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Together we can conserve and protect plant biodiversity
Big Give Is Almost Here
Join us on March 12 and your gift will be doubled!
The Garden needs your support, now more than ever! The Garden’s conservation mission is crucial to safeguarding plant biodiversity, both locally and globally. The Garden’s conservation work takes many forms, including seed banking, growing, protecting, and preserving endangered species, and serving as a plant rescue resource for rare plants illegally taken from unprotected habitats.
Double Your Gift: Thanks to the incredible generosity of your fellow supporters, Jeannie Simpson, Vanessa and Jesse Crews, Jim and Linda Landau, and Susan Van Dyne and Marilyn Schuster, every dollar given to Big Give will be matched dollar-for-dollar up to $50,000!
Boost Our Standing: During Big Give, we aren’t just counting dollars; we’re counting total donors. Gifts of any size help the Garden climb the leaderboards, helping us win additional prize money and unlock bonus gifts from the University.
What is Big Give?
Big Give is UC Berkeley’s annual 24-hour online giving event bringing the Cal community together to support campus programs and priorities.
Look for the Garden’s email on March 11, 9:00 pm when the giving portal goes live and join us on social media @ucbgarden to easily share our messages or post your own in support of Big Give fundraising for the Garden.
We simply can’t do this important work without you! Thank you!
Not around on Big Give? You can still give to the Garden today:
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Your gifts, both small and large, are impactful and help the Garden sustain our mission of conservation, supporting research, preserving one of the most diverse plant collections in the world, and welcoming people of all ages into the embrace of nature. Together we are actively shaping a better future for generations to come!
How To Give
There are many ways you can make a meaningful gift to the Garden, from gifts of stock to charitable contributions from your IRA. Please see the giving options below and reach out to Director of Development Mary Canales at (510) 643-2937, if you have any questions or need assistance. Please note that the UC Botanical Garden is a unit of the University of California, operating under the tax ID of the UC Berkeley Foundation: 94-6090626.
Recurring gifts create a reliable source of funding, enabling us to better plan for the support and care of our collections. To sign up for a recurring gift, please visit the UC Berkeley Foundation’s giving webpage for the Botanical Garden here. Begin to make your gift in the form provided then select “Recurring.” From there, you can select frequency (monthly, quarterly, annually) and duration (until I cancel or until a specific date).
The Garden is unable to keep credit cards on file so we appreciate donors using UC Berkeley Foundation’s system. Thank you!
The Garden is grateful for its donors who make matching gifts and/or payroll deductions. To learn if your employer matches, please visit give.berkeley.edu/faqand scroll to the bottom of the page under Employer Matching Gift Search.
You may also contact your employer’s HR department.
We welcome gifts from Donor Advised Funds (DAFs). Please visit your DAF’s website to submit your gift recommendation. If you see a selection of UC Berkeley options listed on your DAF’s site:
- Search for “UC Berkeley Foundation” or by the EIN 94-6090626.
- If you see multiple options for UC Berkeley Foundation, you may select the UC Botanical Garden. If you don’t see an option for the Garden, don’t worry. Your gift will be directed as you instruct in the text field provided on your DAF’s grant recommendation form.
Here is some additional key information you’ll need to provide:
- The amount of your gift
- The name of the unit (UC Botanical Garden) and fund (e.g. Annual Fund)
- Checks must be made payable to the UC Berkeley Foundation and mailed to the address below:
UC Berkeley Foundation-Gift Services
1995 University Avenue, Suite 400
Berkeley, CA 94704-1070
The tax identification number for the UC Berkeley Foundation is 94-6090626.
If you have any questions, you or your DAF can contact UC Berkeley Gift Services at 510-643-9789 or gifthelp@berkeley.edu. Please email the Director of Development about your gift so they can confirm its arrival: marycanales@berkeley.edu
Gifts of stock or gifts from your IRA are an easy way to give to the Garden while realizing significant tax benefits.
Our primary and preferred brokerage account is with Morgan Stanley, and is appropriate for most gifts of securities. All transfers of mutual funds must be sent to our Morgan Stanley account. If you intend on transferring mutual funds, always contact us at 510.642.6791 immediately as certain steps must be taken before the transfer is initiated. Download Morgan Stanley securities transfer form.The UC Berkeley Foundation also has a brokerage account with Charles Schwabprimarily for our donors who have Schwab accounts. Download Charles Schwab securities transfer form.
When you have filled out a transfer form, please (1) provide a copy to your broker and (2) email a copy to us at givesecurities@berkeley.edu. We cannot sell securities without first identifying the donor. The form includes designation information, please write in “UC Botanical Garden.”
If you have questions, please call 510.642.6791 or email givesecurities@berkeley.edu.
The UC Berkeley Foundation can accept gifts of digital currency, and utilizes Engiven as our primary broker to help facilitate and liquidate the assets. Engiven works with nonprofits and institutes of higher education, and can accept over 90 types of digital currencies.
Go to our UC Berkeley page on Engiven, choose your area of support, and enter your name and contact information. Use the “memo” field to provide further information and/or the name of the campus unit or fundraiser you may be working with. You’ll be provided with a wallet address to which you can transfer your asset.
If your asset is not among those that Engiven can accept, please email givesecurities@berkeley.edu with your gift details, and we’ll determine if our other crypto brokers can accept the asset for transfer and sale.
For purposes of recording, we value each donation based on the mean market value of the digital currency type on the day the asset was received in our account. Net proceeds of the sale, minus fees and the campus philanthropic allocation, are allocated to the fund you select. You’ll receive an acknowledgement letter along with IRS Form 8283 (as the IRS considers gifts of digital currency to be property).
Please send an email with collection information to Director of Development Mary Canales at marycanales@berkeley.edu
Canada
Canadian donors can give in the same manner as donors in the United States; gifts are tax-deductible as prescribed by law. The University of California, Berkeley is recognized as a tax-exempt organization by Revenue Canada (Tax ID 154146). If you intend to donate securities from a Canadian broker or exchange, please first contact our Securities team at givesecurities@berkeley.edu.
Hong Kong
Hong Kong taxpayers may make donations in Hong Kong dollars or U.S. dollars via the University of California Foundation Limited in Hong Kong. Contributions will be tax deductible as provided for under Section 88 of the Hong Kong Inland Revenue Ordinance. The University of California Foundation Limited will receive your donation and forward it to UC Berkeley. Remittance information for Hong Kong taxpayers.
United Kingdom
Donors making a gift from the United Kingdom are classified as either a U.K. Taxpayer or a Dual Status (U.S. & U.K.) Taxpayer. Donations must be made in pounds sterling and given to UC Berkeley via the University of California Trust (U.K.) in London (registered British Charity No. 1075405).
- You can make a one-off, monthly or recurring gift of up to £2,000 / $3,200 via the University of California Trust’s online donation form.
- You can make a one-off, monthly or recurring gift of over £2,000 / $3,200 donors must submit a donor inquiry form notifying us of the gift and where it should be designated; you will then be sent further instructions.
- If you wish to leave a legacy or bequest to the University please utilize the donor inquiry form.
For more information or to make a donation from the U.K. please contact the University of California Trust at the following email address info@californiahouse.org.uk or phone +44 (0) 20 7269 5906.
Other European Countries
For donors in Continental Europe, the most efficient way to give to UC is through the Transnational Giving Europe affiliate in your country of residence. If you are planning to make a donation, have any questions or require assistance, please submit the donor inquiry form and the University of California Trust (UK) will connect you with a colleague at the TGE affiliate in your country of residence. You can also contact the University of California Trust directly via email at info@californiahouse.org.uk, or via phone at +44 (0) 20 7269 5906.
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