Making a Gift
to the Arc of Appalachia Preserve System
A gift to the Earth does a world of good
Ways to Contribute Now:
- Mail your check to the Arc of Appalachia Preserve System, 7660 Cave Road, Bainbridge, OH 45612.
- Donate online with JustGive (a 3% fee goes to the online service).
- Become a Friends of the Arc Member to contribute annually.
Where does your money go? The simplest most direct act we can do on behalf of biodiversity protection in the eastern United States is to acquire land and restore large block of our native ecosystems. The Arc is an extremely active land-buying organization. We reunite forest fragments, create contiguous forested river corridors, and buy up rare botanical and zoological hotspots. Currently we manage over 4000 acres in southern Ohio in fourteen preserves, a region belonging to the high-diversity heartland of eastern America's temperate hardwood forest.
Land is expensive, but we only need to buy it once. How much land would you like to save? At today's rural forest prices, here's how far your money can go.
$13.75 One square rod (160 sq rods to the acre)
$137.50 Ten square rods
$275.00 One eighth of an acre
$550.00 One quarter acre
$1100.00 One half acre
$2200.00 One full acre of trout lilies, glade ferns, tree frogs, and scarlet tanagers
Our Promise to You. We value the privacy of your home and overflowing mailbox by sending you only one or two news mailings a year; and we value your donation by conducting a low-overhead and efficient operation. We will never give out your mailing address or e-mail address to other parties; nor will we ever ply you with calendars or tote bags. What we will do is conduct our operation as frugally as humanly possible and turn your donation into the enduring gift of life and land.
Gifts of Stock, Charitable Remainder Trusts, and Endowments
The Arc of Appalachia has a strong partnership with the Columbus Foundation, who can give expert advice on charitable remainder trusts and other financial giving instruments. Currently the Foundation manages a fund in the Arc's name, called the Highlands Fund, and all donations to this fund are transferred to the Arc to further advance its mission. If you are considering supporting the Arc of Appalachia Preserve System with a pivotal and long-lasting gift, call Brad Britton at the Columbus Foundation at 614-251-4000, extension 106.
For other questions about contributions, please call our main office at 937-365-1935.
See our Official Mission Statement as recorded with Ohio's state and the federal government.
Do a charity review of our non-profit status and history at GuideStar.
