Support Our Work

Donate by Mail: Columbia Insight, PO Box 1021, Hood River, OR 97031
(You can use our printable donation form to include with your check) 

 

Columbia Insight was founded in 2015 to fill the gap left as newspapers closed and environmental news disappeared.

 

We appreciate the generous support of readers like you. While 100% of our journalism is community funded, almost 80% of our operating revenue comes from individual donations.

 

To join as another one of our dedicated supporters, we offer a variety of ways to make an impact.

Please email us at info@columbiainsight.org for details on stock donations, sponsorships, and more.

 

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Here are other ways you can support our non-profit environmental news.

 

Sponsorships

 

Stories  

We welcome your sponsorship of stories. Foundations have supported stories like “Should Dams Be Used as Giant Batteries?” (produced with support from the Collins Foundation), while the Gorge Rebuild-It Center sponsored “Why Are We Still Mis-Managing Beavers?”  Of course, please know that while we accept gifts, grants and sponsorships from individuals and organizations for the general support of our activities, our news judgments are made independently and not on the basis of donor support.

 

Events

Events raise awareness and funds to help advance our mission.  To support us, you can:

  • Host an event at your home or business (See our Lava Nursery Event as an example: https://youtu.be/kYdB12hNvGk)
  • Share your talent – are you a musician or performing artist who would be willing to perform as a benefit for Columbia Insight?
  • Sponsor our upcoming events and receive promotional recognition and free tickets

Upcoming Events

      • You can purchase a ticket to attend
      • Donate a package to the auction
      • Sponsor our event and receive marketing benefits & tickets
      • Make a donation

To discuss sponsoring a story or event, please reach out to us at info@columbiainsight.org

 

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. This guide will provide you with the information you need.

 

Qualified Charitable Donations

If you are 70 ½ or older, you can donate up to $100,000 per 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.

 

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.

  1. Please help us credit your gift, honor your intent and thank you by including your full name and mailing address with the gift.
  2. Please have your administrator note that the transfer is an IR QCD or Stock Transfer

Please contact us to let us know if you have any questions. You can email us at info@columbiainsight.org .

 

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 here, or you can email us and we will be glad to discuss further.