Community Support is Vital to Our Success
as a Leader in Sustainable Agriculture
With each farm we create and each pound of compost we spread, we are doing something about the food and farm crisis in America. To do this work the Intervale Center relies on financial contributions from individuals, foundations, businesses and other organizations. Donate now. There are four ways to provide financial assistance:
Operating Support
The Intervale Center operates several programs and enterprises that are supported in part by sales of products and services. But, to varying degrees, most programs rely on supplemental revenue from contributions and grants.
For example:
The Farms Program subsidizes 20% of the cost of land and equipment for incubator farms.
Healthy City youth farm staff plan and supervise twenty teenagers who are learning farming and marketing skills, work habits, daily exercise and other activities that build life skills and supplement their daily routines. Additionally, the crew works with community and school volunteers to glean otherwise discarded vegetables in good condition from farm fields and distribute them to food distribution agencies in Burlington.
The Intervale Conservation Nursery is building its inventory of native trees and shrubs and conducts public education around restoring riparian (stream bank) cover in order to protect soil and water quality.
Additionally, we steward the trails and lands of the Intervale, hold public events and activities in the restored Community Barn, and provide information about how the public can enjoy this wild and productive corner of Burlington.
Traditionally we seek support from our community through an annual campaign after the fall harvest. This is a very important aspect of our budget because it provides funds that can be used to match grant funds, and because it indicates our community's broad support for our mission and our work.
You can make a donation to the Intervale on-line or by sending it to The Intervale Center, 180 Intervale Rd., Burlington, VT 05401. If you’d like more information about specific operating needs, please contact Bill Mitchell, Development Director at 660 0440, ext. 113.
Planned Giving
A former Intervale Center board member established a charitable remainder trust (CRT) in the 1990’s and designated the Intervale Center as the beneficiary. A CRT is a type of planned gift that can be structured as a win-win for the donor and a non-profit organization. In addition to receiving a tax deduction, the donor receives an annual income payment for life, with the remainder of the gift going to the organization at the end of the donor’s life.
The Intervale Center has also partnered with the Vermont Community Foundation in establishing an endowment fund managed by the VCF. Through our partnership with the VCF, the Intervale Center can now offer CRTs and charitable gift annuities (CGAs) to our community of supporters. CGAs are similar to CRTs but simpler and typically for smaller amounts.
Another approach to planned giving is to include a bequest to the Intervale Center in your will or estate plan. To make a lasting contribution to maintaining this special place and to the future viability of agriculture and local food production, please consider making a bequest or planned gift.
Creative Giving
We would be pleased to accept a donation in acknowledgement of an anniversary or important occasion on behalf of your friend or family. We will send an acknowledgement of your gift.