Individual Giving
Become a Donor Today
Individual donors provide the foundation of support that makes Environmental Volunteers nature and science education programs possible. With your support we deliver over 550 school programs annually. We inspire over 12,000 students and assist more than 400 teachers in meeting their state science standards.
Your gift of support allows us to provide environmental science education for today’s students and tomorrow’s environmental stewards.
The Environmental Volunteers is a great success story. By giving individual, special attention to small groups and classes, EV volunteers continue to enrich the lives of thousands of school children by introducing them to the complexities of the natural world and the need to preserve diverse habitat. Mary and Ward Paine, longtime benefactors
Ways to Give
Support the Environmental Volunteers’ on-going programs with your membership donation to our annual fund. These unrestricted gifts allow us to apply funds where and when they are needed most to accomplish our mission. Learn more about membership giving levels.
Our program fund allows you to make designated gifts that match your donation dollars with your specific interests. Learn more about program underwriting opportunities.
Contribute to the EcoCenter Capital Campaign
Your contribution to the EcoCenter Capital Campaign will help us complete the renovation of the historic Sea Scout Building in the Palo Alto Baylands, transforming it into a vital community center for environmental learning. Naming opportunities and other types of recognition are available.
Consider providing for Environmental Volunteers in your will – it can have an extraordinary impact on our science and nature education programs. Learn more about our Planned Giving program.
Make a Gift of Stock
Environmental Volunteers is pleased to accept donations of stocks, bonds or mutual fund shares. Please contact our Executive Director at (650) 961-0545 ext 333 for the necessary information to authorize your broker to make a stock transfer.
Give an Honorary or Memorial Gift
Consider making a donation to the Environmental Volunteers to honor friends and family, in memory of a loved one, or to acknowledge a special occasion. Simply fill in the “Tribute” information in our online donation form or in our printable donor form and we will acknowledge your honorary or memorial contribution as you request.
Support the Endowment Fund
Donations to the Endowment Fund help provide revenue in perpetuity for the Environmental Volunteers. The principal donation is preserved and invested, while the revenue it generates is used to support the organization’s annual needs.
Matching Gifts
Increase your contribution by taking advantage of your company's matching gifts program! Many companies match their employees' contributions to nonprofit organizations to promote charitable giving in the community. Please ask if your company offers a matching gift program to help your contribution to Environmental Volunteers go even farther to support our nature and science education programs. For more information about matching gift donations, contact us at (650) 961-0545 or email development@EVols.org.
How to Give
Online: Donate Now on the Environmental Volunteers’ secure site.
Call: (650) 961-0545 and have your credit card handy.
Mail: Print out the Environmental Volunteers donation form and send it with your donation to:
- Environmental Volunteers
- Development Office
- 3921 East Bayshore Road
- Palo Alto, CA 94303
Fax: Print out the Environmental Volunteers donation form and fax it with your credit card information to (650) 961-0548.