While we offer Annual Memberships as well as Corporate Sponsorships, you are welcome to support of our education, interpretation, and research activities via donations. Any amount you’re willing to donate will be greatly appreciated! Donations are 100% tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by law as SFBWS is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

The San Francisco Bay Wildlife Society works to fund educational events, research and exhibits in cooperation with local, regional and state agencies. With federal cut-backs to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service budget, your funding of our environmental programs is very welcome.

For over 30 years, the San Francisco Bay Wildlife Society has:

  • Introduced the refuge to tens of thousands of students of all ages
  • Helped fund the Bair Island restoration and Management Plan, restoration work at Antioch Dunes NWR, and uplands restoration at the Environmental Education Center
  • Provided weekend staff in Alviso through long-term partnerships with the City of San Jose and the Santa Clara Valley Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention Program
  • Provided funding for a new boardwalk at the New Chicago Marsh Trail at the Environmental Education Center
  • Funded a new greenhouse
  • Provided funds to create a native plant nursery
  • And much more

Take a visual tour of our achievements over the years and help us with our mission by donating to the Society.

Donate with MightyCause

If you are looking to donate to a specific cause, we are currently fundraising for:

Follow the link to learn more about these campaigns and ways that you can get involved in creating a local impact:

https://www.mightycause.com/organization/San-Francisco-Bay-Wildlife-Society.

Donate with Donor Advisor Funds (DAFs)

Donor Advisor Funds (DAFs) are like a charitable investment account, for the sole purpose of supporting charitable organizations. They are a great way of donating long-term appreciated securities directly to charity—instead of liquidating the asset and donating the proceeds—can help maximize both your tax benefit and the overall amount you have to grant to charity. These donations provide two tax benefits:

  • Become eligible for an income tax deduction of the full fair-market value of the asset, up to 30% of your adjusted gross income
  • Potentially eliminate and maximize capital gains tax on long-term appreciated assets, as long as they’ve been held for more than a year

SFBWS can directly receive DAF donations from brokers like Fidelity Charitable

If you have a different DAF provider that you would like us to support, please email: donations@sfbayws.org