Ways to Give
Ways to Give
When you donate, we leverage your support to build the resilience of our entire community to the changing climate.
10 More Ways to Give
1. Make a Recurring Gift
GreenWorks has taken a multi-faceted approach to create a climate-resilient future for Asheville – from planting trees, to preserving native pollinators, to reducing our waste, to cleaning up our rivers and roads, and educating our neighbors on how they can get involved.
The good news is that none of us have to do it alone.
Want to contribute to a greener future for our community?
2. Sponsor a Program or Project
Interested in sponsoring a specific program, project or event?
We are happy to create tailored sponsor benefits based on your marketing, sales, and philanthropic goals.
Asheville GreenWorks has been consistently voted “Best Of” in the annual Mountain Xpress Best of WNC awards as a nonprofit that improves Asheville. As more and more businesses compete for a slice of the market share, we know that we can help you stand out. We’ll help you reach an audience with purchasing power and brand loyalty, especially when it comes to businesses who want to show a commitment to our local environment as part of their brand identity.
We’ve crafted customized partnership and sponsorship opportunities for a variety of brands. Interested in working together? Reach out.
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Sponsorship Interest Form
3. Donate your Time or Talent
We love when folks reach out to share their gifts or passion with us! Got something you’d like to contribute, reach out and let us know.
4. Donate your Boat
We’ve been able to give new life to old pontoon boats, kayaks, and canoes, and we’d love to add your old boat to our family. Your donation is tax-deductible. Reach out and let us know what you have in mind.
5. Host a Fundraiser
You can help make your community more climate resilient by hosting a fundraising event. We’re always so impressed at the creativity of this community – from BBQ nights to spelling bees – people come up with amazing ways to protect their homes.
6. Give Stock & Appreciated Assets
Giving appreciated assets helps donors realize tax and financial benefits of a charitable contribution while still generously supporting our efforts to protect our homes from a changing climate.
7. In-Kind Gift Wish List
We’re always looking for tools and resources to expand how we serve our community.
Please consider donating or selling the following items to Asheville GreenWorks to help us continue our mission of creating a climate-resilient Asheville and Buncombe. We make our tools and resources available to the community to support grassroots projects. All donations are 100% tax deductible and appreciated.
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Our fleet of canoes and kayaks works three seasons of the year supporting our river cleanups.
Seeking: New and used canoes, kayaks, rafts, John boats, paddles, life vests, ropes and dry-bags.
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When you donate hand tools, you help make life easier for our teams of dedicated volunteers.
Seeking: Shovels, rakes, buckets, wheelbarrows, pitch forks, loppers and hand saws.
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From clearing log jams out of the river to building greenways and maintaining community orchards, power tools make big jobs easier for our dedicated volunteers
Seeking: Chainsaws, weed whackers, blowers, pole saws and mowers.
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We haul a good amount of trash, tools, trees, and tires.
If you have a work truck, van, or utility trailer that you would like to donate or sell, please let us know.
Donate Time, Boat, Fundraiser, In-Kind Gift or Stock Form
8. Give Qualified Charitable Distributions/IRA Charitable Rollovers
If you’re over 70 and a half, you can give a tax-free donation directly from your traditional IRA. This is a great option for donors who want to give without relying on cash.
9. Donor Advised Funds
A donor-advised fund works as a specialized investment account. You can deposit tax-deductible funds and assets as charitable donations and enjoy low or no capital gains taxes.
If you’re interested in giving a gift of stock, charitable distributions, or public securities, please contact us and we’ll work with you and your tax or financial advisor to craft a solution that works best for your circumstances.
10. Legacy Giving
By leaving a bequest in your will, your generosity continues to benefit our community for years to come. To add GreenWorks for your will, you can ask your attorney for appropriate language or use the following suggested language:
I [name], of [city, state ZIP], bequeath the sum of $[ ] or [ ] percent of my estate to Asheville GreenWorks, a nonprofit organization with a business address of 2 Sulphur Springs Road, Asheville, NC 28806 and a tax identification number 56-1672870 for its unrestricted use and purpose.