Every contribution
preserves a piece of something forever.
We all have our reasons for wanting to be responsible stewards of this land. Maybe it makes you feel more alive to mountain bike the perfect single-track of Round Valley or ski through the wide-spaced aspens of Empire Canyon. Maybe you love savoring the forested vistas from your kitchen window in the morning. Maybe you value the chance to let your kids and grandkids play and learn surrounded by nature. Maybe you love cooking with locally farmed produce. And maybe you know that open spaces are a boost to our property values and our tourism economy.
Your donations make it all possible: they allow us to do our conservation work, pay for appraisals and surveys, and draft the complicated legal documents that ensure this land is safe forever.
Our current big initiative:
For The Future Fund
PROTECT THE GREAT SALT LAKE WATERSHED | 36,000 ACRES | 4 COUNTIES ACROSS THE WASATCH BACK
The Summit Land Conservancy is dedicating the next five years of our work toward protecting the mountains and meadows that make up the watershed of the Great Salt Lake. The For the Future Fund is part of the Conservancy’s larger $100 million Utah Headwaters Initiative. Our goal is to leverage donations from individuals with governmental funds to save more land across the Wasatch Back. Every dollar donated to the Conservancy will be devoted to saving our quality of life now and for the future. We are facing a moment of choice.
What will you choose to do?
the mountains are calling.
and it’s up to us to save them.
Giving options:
a way for everyone to make a major impact.
Land conservation means different things to different people—so it’s fitting that there’s a way to give that suits each of us too. There’s a perfect way for you to make a difference, whether you donate monthly, designate a portion of your regular online shopping to come our way, make a large gift of stock, or act as a conservation buyer. Your gifts matter!
become a monthly donor
Monthly donations provide a stable, year-round source of funds for our efforts. And they help you by spreading out your gift over the year.
Online donations are processed securely, send you an email receipt, let you know that a donation is about to be charged to your account, and allow you to adjust your giving at any time. We’ll send you a summary of your annual monthly giving after the end of each year.
bECOME A SUMMIT SOCIETY DONOR
Summit: the highest point of a hill or mountain.
If you give $1,000 or more annually (roughly $84/month), you become a member of our Summit Society.
As a top tier donor, you’ll receive special invitations to receptions, events, and private site visits. You’ll also earn special recognition in our Annual Reports and learn about our big conservation announcements FIRST.
join our legacy society
The Summit Land Conservancy protects land forever.
With Estate Giving you can choose a giving option that is right for you.
As party of our Legacy Society you can name the Summit Land Conservancy as a beneficiary in your will, leave a home or other property to the Conservancy, donate your home, or even donate an asset that is or can be converted to produce income.
Call Cheryl at 435-649-9884 to learn more about how you can insure a lasting legacy of open space for future generations.
Donate through
a donor-advised fund
A donor-advised fund (DAF) is a charitable giving program that allows you to combine the most favorable tax benefits with the flexibility to support your favorite causes.
If you have a donor-advised fund, DAF Direct enables you to recommend grants to this nonprofit directly from your DAF (as long as your DAF's sponsoring organization is participating).
Now you can even donate to Summit Land Conservancy directly from your DAF. Make a major impact on our efforts by directing a gift from your donor-advised funds!
purchase land to conserve
Would you like to own 4,000 acres or more of beautiful Summit County range, with its forests, streams, and incredible wildlife? You can create your own reserve by purchasing farmland or ranch land and protecting it through permanent conservation easements. Not only will you have a private reserve to admire and enjoy, but the purchase may be eligible for tax benefits too.
donate a GIFT of stock
Many donors prefer to make gifts of appreciated stocks, bonds, mutual funds, or exchange-traded funds because it can have a large impact on our ability to save land while maximizing potential tax benefits by avoiding paying tax on capital gains.
If you would like to transfer your appreciated assets call us at 435-649-9884 to get the process started!
join the current.
push our initiatives forward.
the UTAH HEADWATERS initiative: preserving clean drinking water AND THE GREAT SALT LAKE for future generations
The money we raise here stays here to safeguard the lands you treasure.
In 2009, Summit Land Conservancy launched the Weber River Watershed Initiative to preserve land along the Weber River and its tributaries. Since then, we have been working with willing landowners to protect working farms and ranches in the Weber Basin from development ensuring that we, and future generations, will have clean drinking water.
As climate change and drought began to affect our communities, we realized we needed to do more.
In 2020, Summit Land Conservancy was awarded $9.4 million to support the Utah Headwaters Initiative which focuses on enhancing the agricultural and environmental resources within the headwaters of the Weber AND Provo Rivers. The Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) grant, which falls under the 2018 Farm Bill is helping the Conservancy is preserve more lands with conservation easements, stream restoration practices, and upland land management activities.
The Provo and Weber River Watersheds provide drinking water to roughly 65% of Utah’s population. The Weber River, however, is considered one of Utah’s most degraded and at-risk river basins due to habitat fragmentation, water degradation, and increasing water demands from urban infrastructure. Both rivers are home to popular premiere fisheries providing recreational opportunities for anglers and habitat for threatened species such as the Bonneville Cutthroat trout and Bluehead Sucker. The Utah Headwaters Initiative continues to work both below and above the banks of these rivers safeguarding the watershed of the Great Salt Lake in perpetuity.
How you can help save our headwaters:
Share this information with your friends who’d like to preserve heritage ranches and provide clean drinking water to future Utahns. And…donate! (We ask that gifts above $5,000 be given as checks, directed gifts from donor advised funds, or the transfer of stock.) Thank you for caring for this land as we do—each open space benefits us all down the line.
READY, SET, GET INVOLVED.
