Become a Sustaining Member
Becoming a Sustaining Member is the best way to enhance and preserve special places and experiences in Oregon’s parks now and for future generations. By supporting Oregon Parks Forever with an ongoing monthly or quarterly gift:
- Your membership remains current, automatically renewing each year,
- Recurring gifts are efficient and paperless (no renewals sent in the mail),
- Your recurring gift provides a reliable, steady stream of funds and,
- We spend less on fundraising efforts.
Thank you in advance for considering to be part of a community who supports environmental education, accessibility, and healthy activities in parks throughout Oregon.
Details
- Recurring gifts can be set up with a credit or debit card.
- Changes to your recurring gift can be made at any time by contacting Director of Membership & Communications Maegan Jossy at 503-966-1163 or maegan@orparksforever.org.
Thank you Gifts
As a thank you, if your recurring gift contribution totals $75 or more each year, you will receive an annual subscription to 1859 Oregon’s Magazine. Please note 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 on the last payment screen.
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act allows all taxpayers who do not currently itemize their deductions, to claim a credit up to $300 in total charitable donations in 2020 from their taxable income. Read more.
If you would prefer to make a one-time gift, please click here.
As a member of Oregon Parks Forever (previously Oregon State Parks Foundation), 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
$75 Park Manager includes an annual subscription to 1859 Magazine (valued at $18.59).
$125 – $249 Park Explorer also includes special event invitations.
$250 – $499 Park Adventurer also includes special event invitations.
$500 – $999 Director’s Circle also includes special event invitations.
$1,000 – $4,999 Founder’s Circle also includes invitations to Founders’ Circle events.
$5,000+ Park Benefactor also includes invitations to connect with park leaders as well as other supporters of Oregon Parks Forever.
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.
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act allows all taxpayers who do not currently itemize their deductions, to claim a credit up to $300 in total charitable donations in 2020 from their taxable income. Read more.