Every Drop Counts!
Each time you drink a glass of water, wash your hands, prepare a meal, or watch the rain fall, you’re experiencing the importance of water. Whether it is supporting human consumption or ecological functions, water is an essential ingredient for life.
Your gift to PRWC helps protect the rivers you love, your drinking water, and the water you use every day. Your financial support makes a difference.
Donations may be made online, by phone, or by mail.
Checks can be made out and mailed to PRWC at 39 Sherman Hill Road, Suite C103, Woodbury, CT 06798.
We also accept donations
made through Venmo (@PomperaugRiver). Scan or click the QR code to get started.
Pomperaug River Watershed Coalition is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Make Your Donation Go Further
Employer Matching Gifts. Did you know that 65% of Fortune 500 companies have charitable matching gift programs?! Be sure to check with your human resources department to see if your employer will match your gift. If so, there is usually just a simple form that you have to submit with your donation and we take care of the rest!
Qualified Charitable Distributions / IRA Charitable Rollovers (QCD). If you are 70½ years old or older, you can take advantage of a simple way to benefit Pomperaug River Watershed Coalition and receive tax benefits in return. You can give any amount up to $100,000 per year from your IRA directly to a qualified charity like ours without having to pay income taxes on the money. For those over age 72, such gifts may be counted toward your Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) for the year.
Stocks and Annuities. Giving appreciated stocks and other securities is a tax-wise way to support Pomperaug River Watershed Coalition. For securities held longer than one year, you can deduct the full market value, regardless of what you paid for them, while avoiding a capital gains tax. To make a gift of stock, you simply set up a broker to broker stock transfer. It is important that you not sell the securities in your name, as you would then be liable for capital gains taxes. For transfer instructions or more information, please contact , please contact Carol Haskins, Executive Director at 203-263-0076.
Planned Giving
Passionate about supporting the Pomperaug River Watershed? Want to ensure that we can continue our mission well into the future? Planned gifts help protect rivers, streams, and drinking water in the Pomperaug Watershed communities for generations to come. Your gift can support any aspect of the Coalition – education programs, protection and restoration initiatives, scientific research, advocacy, or sustaining our operational funding. PRWC is committed to developing planned gifts that are meaningful to each donor and tailored to their financial and estate-planning goals.
Bequests. Whether you designate a specific amount or leave a percentage of your estate, your legacy gift will empower PRWC’s conservation work in the future. Bequests are among the simplest ways to make a planned gift and allow donors to maintain control of their assets during their lifetimes.
Beneficiary Designations. Your retirement plans, life insurance policies, and annuities can all help advance conservation and protect the rivers you love and drinking water you rely on for generations to come.
Trusts. A Charitable Remainder Trust disperses income to the trust beneficiaries for a specified time then donates the remainder of the trust to PRWC. Charitable Lead Trusts allow you to make near term charitable gifts then distribute the remainder interest to non-charitable beneficiaries.
For information on how to make a gift to PRWC's Endowment Fund or to make gifts of securities and assets, please contact Carol Haskins, Executive Director, at 203-263-0076.
Already included PRWC in your estate planning? Let us know!
PRWC strongly encourages you to consult with your financial advisor and/or legal counsel for more information to make a planned gift or to make gifts of securities and other assets.
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Sponsorships
Businesses large and small contribute funding, marketing assistance, supplies, employee time and more to help restore and protect our region’s rivers. You can play your part in protecting the Pomperaug River and its watershed while receiving recognition for your commitment to the environment. We can also work with you to develop sponsorships and employee group volunteer events that meet your company’s particular interests and help to fulfill PRWC's mission.