Stocks or Securities

If you would like to transfer securities such as stocks or bonds to benefit the National AIDS Memorial Grove, please contact the Grove office at 415-765-0497.

In most instances, securities are sold within 24 hours of receipt (the business day following completion of the transfer) and the proceeds are deposited into the Grove’s account within a few days.

For complete instructions on completing a stock transfer, please download the following document: Stock_Transfer.pdf

Donate

Supporters of the Grove are building an endowment to help ensure its ongoing care and maintenance. We believe that all government funding designated for HIV/AIDS should be used for direct services. Therefore we continue to rely primarily on private funding, gathering support from individuals, foundations, and corporations to keep our doors open.

Your gift will help fund the monthly Workday program, keep our small office open and responding to inquiries, increase awareness about the Grove, and handle day-to-day business. Most importantly, it will continue building the endowment so that the Grove will be maintained in perpetuity. Find out how you can be a part of this country’s only official national memorial site honoring all those whose lives have been touched by AIDS
There are many ways to give to the National AIDS Memorial Grove. Donations are received in memory of or in honor of loved ones. Others contribute by becoming Workday sponsors. The Grove’s Ensure Remembrance Campaign provides gift and recognition opportunities for individuals, corporations and organizations helping to finish site improvements or to reach the endowment goal for the perpetual care of the Grove.

• CIRCLE OF FRIENDS
• CRESCENTS
• WORKDAY SPONSORSHIP
• SPECIAL PROGRAM—Donor & Remembrance Opportunities
• PLANNED GIVING
• MAIL-IN GIFTS
• STOCKS OR SECURITIES

Stocks or Securities

If you would like to transfer securities such as stocks or bonds to benefit the National AIDS Memorial Grove, please contact the Grove office at 415-765-0497.

In most instances, securities are sold within 24 hours of receipt (the business day following completion of the transfer) and the proceeds are deposited into the Grove’s account within a few days.

For complete instructions on completing a stock transfer, please download the following document: Stock_Transfer.pdf

Mail-In Gifts

The easiest way to donate to the National AIDS Memorial Grove is to mail your check, money order, or credit card information to the Grove at:

National AIDS Memorial Grove
P.O. Box 2270
San Francisco, CA 94126-2270

You may download the donation form and print it out if you wish to send it in with your gift. If you do not use this form, and your gift is in memory or in honor of someone, please make a note in the corner of your check or include the information on an attached sheet of paper.

If you would like us to notify others of your gift, please give us their name and address as well. For gifts in memory of, or in honor of, someone, we will send an aknowledgement stating that the gift was made in honor of, or in memory of, whomever you choose.

For donations to the Circle of Friends, please download the donation form and completely fill out the box on the right side and mail to the office with your payment.

All gifts to the National AIDS Memorial Grove are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.

Planned Giving

Legacy gifts represent a special way to provide long term support for the National AIDS Memorial Grove. By including the Grove in your will, living trust, retirement plan and life insurance beneficiary designations, or other types of legacy gifts, you help ensure that the Grove will always be here as a place of hope and remembrance beyond your own lifetime.

The easiest and most common type of planned gift is naming the National AIDS Memorial Grove in your will as a bequest provision. Using this method you may specify an asset, an amount of money, a percentage of your estate, or a variety of other designations. Other types of planned gifts include direct gifts of securities, life insurance policies, IRAs, or real estate that can benefit the Grove and also serve the needs of the giver.

Because there are so many ways build charitable giving into an estate plan, it is always best to seek professional advice from your lawyer, financial advisor, or a professional estate planner. To begin any planned gift, think of all the people to whom you are close, as well as organizations such as the Grove that you would like to support, and determine what you would like to provide for each. Then, when you visit a professional estate planner or other advisor, they will help you accomplish your goals by utilizing the best techniques to comply with the laws and to reduce taxes.

Legacy gifts to the Grove offer a way for you to achieve your financial and philanthropic objectives while leaving a legacy for the future by making certain that the years of work spent creating this special place in nature and the people that are honored here will not be forgotten.

• Legal Name: National AIDS Memorial Grove, a project of The Tides Center
• Federal Tax I.D. #: 94-3213100
• IRS Tax Determination Letter (PDF Format)
• Sample Bequest Language

Special Program Sponsor

Donor & Remembrance Opportunities

There are many ways to give to the National AIDS Memorial Grove. Donations are received in memory of or in honor of loved ones. Others contribute by becoming Workday sponsors. The Grove’s Ensure Remembrance campaign provides gifts and recognition opportunities for individuals, corporations and organizations helping to finish site improvements or to reach the endowment goal for the perpetual care of the Grove.

The following list indentifies Ensure Remembrance campaign features for the National AIDS Memorial Grove:

Features in bold are still available to be funded.

Please call the Grove office at 415-765-0497 for further information.

Opportunity,Gift,Donor(s), and Description

Dogwood Crescent—$200,000
Funded by
Alvin H. Baum, Jr.
William F. Clark
Laurence A. Colton & John W. McCoy
Ayse Manyas Kenmore
The Russell-Shapiro Family

Fern Grotto—$100,000
Funded by Kevin McAree and co-sponsor Wells Fargo
Circular gathering area at western end of Grove

Meadow Overlook—$125,000
Richard & Rhoda Goldman Fund

Crossroads Circle—$100,000
State of California; Recreation & Parks Department; Environmental Restoration Grant 2001

North Creek Trail
Northern trail through the Oaks running from the Crossroads Circle to the Fern Grotto

South Creek Trail
Southern trail through the Oaks running from the Crossroads Circle to the Fern Grotto

Main Portal—$100,000
Steve Silver & Beach Blanket Babylon

South Portal—$75,000
Terry K. Watanabe

Pine Crescent—$75,000
Gap Foundation

The Meadow—$75,000
A. Spencer Andrew Foundation

West Portal—$100,000
The Donald O. Collins Foundation

Dogwood Dell—$50,000
Madeleine H. Russell

Woodland Path—$50,000
Academy of Friends

Dry Creek—$40,000
In Memory of Stephen Marcus

Redwood Grove—$35,000
Chuck Holmes and Falcon Studios

Woodland Stream—$35,000
William Brinnon and Ron Dhein of Kahn & Keville

Winding steam bed of large cobbles connecting Dogwood Crescent to Redwood Grove

Fern Grotto—$30,000
Roof, Eidam & Maycock

Map Pedestals—$30,000 each
Evelyn & Walter Haas Jr. Fund Charles Schwab & Co. Family Fdn.

Information kiosks—which will be located near the West Portal (to be built) and between the Main and South Portals

Magnolias—Area surrounding the South Portal entrance to the Grove

Manzanitas—$25,000
Peter Lawrence Block

Redwood Knoll—$50,000
Peter Lawrence Block

Maples Center—$15,000
Timberland Company

Maples East and West — $30,000
Forest Creatures Entertainment

Pines Center — $15,000
Rory Snyder and Katherine Lightfoot

Pines East—$15,000
Margaret Hess/Don J. Olivier Trust

Pines West — $15,000
MeMe Pederson in memory of Jay Luque, A Gentle Soul Who Lives His Life to the Fullest

Oaks North—$15,000
James and Chris Clark

Oaks South $15,000
Sara Sanderson and Eric Weaver

Benches (13) $15,000
Cathy Sarkowsky & Friends
Larry Hjort, Katherine Krebs, Patti Planz, & Claire Broline
Arnie Jackson
Donald O. Collins & Carlin Holden
Bay Area HIV Health Care Providers
Evelyn Craig
John Badham
Taylor Phelps Family & Friends
Thomas White
Joseph DeRamon
Mark Illeman & Bruce Lindstrom
Gaia Fund
Sean Monahan
Jay Norton & Mike Phillips
Lindy Harris

Boulders (10) — $10,000
Allen Miller
John Gayle Bryant
Cecile Nathan
Kenneth Miller
San Francisco Foundation
William Grasse
Stan Tigner
Ronald Kimmell
Michael Steingraber & Friends
Stuart Piontek & Stage Interiors

Crescent of Remembrance
(5 left)
$25,000 Premiere placement at south entry way to Dogwood Crescent

Levi Strauss
Pacific Bell
Roche Laboratories, Inc.
Roxane Laboratories, Inc.
Darren Star

Crescent of Hope (10 left)
$10,000 Major placement at south entry way to Dogwood Crescent

Bayer Diagnostics
Bank of America Foundation
Michael Taylor Designs, Inc.
Providian Finanical
Ayse Manyas Kenmore

Joshua Elder Persky — All Souls We Loves Walk Beside Him Now

In Loving Memory of Charles Holmes — A Great Citizen, A Great Philanthropist, A Great Friend

Crescent of Healing (10 left)

$5,000 Principal placement at south entry way to Dogwood Crescent

Roselyne Swig
Parish Fund of the Tides Foundation, in Memory of Madeleine Russell
Silva Watson Moonwalk Fund
Clear Ink
Menlo School Classes of 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
Triangle Pharmaceuticals
Ortho Biotech, Inc.
John David Dupree in memory of Glen Margo, DrPH

Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP
Xavier Villarreal & Mercedes Oyuela, in memory of Francisco Villarreal
Wells Fargo Employees & Customers
Robert M. Williams & Terry Eaton, in memory of Greg “Kitten” Carl
Jeff Wiggins (2)
Gallagher Public Relations
Banana Republic
Chuck Holmes & Nolan Losky, in loving memory of all our friends
Terry Anderson, Dennis Brown, & Friends, in memory of Gary Lebow
Ken Ruebush & Jeff Zimman
Michael & Stephen Maharam
Michael DeLuca, in memory of Daniel E. Collins
Edith Lambert, in loving memory of Mark F. Lambert
Horizons Foundation
AMB Property Corp. Salutes Strong Spirits & Brave Hearts

Circle of Friends — $1,000
1,339 names as of August 20, 2003

Circle of Friends — $1,000
(861 left)
Timeless remembrance of lives touched by AIDS at Dogwood Crescent.

Workday Sponsorships

On the third Saturday of each month from March through October, volunteers help with the work of creating and maintaining the Grove. Between 9:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., individuals and groups of volunteers participate in gardening activities: clearing weeds and debris, mulching and hauling topsoil, planting new trees and shrubs, and other related activities within the Grove. Participants pause at noon for “Circle time,” when Workday Sponsors and Workday Volunteer groups are recognized and invited to speak, if desired.

Workdays provide the primary means of renovating the Grove and are a special time of hope and renewal. Many find they are an opportunity to pay tribute to friends and loved ones lost to AIDS, also providing a positive focus for all those touched by the pandemic in coping and dealing with their emotions.

Workday Sponsors(see volunteer opportunities)
Workday sponsors provide an important source of revenue as well as volunteer labor for the Grove.

The sponsorship contribution levels are as follows:

• Individual & Memorial Sponsorships — $100
• Corporate Sponsorships (Based on the number of participants anticipated) — $250 to $750

All donations are tax-deductible.

A commitment of 10 or more volunteers is encouraged for sponsoring a Workday. Sponsors receive a certificate acknowledging their valued contribution.

To schedule your group’s sponsorship of a workday, call 415-765-0497.

Sponsorship checks can be brought to the Workday or sent to the Grove at P.O. Box 2270, San Francisco, CA 94126-2270.

Crescents

In addition to individual names inscribed in the Circle of Friends, there is another way to honor or remember someone in the Grove’s Dogwood Crescent—The Crescents.

The Crescents are adjacent to and on the outer rim of the Circle of Friends. The three Crescent opportunities, in addition to being engraved in larger letters than the Circle of Friends (which are 1-1/8″ high), allow for personalized inscriptions of up to 50 characters in length:

Crescent of Healing — $5,000 donation (letters are 1-1/4″ tall)
Crescent of Hope — $10,000 donation (letters are 1-3/8″ tall)
Crescent of Remembrance — $25,000 donation (letters are 1-1/2″ tall)

This donor opportunity allows for a few words or a short phrase to be inscribed honoring or remembering someone, while also offering greater visibility than the Circle of Friends.

For more information, call the office at 415-765-0497.

To download a Crescent pledge form, click here.