Donating to the Grove

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 accomplish our mission.

There are many ways to give to the National AIDS Memorial Grove. Donations are made for many reasons, some in memory or in honor of loved ones. 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.

 

General Support

General donations can be sent to the National AIDS Memorial Grove by sending a check, money order, or credit card information to the Grove as follows:

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.

Ensure Remembrance

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 identifies Ensure Remembrance campaign features and donors:

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

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.

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