Our Northwoods home is changing. Help us help the Northwoods and its people change for the better. Our vision is that through nature education and service to our forests and waters, we will bring about ever improving appreciation and conservation of this wonderful place we all cherish.

Planned gifts can take many forms -most often, cash or securities given by will or trust. However, planned gifts can also take a vast number of other forms including life insurance, personal property, real estate, retirement plans, charitable remainder trust and charitable lead trust.

You can direct that your planned gift be used for any purpose within the mission of the NLDC. While a planned gift can always be directed to supporting our general operations, many generous donors prefer to direct their gift to a specified purpose meaningful to them. The donor may direct that their donation be used for:

• nature education in local schools or via our Traveling Naturalist program
• citizen science including our lakes monitoring program
• bringing inner city youth to the Discovery Center for our Residential Programs
• invasive species prevention, shoreline restoration and community outreach from our Woods and Water program
• trail building and maintenance and other campus improvements
• support of our Personal Development Program, our annual intern program teaching and training Wisconsin's future conservationists
• many other purposes within the NLDC mission

The North Lakeland Discovery Center is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation, so your contribution to our center is fully tax deductible as allowed by relevant law.

We ensure that your gift, whether outright or through a bequest or life-income fund or any other mode of gifting, is dedicated to the specific work that matters most to you. You can name the Discovery Center a beneficiary of your will, IRA, retirement plan or life insurance policy.

You can use your planned gift to create a named endowment fund through our Discovery Center Endowment Program - establishing a lasting legacy of ongoing support for a specific purpose within our mission.

While some planned gifts can be simple to structure, others can be complicated. We recommend you consult your legal or financial advisor. We at the Discovery Center are delighted to work with you to explore options most attractive to you, but we cannot provide legal or financial advice.

If you are interested in discussing a planned gift, please contact Executive Director Don Anderson at   (715)543-2085   or   don@discoverycenter.net.