With your support, 2025 has been a year of great accomplishments. And we’re not done! Please consider helping NSRWA to finish the year strong and to plan for another great year. For a short time longer, there’s an added bonus to giving: your gift will have double the impact as part of our $50,000 Match Challenge.
Speaking of Bonuses Related to Giving…
If you plan to make a gift this year, you may want to consider giving options that can offer significant tax benefits. Donor Advised Funds (DAFs) can be funded with cash, securities, or other assets, and they can offer an immediate tax deduction for the year in which you fund it. The assets in a DAF grow tax-free as you consider grants to eligible organizations, like NSRWA. You can schedule the distributions over time, as you maintain control over the distributions. Find out more about this popular tax-wise giving option here.
With Gifts of Appreciated Securities, you can avoid paying capital gains on a security’s appreciated value, as you would if you sold the stock and donated the proceeds. Review the benefits of donating appreciated securities and find a form to initiate a transfer here.
Need to take a Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) from your IRA? You can use that distribution to donate directly to NSRWA via a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD). Just one of the benefits of a QCD is that the payment, made directly from your IRA custodian to NSRWA, does not count as income to you. Find out more about QCDs here.
From all of us at NSRWA, thank you for your support throughout the year. Here’s to healthy waters in 2026!