“As someone who grew up in Yaak as a child and still calls it home decades later, it was very important to me and my family to do a little bit to give back to our community and help the members of the Yaak Valley Forest Council. These friends and neighbors of ours work passionately and tirelessly to protect what is, to my family, the most special place on earth.”
– Rachel Coon of the Yaak Valley
The Yaak Valley Forest Council is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Our EIN number is: 81-0517993.
Making a gift through your Donor Advised Fund is an easy and highly effective way to support the Yaak Valley Forest Council. Contributions to your Donor Advised Fund are tax-deductible, and you can recommend grants to us at any time. Simply recommend a grant to the YVFC to your fund advisor or search our EIN number in your portal. Our EIN number is: 81-0517993.
Stock gifts are a powerful way to support the Yaak Valley Forest Council in our mission to protect the wild Yaak. Appreciated assets like stocks and securities are tax deductible and an excellent way to increase the amount of your gift through tax savings.
If you would like to donate appreciated stock to the Yaak Valley Forest Council, you can transfer stocks online through Stock Donator. Simply type in the name and number of stocks you would like to donate, then under “Organization,” please scroll down to the bottom of the list and select “Yaak Valley Forest Council.”
If you would prefer to make a donation through your broker, you can do so by filling out this form.
If you have any questions about donating stock please contact erin@yaakvalley.org or call us at (406) 295-9736.
Many employers will match charitable donations from their employees, doubling the impact of your gift. If you don’t know if your employer has a matching program, please ask! We will complete all the necessary paperwork to ensure your gift is matched.
The Yaak Valley Forest Council is also registered with Benevity, an online portal used by some employers to match your donation automatically. If your company is one of the 900+ businesses that partner with Benevity to facilitate workplace giving, you may be able to double or even triple your gift. You can find us by searching for Yaak Valley Forest Council in your Benevity account or by our EIN: 81-0517993.
You can also support YVFC by purchasing a collector’s plate with customized text. The YVFC plate features beautiful artwork by Montana’s own Monte Dolack and can be customized with four to six characters (among our favorites: YAAK, HAYDKE, and GRIZZ). Contact us at (406) 295-9736 or email us if you’d like a Yaak plate to display.
If you’re a Montana resident, please keep us in mind when you renew your plates this year. Buying a customized plate financially supports the YVFC mission and helps raise awareness everywhere you go! Please visit the Montana DOJ for more information.
All gifts to the Yaak Valley Forest Council help protect our ancient forests, recover endangered grizzly bears, and restore wild rivers. Together, we can save the wild Yaak.
Questions about how you can support the Yaak Valley Forest Council? Please give us a call at (406) 295-9736 or send us an email.
