Support Our Work

It’s easy to make a gift to Shelburne Farms through your Donor Advised Fund. A donor-advised fund (DAF) is a type of giving vehicle administered by a third party that allows you to combine the most favorable tax benefits with the flexibility to easily support your favorite charities. An increasingly popular charitable vehicle, DAFs are an excellent way to both simplify your charitable giving and facilitate your strategic philanthropic goals.

Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCDs), also known as IRA Charitable Rollovers, are an easy and savvy way for individuals age 70½ or older to use their IRAs to maximize their charitable impact.  When you make a QCD from your IRA, you can support your favorite charity without paying income taxes on the contributed funds. This is a tax-wise way to give to Shelburne Farms, supporting our mission to inspire and cultivate learning for a sustainable future.

Donating appreciated stocks, mutual funds or bonds to charity is an efficient way to contribute that can provide you with significant tax benefits. You can make a gift of appreciated securities to Shelburne Farms while avoiding capital gains tax. 

Gifts of appreciated securities can help Shelburne Farm care for our historic working farm campus, share it with the community, and to deliver transformative programs for educators around the globe.

For instructions on how to send your donation directly from your bank or investment account via a Wire Transfer, or for instructions on how to make a gift of Cryptocurrency, please contact our development office at 802-985-0468 or email Katya Luchanskaya, Director of Development Operations, at kluchanskaya@shelburnefarms.org.

In addition to your own support, you can share the magic of Shelburne Farms by giving someone special a membership, valid for a full year of memories. We’ll send them a letter (with membership cards) telling them of your thoughtful gift, or we can send it to you to give it to them directly. 

We welcome you to make a gift in memory of a loved one, or to honor a living person on a special occasion such as a special birthday, wedding, or holiday. We’ll send notification to the recipient or family members telling them of your thoughtful gift.

Brighten a child’s life and inspire young people to shape a just and healthy world. For birthdays, holidays, or any occasion, consider giving the Gift of Joy & Learning — a special contribution to support the Children’s Farmyard and our programs that educate for a sustainable future. Make a contribution and you’ll receive a beautiful gift card that you may personalize and send to your friend or loved one.

Some people work for companies, such as Google, IBM, Ben & Jerry’s, and Keurig Green Mountain, that match employee charitable contributions. If your employer has a matching gift program, please submit the appropriate form to them when you make your gift to Shelburne Farms. If you make your gift online, please email your form to advancement@shelburnefarms.org. Questions? Call us at 802-985-0468.