Resources and Information For Advisors

ESA’s Development Office is happy to provide you, your attorney or professional advisors with detailed information regarding your gift planning. We welcome the opportunity to assist you with developing your personal and philanthropic goals. We also encourage you to consult with your professional advisors when you are considering a planned gift to ESA. Please contact us—we’re here to help!

For Your Reference

Our full legal name is Ecological Society of America | Federal tax ID number is 37-0913411.

Sample Bequest Language To Review With Your Attorney (See bequest information for further options)
“I, [name], of [city, state, zip], give, devise, and bequeath [written amount or percentage of estate] to Ecological Society of America (tax ID # 37-0913411), located at 1990 M Street NW, Suite 700, Washington DC 20036, for its unrestricted use and purpose.”

Wire Transfers and Gifts of Securities

For specific instructions on wiring funds directly to ESA, or to make a gift of stock by transferring securities, call the Development Office at 202-833-8773 or email Catherine O’Riordan, Executive Director.

How is the Society Funded?

Your generosity helps ESA meet the challenges of the future and inspire a new generation of leaders with the skills to shape the agenda for ecological science through the next century.

Our Fund for the Future currently has three primary giving opportunities.

Two are focused on development of a new generation of ecologists. Fund for the Future supports the award-winning SEEDS program and the Les Real and Jim Brown Student Travel Fund for students to attend ESA’s annual meeting. Your contribution allows students to take advantage of new opportunities which forward ESA’s role as the advocate for ecological science in America.

Contribute to our general Fund for the Future or select from any of our targeted donation funds and endowments linked to below.