You can support CEI via PayPal or Venmo. If you prefer to make a contribution by check, please make the check payable to the Community Ecology Institute and mail it to 8000 Harriet Tubman Lane, Columbia, MD 21044. We are happy to work with you if you would like to make a gift through a different pathway.
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Essential Operating SupportYour tax-deductible donation helps equip the Community Ecology Institute with the resources we need to flourish as an innovative and inspiring community asset. Your contributions matter deeply, watering the roots of all we do and helping our literal and figurative gardens grow. We are especially grateful for sustaining donors, whose reoccurring gifts help us:
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Green Farmacy Garden careIn late 2022, CEI was honored to become the new owner of the Green Farmacy Garden (GFG), a unique teaching garden and plant and seed sanctuary. The stewardship of this land for both social and ecological benefits requires $100,000 per year, at a maintenance level, which includes continuing the work of the current gardeners who are knowledgeable about the property and its specialized needs. Your support will help us steward the garden spaces, manage storm water for ecological benefit, enhance native biodiversity, and welcome community members for educational experiences including garden tours, volunteer opportunities, herbal medicine making and foraging workshops, children's days, and more.
Monthly donations of any size are especially helpful as we seek to sustain a steady operating budget. 
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Tax-Wise Giving: Donating Stock
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Are you interested in making a charitable gift that may yield double tax benefits and additional savings? When you make a gift of stock to CEI, by eliminating the capital gains tax that would be due upon selling the stock, you receive tangible tax-savings and benefits while supporting our mission. A gift of stock may be right for you if:
* You are holding stocks that have risen in value. If your stocks are highly appreciated, you may find yourself with a hefty tax bill when it comes time to sell. By using these securities as a gift, you can avoid the capital gains tax. * You would like to maximize your deduction while not affecting your liquidity. If you decide to make a gift of stock, you not only retain your cash assets, but you also receive a charitable tax deduction for the full fair market value of the stock that you’ve owned for more than one year. |
STEP ONE: DONATE STOCK
Please provide your broker with the following information: Name of Account: The Community Ecology Institute Name of Broker: Fidelity DTC Number: 0226 Account: Z06963821 Tax ID: 81-0954815 STEP TWO: NOTIFY US When your stock or mutual funds are transferred to our account we do not receive information that identifies you as the donor. We wish to ensure all gifts are properly received and acknowledged, so please email [email protected] either before or after donating securities and provide the following information about the gift: Name of the stock Number of shares Your name and address |
State employees and retirees - giving through MCC
State Employees and Retirees, CEI is an approved MCC (Maryland Charity Campaign) Charity. You can view the MCC Giving Guide here. The MCC is a convenient, cost-efficient method to donate through the ease of payroll deduction, electronic check, or credit/debit card! The MCC also:
- Makes a difference: the community-at-large can identify the commitment of State employees and retirees, knowing that they are improving the quality of life for all Marylanders.
- Creates an opportunity: state employees and retirees may contribute to charitable organizations in an orderly and uniform process through one annual campaign.
- Gives you the power: you choose the amount and the charity or charities to receive your gift thus giving you the opportunity to contribute to one that touches your heart.
- Is accountable: all participating charities have been pre-screened to ensure that they are fiscally sound and that they perform the services stated.
- Is tax deductible: you get a record of your payroll deduction every payday.
- Is easy: you choose between giving one time or recurring, by payroll deduction, credit card, debit card, or electronic check.
The Community Ecology Institute is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. All donations are tax deductible. A copy of the current financial statement of the Community Ecology Institute is available by writing 8000 Harriet Tubman Lane, Columbia, MD 21044 or by calling (443) 832-3824. Documents and information submitted under the Maryland Solicitations Act are also available, for the cost of postage and copies, from the Maryland Secretary of State, State House, Annapolis MD 21401, (410) 974-5534.
