and Pei Wu

A passion for nature inspires Legacy Club members to travel.

Lois and Dale Derouin

Dale and Lois Derouin

From removing invasive species to serving as naturalists, Legacy Club members and TNC volunteers Dale and Lois Derouin give their all to support nature.

Nairobi resident and co-founder of an Afrocentric impact firm, Edwin Macharia, is determined to help build a world where future generations will thrive alongside nature.

Meet Edwin Macharia

Nairobi resident and co-founder of an Afrocentric impact firm, Edwin Macharia, is determined to help build a world where future generations will thrive alongside nature.

Peter and Kathy Metcalf

Peter and Kathy Metcalf set up a donor-advised fund to manage their charitable giving, simplifying how they support the causes they care about most.

Donor Spotlight: Dr. Bennett Hollenberg

Meet Dr. Bennett Hollenberg

Avid cyclist and passionate outdoorsmen Dr. Bennett Hollenberg shares how he keeps nature close in his home state of North Carolina and around the globe.

Lorette Russenberger and Sara Wilson

Meet Lorette Russenberger and Sara Wilson

Milwaukeeans Lorette Russenberger and Sara Wilson often reflect on how art and nature have been interwoven throughout history.

Betty and Neal Sanders love all things gardening

Meet Betty and Neal Sanders

Betty and Neal Sanders love all things gardening! From murder-mystery novels to lecture tours to food bank deliveries, see how horticulture weaves through many aspects of their lives.

Felipe Edwards

Meet Felipe Edwards

Meet journalist, TNC trustee and Legacy Club member Felipe Edwards and learn why he was inspired to join TNC.

Practical and Visionary Protectors of Nature

Meet Dr. Kenneth Ho and Lisa Kusayanagi Ho

These practical and visionary protectors of nature have supported TNC by making a gift in their estate plans and making gifts of stock.

Legacy Club member and Nature Guardian spotlight: wildlife rehabilitator and CPA, Connie LaFond, support The Nature Conservancy with annuity gifts.

Meet Connie LaFond

Legacy Club member and Nature Guardian spotlight: wildlife rehabilitator and CPA, Connie LaFond, support The Nature Conservancy with annuity gifts.

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Meet Joanna Brown

Read how Joanna supports important conservation work, communities and livelihoods in Kenya.

Meet Eiichiro Kuwana

Eiichiro Kuwana has strong ties to Hawai‘i's Palmyra Atoll and decided to use his retirement to help protect it.

Don Halloran and Sylvia Eisenmann

Longtime donors Don Halloran and Sylvia Eisenmann have a shared, enduring love of nature and have supported TNC with annuity gifts, a leadership gift and by including a gift in their will.

Tom Cook

Nature provides a path to recovery for Michigan native and avid hiker Tom Cook.

Suga Moriwaki

Suga Moriwaki turned her time in a Japanese-American internment camp into a gift celebrating the peace she finds outdoors.

Rachel Carson

Rachel Carson donated the royalties from Silent Spring to The Nature Conservancy to help protect her beloved Maine coast.

The Marshalls' Real Estate Gift

The Marshalls donated their South Carolina vacation home to help protect the lands and waters they love.

Dr. Malcolm Hunter and Dr. Aram Calhoun

Dr Malcolm Hunter and Dr. Aram Calhoun chose to establish a charitable remainder trust with The Nature Conservancy. It was a great financial fit.

Vasanti Fithian

Vasanti Fithian divided her gift of her real estate into two parts - a gift to be used in the present...and a charitable gift annuity for later.

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