Support Our Work
Columbia Insight delivers original, balanced environmental reporting that is accessible to everyone.
Tens of thousands of people read our stories on news sites that regularly repost them. We allow those stories to be republished at no cost to raise environmental awareness across the Pacific Northwest.
Your generous support will help us continue investigating, writing, and sharing the news people need to know.
As a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, all donations to Columbia Insight are tax deductible to the full extent of the law. Our nonprofit federal tax-exempt number is 82-4504894.
More Ways to Donate
Donate By Mail
Click the button below to print out our donation form.
Please mail the completed form, along with your check, to:
Columbia Insight
PO Box 1021
Hood River, OR 97031
Events and Stories
We welcome your sponsorship of stories or events. Perhaps you want to sponsor an environmental story that inspires you. Or you’d like to host an event at your home or share your talent at a benefit.
We’d love to discuss sponsoring a story or event with you.
Planned Giving
Qualified Charitable Donations
If you are 70 ½ or older, you can donate funds each tax year directly from your Individual Retirement Account to qualified nonprofits like Columbia Insight.
Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCD), also known as IRA Gifts or IRS Charitable rollovers, are a great way to support our work and allow your money to go farther. QCDs may be excluded from your taxable income and qualify towards your required minimum distribution. Be sure to contact your financial advisor for current tax rules and advice.
How to make a gift to Columbia Insight:
- Contact your advisor or plan administrator to make your request to donate funds to Columbia Insight.
- Provide our Organizational Name: Columbia Insight and our Federal Tax ID 82-4504894.
Your funds will be directly transferred to our organization to help continue our work.
- Help us credit your gift, honor your intent and thank you by including your full name and mailing address with the gift.
- Have your administrator note that the transfer is an IRA QCD or Stock Transfer.
Please contact us to let us know if you have any questions.
Stock Donations
We accept gifts of appreciated securities such as publicly traded stock, bonds, or mutual funds that you owned for more than a year. Giving appreciated stock to Columbia Insight is a relatively simple process with some advantages over giving cash. Your gift avoids capital gains tax, and you gain a charitable deduction.
Click below for information about donating stock.
Legacy Giving
Designating Columbia Insight as a beneficiary in your will or living trust lets you provide a lasting commitment to our mission. We’ve provided brief suggestions on language for bequests below, or you can email us and we will be glad to discuss further.
