Planned Giving Options

You can contribute to NVBA through any of several planned giving options. You can choose to make contributions on a one-time basis or a continuing basis during your lifetime or have the gift become effective after your death. Several dozen members already make yearly donations to NVBA through their Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs), and two generous donors have made bequests to NVBA of more than $70,000 each in the past five years. These gifts have enabled us to launch our new Stretch Our Parks initiative, increase our outreach and volunteer engagement, and strengthen our organization's overall ability to protect birds and the environment. 

Make a Tax-free Qualified Charitable Distribution from Your IRA Required Minimum Distribution 

If you receive Required Minimum Distribution payments from your traditional IRA, you can make a donation directly from your IRA to NVBA. This donation, which is known as a Qualified Charitable Distribution, is excluded from Federal income tax. This can be a preferred way to make a contribution if you cannot claim a Federal income tax deduction for a charitable contribution.

Make Contributions from a Donor Advised Fund

A donor advised fund (DAF) allows you to make a charitable contribution to the fund, and then recommend grants from the fund to specific charitable organizations over time.  A donor establishes a DAF by transferring cash or other assets to a sponsoring organization like a community foundation or financial services firm. Donors can contribute to the fund as frequently as they like, and then have the flexibility to recommend grants to charitable organizations from the fund whenever they wish. Whether the contributions to the fund are tax deductible depends on whether you are eligible to deduct charitable contributions on your income tax form.

Make a Gift through Your Will or Revocable Living Trust

A gift to NVBA in your will or revocable trust enables you to support our mission and work in the future. A bequest is easy to arrange, will not alter your current lifestyle, and can be modified easily to address your changing needs. There are three ways to make NVBA a beneficiary in your will: as a beneficiary of a specific amount from your estate, as a recipient of a residual gift, or as a contingent beneficiary. 

Name NVBA as a Beneficiary on Any Beneficiary Designation Form

It’s easy to make NVBA a beneficiary of any funds that will be received in the future. For instance, you can make NVBA a beneficiary or contingent beneficiary of your life insurance policy, IRA or 401k. These designations do not take effect during your lifetime so they have no impact on your lifestyle and can be modified if your circumstances change. 

This web page does not constitute legal or financial advice. If you are considering any of these vehicles for providing a gift to the NVBA, please consult with your investment fund, financial advisor, retirement plan administrator, or estate lawyer. 

NVBA Legal Information

Legal Name: Northern Virginia Bird Alliance, Inc.
Address: 11100 Wildlife Center Drive, Suite 100
Reston, VA 20190
Federal Tax ID Number: 51-0246325