Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation: Why donate?

Why donate to INHF?

This page was last updated December 2009.

Some of our members' favorite reasons

Your gift will help establish and expand public parks, trails and wildlife areas — as many as 20 new places in Iowa each year where you and others can enjoy nature. Your gift produces "benefits you can walk on!"
You also help improve water quality, restore wildlife habitat, preserve natural scenic beauty, educate Iowa's future conservation leaders, and promote better policies and funding for Iowa conservation. All with one simple membership gift that makes you part of everything we do.

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All your money stays in Iowa to protect our land, our home.
Your gift is used efficiently and effectively. And it's tax-deductible. At least 95 cents of every dollar is used for projects and services. Only about 5 percent goes to fundraising and support.
Our work depends on gifts from individuals, families, businesses and foundations. We receive very little direct government support, though we often partner with government agencies to accomplish our goals.
You can choose to receive our quarterly magazine and our exclusive Iowa nature calendar as tokens of our appreciation.
INHF does not sell or give away your personal information.
You'll feel incredibly good, knowing you are protecting and restoring Iowa's land, water and wildlife with your gift to the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation.

This is a "can do" organization with outstanding accomplishments year after year. Read a recent annual report to review our balance sheet and learn more details about our work with landowners and other partners.

Together, we make Iowa better — today and "for those who follow."

Donate now.

Want to know more?

Download our 2009-2013 Strategic Plan to read about current priorities.

Every project we do represents stories of Iowa's land and people. See a slideshow with some of the places and faces that define our work.

Find a place we've protected near you. Since our founding in 1979, we have worked with landowners and other partners to protect more than 108,000 acres of Iowa's natural resources and create half of Iowa's premier trails.

Learn about current INHF projects in need of funding.

For more information, e-mail Cathy Engstrom at INHF or call 515- 288-1846.