Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association is proud to announce that its strong financial health and ongoing accountability and transparency has earned a Four-Star Rating from Charity Navigator. This rating designates NSEA as an official “Give with Confidence” charity, indicating that our organization is using its donations effectively based on Charity Navigator’s criteria. Charity Navigator is America’s largest and most-utilized independent charity evaluator. Since 2001, the organization has been an unbiased and trusted source of information for more than 11 million donors annually.
The above photo is of Rose Anne, a landowner who worked with NSEA to remove a barrier culvert on her property in 2016. She had never seen a salmon in the 30+ years she lived along this tributary of Goodwin Creek.
Coho returned almost immediately after project completion. In November 2018, Rose Anne reported seeing nine coho in one hour. November 2019, she heard them return just as she was settling for the night. The next morning, she counted 77 in the time she was watching.
Rose Anne doesn’t count the salmon anymore. Now she sits on her deck and listens to the eagles chortle in the tree tops, their bellies full of salmon.
Become a monthly donor
Why make monthly gifts?
It's sustained support. Recurring gifts help us plan for the future and increases the scale of the work it takes to help recover salmon.
Peer to peer fundraiser
Peer-to-peer fundraising is when individuals organize personal campaigns to collect donations from their peers. These fundraisers can include asking for donations via crowdfunding, throwing occasion-specific fundraisers (like birthdays fundraisers), and participating in events like team fun runs. Send Amy your idea and we will help you make it a reality. ajohnson@n-sea.org
IRA Rollover
Make a stock donation
If you are 70 1/2 or older, you are eligible to make a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) or “rollover gift”. To learn more, contact your financial advisor.
By donating stock that has appreciated for more than a year, you get a larger tax deduction
than if you sold the stock and then made a cash donation. Please contact Amy Johnson ajohnson@n-sea.org
The benefits of donating stock to charity
Avoid capital gains tax
Gifting stock avoids federal capital gains tax and most donors can also claim an income tax deduction for the stock's full market value (state & local income tax deductions may also be available in some areas).
Make a bigger impact
When you give appreciated stocks directly to charity, your gift can be up to 20% larger because you avoid the taxes you’d incur from selling and donating the cash. This means more money going to the work that you support.
Make an everlasting gift with NSEA
There are many ways to make your gift everlasting. You can contribute to one of NSEA’s endowment funds. Pick the fund that aligns with your philanthropic goals and your gift will grow with the market.
You can make a bequest gift through NSEA’s planned giving program. Meet with us to share your dreams. We will walk you through the options and ensure that the future NSEA knows what to do to create your legacy. Please contact Amy Johnson ajohnson@n-sea.org to learn more.