The quickest way to show your support of The Garden Club of America is to contribute online. Receipts and acknowledgments will be sent within two business days.
The GCA gladly accepts contributions by check, credit card via phone, or wire transfer. Learn more about contributing by mail and phone.
Stock gifts can be a beneficial choice to some donors, and can be made to the GCA by transfer or postal mail. Follow our instructions for making a gift of stock and kindly notify us so we can identify the source of the transfer.
Your company can tell you if they have a matching program. If they say yes, send your contribution to us by mail along with their matching gift form.
You can choose to give to our annual funds which support immediate needs or restricted funds which are invested for specific purposes. Learn more about fund options.
Ask about Planned Giving options through the GCA's Great Oak Society and learn how to show your support through a bequest, charitable lead trust, and other investments.
When contributing online, you can select the box to honor or remember someone special. By mail, enclose a note with your check, or write on the memo line. If you provide honoree addresses, we are able to notify them of your gift.
A contribution online is the quickest way to show your support of The Garden Club of America. Receipts, acknowledgments, and any necessary follow up will be directed to the contact listed below.
Gifts to the Annual Giving Campaign are available for immediate use.
An Individual Scholarship (indicate which)Gifts to endowment funds are permanently restricted and these gifts are held, invested and reinvested by the GCA in accordance with its standard investment policies and procedures.
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The Garden Club of America accepts donations in the form of stock via electronic transfer or regular mail. Before initiating a stock gift, please notify us by contacting Jennifer Barnette Cohen by phone at 212-753-8292 or by email at contribute@gcamerica.org.
Ask your broker to transfer shares using the GCA's DTC number and notify us by contacting Jennifer Barnette Cohen by phone at 212-753-8292 or by email at contribute@gcamerica.org
Depository Trust Company: VANGUARD
DTC#: 0062
Brokerage Account Name: Garden Club of America
Brokerage Account #: 21265982
Please provide donor name and cost basis.
Make checks payable to: The Garden Club of America
If making a contribution to a particular fund, indicate the fund name on an enclosed note with your check. If no fund is indicated, the GCA will attribute your gift by mail to the GCA General Fund.
Gifts to the Annual Giving Campaign are available for immediate use.
Gifts to endowment funds are permanently restricted and these gifts are held, invested and reinvested by the GCA in accordance with its standard investment policies and procedures. Indicate "endowment" with the name of the fund on your payment if this is your preference.
If making your gift in honor / memory of someone special, please include that information on an enclosed note or the memo line of the check. If you also provide a mailing address, we will send a notification of your gift in their name.
Mail checks to
The Garden Club of America
Attn: Alison Dolack
c/o Jennifer Barnette
575 Main Street #605
New York, NY 10044
By Phone
If you prefer to make a credit card donation over the phone, please call Magdalena Cruz at 212-753-8287.
By Wire Transfer
If you wish to contribute by wire transfer, please contact Jennifer Barnette Cohen by phone at 212-753-8292 or by email at contribute@gcamerica.org.
As our nation's official tree, the oak symbolizes strength, stability and longevity. Under the canopy of an oak tree, Elizabeth Price Martin created the concept of The Garden Club of America.
Over one hundred years later, the oak continues to embody the GCA's purpose and to symbolize the lasting legacy its work makes possible.
Founded in 1913, The Garden Club of America is recognized nationally as a leader in horticulture, conservation, creative arts, historic preservation, and environmental protection.
As you consider your personal legacy, we invite you to join The Great Oak Society.
The Society celebrates and honors those who remember The Garden Club of America in their estate plans or other planned giving.
Ways to become a member:
(Please consult your financial advisors when considering these options.)
Please inform us that you have made arrangements to support the GCA through a bequest or planned gift by contacting Jennifer Barnette Cohen at GCA Headquarters at (212) 753-8292 or contribute@gcamerica.org. It is not necessary to provide the GCA with formal documentation of your plans. Inquiries are confidential and do not obligate you in any way.
This historic campaign ended on December 31st, 2019, and we are incredibly grateful to all who participated in helping the GCA exceed its goals. The Garden Club of America's endowment has received an important boost, and its programs are poised to continue thriving well into the organization's second century. A complete donor list of acknowledgements and campaign accomplishments will be distributed in the spring 2020 issue of the Bulletin.
Ongoing pledge payments and new contributions to all annual giving and endowment funds are welcomed. The quickest way to show your support of the GCA in 2020 is to contribute online.
In so many ways, the GCA is engaged in urgent efforts across the country to promote gardening and to restore and protect the environment. By contributing to The Garden Club of America, you can ensure that the GCA enjoys a second century of distinguished leadership in the gardening and conservation communities.
The Garden Club of America is a registered 501(c)(3) organization.
Tax ID 13-1626773
The critical support of club members across the country enables The Garden Club of America to continue its efforts to restore, improve and protect the environment. And great work requires resources. That's why we are grateful for all donations to the Annual Giving and Endowment Funds.
We are pleased to recognize all those who have made donations throughout the year in the 2018-2019 Stewardship Report , originally distributed in the summer 2019 issue of the Bulletin. It's because of you that the GCA has been able to be a leader for more than 100 years. It's because of you that we will remain a leader in our second century.
Call us at 212-753-8292 or connect by email: contribute@gcamerica.org
Donors will be recognized in the GCA's annual donor acknowledgment report by name (as shown on the contribution form) unless the donor has opted to make an anonymous gift. Changes may be requested by emailing contribute@gcamerica.org.
All information concerning prospective and current donors to The Garden Club of America will be treated in strictest confidence by staff and volunteers.