Gift Planning Resources

Explore additional resources to help you with your tax planning and making a gift in support of our CMC mission. Your designation will determine use of your gift for operations or endowment with the CMC Foundation. Undesignated gifts will be used in the area of greatest need. Contact us for more information about ways you can support our organization or let us know if you have given to us in the past.

Your Legacy Helps Us Climb Higher

Many people who care deeply about Colorado’s mountains choose to support the Colorado Mountain Club in different ways, including gifts that sustain education, stewardship, and access for future generations to inspire and care for the places that shape us.

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Endowment Gift

Pat and Shelly were recently married. They both had been dedicated volunteers at their favorite nonprofit for many years. They wanted to make certain the organization's programs continued even after they were gone.

  • Pat: "We appreciated the organization's work. We hoped to register our commitment and support by making a gift that would last well into the future."
  • Shelly: "A staff member at the organization asked us to consider making a gift to the endowment. We learned that the endowment was a fund that served as a permanent source of income for the organization's projects."
  • Pat: "I liked that giving to the endowment would help the organization continue its programs on an ongoing basis."
  • Shelly: "I also felt that the gift would provide a legacy for us. We were both thrilled that our gift would keep on giving to a cause we love."

The support of donors like Pat and Shelly makes our work possible. When you make an endowment gift, your gift is maintained in perpetuity and creates a lasting, meaningful difference. Please contact us to learn how to create your legacy through an endowment gift.

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Is an endowment gift right for you?

If you would like to learn more about how you can make a gift to our endowment, please contact us. We would be happy to work with you to structure an endowment gift to meet your charitable goals.

Please note: The information above is representative of a typical donor and may or may not be an actual donor to our organization.