Contribute – Oregon Parks Forever

Become a Member

Membership Benefits

Join or renew your Oregon Parks Forever membership to increase environmental education, accessibility, and healthy activities in Oregon’s parks.

Thank You Gifts

As a thank you, if you contribute $75 or more you will receive an annual subscription to 1859 Oregon’s Magazine. If you contribute $125 or more, you will receive a gorgeous Oregon parks & forests wall calendar by Rick Schafer. If you donate $250 or more, you will receive a Northwest Forest Pass, good for access to US Forest Service properties in Oregon & Washington. Please note that we are no longer offering a thank you gift of an Oregon State Parks annual parking permit. If you prefer to not receive a thank you gift, simply opt-out after choosing your donation amount.

Become a Sustaining Member

By supporting Oregon Parks Forever with an ongoing monthly, quarterly, or annual gift:

If you choose monthly or quarterly payments, your payments are smaller than an annual contribution,
Your membership remains current, renewing automatically until you tell us to stop (or your credit card expires).
Recurring gifts are efficient and paperless (no renewals sent in the mail),
Your recurring gift provides us with a predictable, reliable, steady stream of funds and,
We spend less on fundraising efforts and more on our projects and programs!

Please note that Membership does not provide parking privileges in any Federal, State, Local or Tribal park.

If you have questions about your membership or becoming a member, please contact us at 503/966-1283

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As a member of Oregon Parks Forever, you join a team dedicated to enhancing and preserving special places and experiences in Oregon’s parks now and for future generations. Your gift supports projects and programs in Oregon parks that:

Protect facilities, amenities and trails that have already been built;
Promote healthy activities like hiking, camping, and cycling;
Increase environmental education opportunities;
Ensure Oregon’s parks are accessible to youth in under-served communities.

As a thank you for your support, membership levels starting at $75 will receive an annual subscription to 1859 Oregon’s Magazine.

Membership Levels

PARK FAN (Up to $50)

You will become part of a growing community that is helping to enhance, preserve, and protect special places and experiences in parks and forests throughout Oregon; in addition, you will have the following benefits:

Our Monthly eNewsletter featuring interesting, timely information about Oregon’s parks and forests
The option to be recognized as a Park Fan on OPF’s donor acknowledgement page on our website

PARK ADVOCATE ($50 – $74)

You will become part of a growing community that is helping to enhance, preserve, and protect special places and experiences in parks and forests throughout Oregon; in addition, you will have the following benefits:

Invitation to “members only” webinars
Discount in Oregon Parks Forever online store – 10%
Our Monthly eNewsletter featuring interesting, timely information about Oregon’s parks and forests
The option to be recognized as a Park Advocate on the donor acknowledgement page on our website

PARK CHAMPION ($75 – $124 )

You will become part of a growing community that is helping to enhance, preserve, and protect special places and experiences in parks and forests throughout Oregon; in addition, you will have the following benefits:

Annual Subscription to 1859, Oregon’s Magazine (valued at $18.59) *
Discount in Oregon Parks Forever online store – 10%
Our Monthly eNewsletter featuring interesting, timely information about Oregon’s parks and forests
Invitation to “members only” webinars
The option to be recognized as a Park Champion on the donor acknowledgement page on the OPF website
*You always have the option to decline to receive 1859 and allow 100% of your donation to go to support our work

PARK EXPLORER ($125-249)

You will become part of a growing community that is helping to enhance, preserve, and protect special places and experiences in parks and forests throughout Oregon; in addition, you will have the following benefits:

A beautiful 2023 Oregon photo wall calendar, with photos by lifelong Oregonian, Rick Schaefer*
Annual Subscription to 1859, Oregon’s Magazine*
Our Monthly eNewsletter featuring interesting, timely information about Oregon’s parks and forests
Invitation to “members only” webinars
10% Discount in Oregon Parks Forever online store
The option to be recognized as a Park Explorer on the acknowledgement page on the OPF website

*You always have the option to decline to receive the calendar and 1859 subscription to allow 100% of your donation to go to support our work. These thank you gifts are not tax deductible.

PARK ADVENTURER ($250 – $499)

Become part of a growing community that is helping to enhance, preserve, and protect special places and experiences in parks and forests throughout Oregon, in addition, you will have the following benefits:

Northwest Forest Pass, good in all US Forest Service managed properties in Oregon & Washington (Value $30)*
A beautiful 2023 Oregon photo wall calendar, with photos by lifelong Oregonian, Rick Schaefer*
Our monthly eNewsletter featuring interesting, timely information about Oregon’s parks and forests
Invitation to “members only” webinars
Annual Subscription to 1859, Oregon’s Magazine *
10 % Discount in Oregon Parks Forever online store
The option to be recognized as a Park Adventurer on the acknowledgement page on the OPF website*

*You always have the option to decline to receive the NW Forest pass, calendar, and 1859 subscription to allow 100% of your donation to go to support our work. These thank you gifts are not tax deductible.

DIRECTORS CIRCLE ($500 -$999 )

You will become part of a growing community that is helping to enhance, preserve, and protect special places and experiences in parks and forests throughout Oregon; in addition, you will have the following benefits:

A Northwest Forest Pass, good in all US Forest Service managed properties in Oregon & Washington (Value $30) *
A beautiful 2023 Oregon photo wall calendar, with photos by lifelong Oregonian, Rick Schaefer*
Our monthly eNewsletter featuring interesting, timely information about Oregon’s parks and forests
Invitation to “members only” webinars
Annual Subscription to 1859, Oregon’s Magazine *
10 % Discount in Oregon Parks Forever online store
The option to be recognized in the Directors Circle on the acknowledgement page on the OPF website*

*You always have the option to decline to receive the NW Forest pass, calendar, and 1859 subscription to allow 100% of your donation to go to support our work. These thank you gifts are not tax deductible.

FOUNDERS CIRCLE ($1,000 and Up )

A Northwest Forest Pass, good in all US Forest Service managed properties in Oregon & Washington (Value $30)*
Invitations to special park events with OPF Directors
A beautiful 2023 Oregon photo wall calendar, with photos by lifelong Oregonian, Rick Schaefer*
Annual Subscription to 1859, Oregon’s Magazine *
Our Monthly eNewsletter featuring interesting, timely information about Oregon’s parks and forests
Invitation to members’ only webinars
10% Discount in Oregon Parks Forever online store
The option to have your name included as a Founder’s Circle Member on OPF’s acknowledgement page on website
Invitations to special events
*You always have the option to decline to receive the NW Forest pass, calendar, and 1859 subscription to allow 100% of your donation to go to support our work. These thank you gifts are not tax deductible

Tax Information

Oregon Parks Forever is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that relies on support through memberships and private contributions which are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by the law. Our Federal Tax ID: 93-1177836.

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