Protect our planet with your donor-advised fund.
Defending the environment takes hard work, but making a gift to EDF through your donor-advised fund (DAF) is simple.
With the click of a button, a grant from your DAF will protect views like this one, fund the latest scientific research, and power urgent advocacy to preserve our natural resources for the next generation.
Make your gift!
For quick and easy giving from your DAF, use our secure encrypted portal:
How do I give to EDF through a donor-advised fund?
Make your grant online.
Use our quick and secure DAF portal to grant to EDF right now.
Contact your DAF sponsor.
Reach out to your DAF sponsor to recommend a grant of any amount to EDF.
Recommend a grant
To recommend a grant to EDF, be sure your DAF provider has the following information:
Mailing Address
Environmental Defense Fund
Attn: Gift Processing
257 Park Avenue South
New York, NY 10010
Questions? Email Us: members@edf.org
Federal Tax ID Number (EIN):
11-6107128
Please provide your name and address on the distribution so we can thank you for your generosity and send you updates on your impact!
DAF beneficiary naming
You can also make EDF part of your long-term giving by naming us as a partial or full beneficiary of your donor-advised fund. Contact your fund administrator for the appropriate beneficiary designation form.
Don’t have a DAF yet?
Donor-advised funds are one of the fastest growing philanthropic tools in the United States. Join donors around the country who use them as a convenient way to get the most favorable tax benefits and manage their charitable giving.
It’s easy to set up a DAF through a community foundation or your financial institution. Once your account is funded, you can direct grants to the organizations and causes you care most about… like saving our planet.
FAQs
Recommend a grant to EDF by simply clicking here.
Or, contact your DAF sponsor. Ask them to direct your distribution to EDF (EIN # 11-6107128) and mail it to:
Environmental Defense Fund
Attn: Gift Processing
257 Park Avenue South
New York, NY 10010
A donor-advised fund, or DAF, is a charitable account that lets you put money aside for giving and then make grants to nonprofits over time.
You can set up a DAF with a sponsoring organization like a financial institution or community foundation. Once you contribute money to your DAF, you can then support nonprofits — like EDF — when, and how, you choose.
DAFs are one of the fastest-growing ways donors support nonprofits, because they’re easy to set up, provide tax benefits, and make charitable giving more efficient and effective for the organizations you care about most. Giving through a DAF helps you plan thoughtfully — while helping EDF act quickly to protect our planet.
Ask a trusted financial advisor to explain how setting up a DAF would have particular benefits for you, given your financial situation and estate plan!
Giving through a donor-advised fund is a simple, flexible way to support EDF’s work to build innovative solutions to the world’s largest environmental challenges.
A DAF enables you to make grants to EDF when it matters most, so we can respond quickly to urgent challenges, seize policy opportunities, and scale proven solutions. DAFs also enable the rapid, tax-efficient transfers of appreciated assets, reducing the administrative burden on nonprofits like EDF so we can focus on using your dollars where they can make the most impact.
Yes, you already received a tax deduction when you funded your DAF. Please refer to the IRS or a trusted tax advisor for more information about the tax benefits of a donor-advised fund.
Yes! Reach out to us any time at 800-684-3322 or members@edf.org, and a member of our team would be happy to chat. We’re here to support you to make the most of your charitable giving!
We’re here to help with your DAF journey.
Reach out to us any time at 800-684-3322 or members@edf.org, and a member of our team would be happy to chat. We’re here to support you in making a gift to EDF from your donor-advised fund or to answer any questions.