Together we can protect and care for vulnerable ecosystems across eastern Hancock County – landscapes that help store planet-warming carbon, safeguard our fisheries, and defend us against the impacts of floods and storms.
Your support for Frenchman Bay Conservancy will allow us to seize urgent opportunities to conserve land, water, and open space today. There are several ways to make a tax deductible donation to FBC, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
Because of donors like you, we’re able to identify, design, and execute some of our region’s most complex conservation projects — projects that protect forests, wetlands, and shorelines that are critical to the health of our region.
As a membership organization, we rely on your support. Please consider joining our Sustainer’s Circle by making a monthly donation that ensures FBC receives your support throughout the year. If you’re under 50, you’ll be joining our Rising Tide – FBC’s next generation of land trust supporters.
You can pay by credit card or by mail. Gifts can be sent to PO Box 150, Hancock, ME 04640. All new memberships will receive an FBC welcome letter, FBC trail guide, and a full year of FBC printed publications.
One of the most effective tax-smart strategies for achieving maximum charitable impact is donating appreciated securities held more than one-year. This tax-smart giving strategy can generally eliminate the capital gains tax you would otherwise incur if you sold the assets first, and then donated the proceeds.
Additionally, many of Frenchman Bay Conservancy’s donors use Qualified Charitable Donations from their IRAs to meet their Required Minimum Distributions for the year. By withdrawing your RMDs for the year, you avoid the tax penalty of 50% of the amount of your RMD. Donors must be 70.5 or older, give from a traditional IRA, and not give more than $100,000 as a tax-free QCD per year.
To give gifts of stock or inform FBC about a QCD, please email FBC Director of Development, Thomasina DiBiase.
Leave a legacy that protects the land you love in Downeast Maine.
By leaving a gift to Frenchman Bay Conservancy in your will, you ensure that we can continue to carry out our mission — conserving distinctive ecosystems, lands, and water for the benefit of all, from the Union River and Frenchman Bay watersheds east to the Hancock County line. When you make a planned gift, you’ll be a part of our Donnell Pond Society, named after the region that inspired FBC’s founders to start the organization back in 1987.
Donnell Pond Society members help ensure our security so that we can make decisions about our future from a proactive, strategy-led focus instead of reacting to unknown issues or situations that will certainly come our way. If you’re interested, please email FBC Director of Development, Thomasina DiBiase, to request or submit a Legacy Member Profile.
Rebecca Sargent, Esq., CTFAHaving a will and other estate planning documents allows you control, and is a gift to those people or organizations that you want to benefit.
FBC’s land protect efforts focus on areas that are essential to maintaining the ecological, social, and economic health of our region, from the Union River and Frenchman Bay watersheds east to the Hancock County line.
If you think your land may be a good candidate for conservation, you can contact FBC at (207)-422-2328 or email info@frenchmanbay.org. To reach a specific Land Protection team member, please review our staff page for contact information.