Vermont Housing and Conservation Board has pledged $35,000 if we can raise $20,000. For every $10 you give, they’ll give another $17.50. For every $100, they'll give another $175. Help us unlock their support with a gift today.
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Over nearly three decades, we have worked with people on nearly every river in the state to protect and restore the places where rivers are most likely to meander and overflow during floods.
A monthly pledge is an easy way to know you’re supporting rivers year-round, and helps us make the most of every dollar you donate.
Plus! Now through January 25, start a monthly pledge of any amount and we’ll enter you to win a Presidents’ Day Weekend getaway at Nulhegan Hut, a cozy cabin in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom.
Help improve the safety and visitor experience at nearly 50 favorite Vermont river access sites. Your gift will be used for a range of projects statewide – from providing signs to share critical safety and visitor information at swimming holes and boat launch sites, to engaging volunteers to keep trails and parking areas trash-free, to supporting communications efforts to help people understand the risks of recreating in and around rivers.
Ultimately, your gift helps people of all ages and backgrounds to safely enjoy refreshing swimming holes, quiet paddles, and shady riverside strolls.
Donations may also be made by mail: Vermont River Conservancy, 29 Main Street Unit 11, Montpelier, VT 05602. Please indicate “River Access Safety & Improvement Fund” in the memo line.
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A gift “in memory of” or “in honor of” a friend or family member who loves rivers is a meaningful way to honor a life well-lived.
Celebrate a birthday, graduation, retirement, or milestone, or give in memory of a loved one. You’ll have the option to share a personal message with them (or their next of kin) to let them know you’ve celebrated their love of rivers with a gift to Vermont River Conservancy.
A lifelong friend of rivers, Canute Dalmasse passed away in 2008. He was a Vermont public servant for 36 years, including positions as Commissioner of Environmental Conservation and Deputy Secretary of the Agency of Natural Resources. He had a special love for Vermont’s rivers, a passion his family and friends carry forward with annual contributions in his honor. For nearly 15 years now, the Canute Dalmasse Legacy Fund has helped catalyze some of Vermont River Conservancy’s most innovative conservation efforts across the state.
Donating stock is a convenient way to make a difference for Vermont’s rivers and gain tax benefits. To make the stock donation process easy, here are the details you can provide to your broker:
Charles Schwab Account Number: 8176-4193
Depository Trust Company (DTC Number): 0164, code 40
Employer Identification Number (EIN): 03-0347147
If you donate stock, please email our development director at with your name, contact info, approximate transfer date, type of stock, and number of shares. This will help us process and acknowledge your gift.
A bequest is one of the most common types of planned gifts. When you create or update your will, you can direct a specific asset (like your home or car), a total dollar amount, or a percentage of your assets to be given to Vermont River Conservancy. To make this process easy, here’s the information to provide to your lawyer:
Vermont River Conservancy
29 Main Street, Unit 11
Montpelier, VT 05602
Employer Identification Number (EIN): 03-0347147
If you include Vermont River Conservancy in your will, please email our development and operations director, Kassia Randzio, at so we can acknowledge your lasting commitment to Vermont’s rivers.
Want to reduce your taxable income for the year? Anyone 70 ½ or older can support Vermont’s rivers via a tax-free charitable individual retirement account (IRA) rollover. This counts toward your annual minimum distribution.
For example, if you’re not needing income from your IRA, you might choose to gift a portion of your required minimum distribution up to $100,000, and thus reduce your tax liability for the year. Unlike usual IRA distributions, IRA donations directly to Vermont River Conservancy are not taxed. Consult a tax advisor to discuss specific tax benefits.
To make this process easy, here’s the information to provide to your financial advisor:
Vermont River Conservancy
29 Main Street, Unit 11
Montpelier, VT 05602
Employer Identification Number (EIN): 03-0347147
Life insurance plans and most retirement plans like an Individual Retirement Account (IRA), 401(k), or a 403(b) can have a substantial impact on your taxes, or on your heirs. By naming Vermont River Conservancy as a beneficiary of your retirement plans or life insurance policy, you can help save future taxes for your heirs while making a significant difference for Vermont’s rivers. Consult a tax advisor to discuss specific tax benefits.
Here’s the information you’ll need to list Vermont River Conservancy as a beneficiary:
Vermont River Conservancy
29 Main Street, Unit 11
Montpelier, VT 05602
Employer Identification Number (EIN): 03-0347147
If you name Vermont River Conservancy as a beneficiary, please email our development and operations director, Kassia Randzio, at so we can acknowledge your lasting commitment to Vermont’s rivers.
We rely on the financial support of individuals, businesses, and grants. Every dollar you donate helps support our work to protect miles of waterways and acres of land — from mountain streams and free-flowing rivers, to rural swimming holes and urban oases.
All donors share in the satisfaction of protecting special lands, and are part of our community of people who protect the places they love. Every gift, regardless of size, makes a difference for Vermont’s rivers.
