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Northwest Arkansas loses 9 acres of land to development every day. Help keep the places you love intact for future generations. Your gift of time, money, or land is an investment in your community, and in our future.

Make a Donation

It’s no secret…saving land is expensive! Your tax-deductible financial contribution of any amount will help us SAVE LAND in Northwest Arkansas. DONATE online today, or to donate by mail, click here to download a gift form.

Become a Monthly Donor

Our Roots Club is a fantastic way to ensure the sustainability of our land protection and stewardship efforts year round. Roots Club members are part of an inner circle who help provide funds throughout the year and receive special updates, event invites, and land trust gear.

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Volunteer

We began as an all-volunteer land trust in 2003. Volunteers add instant capacity to our work and help us grow our mission. Whether you’re interested in leading hikes, working on the land or helping in the office, we welcome your gift of time!

Corporate Giving

Our open spaces are our greatest economic assets. As a corporate sponsor, your business will help protect our shared natural resources while gaining visibility and building community connections. Corporate giving enables us to continue providing valuable services to our community through financial support such as event sponsorships and Adopt-A-Preserve.

Adopt a Preserve

Protect the best of our natural spaces by adopting a public preserve in Northwest Arkansas! Your “adoption fee” provides annual support for ongoing conservation and stewardship of open space in our region. No duties for care or maintenance of the preserve is implied, but you are welcome to volunteer with us to help steward the preserve.

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Honorarium and Memorial Gifts

Giving a tax-deductible gift is a great way to celebrate a holiday, birthday, or to remember a friend or loved one. Give a one-time gift or an annual tradition!

Planned Giving

Planned gifts carry on your legacy and commitment to the work of the land trust. We save land for today and for the generations that will come after us. One of the greatest gifts we can give to future Arkansans is permanently protected open spaces and well stewarded lands.

Gifts of Real Estate

A gift of real estate is an incredible way to share your love of the land, support the work of the land trust, and have a lasting impact on Northwest Arkansas while reducing your taxes and the burden of land management. Whether a property suitable for conservation, or one the land trust can sell to fund conservation, your gift will be used to fulfill our mission.

Tax Benefits from Conservation Easements
Tax benefits, including the lowering of income, property and estate taxes, can come from donating your land, donating a conservation easement, or selling your property as a “bargain sale” to the land trust at below market price. The amount and type of tax benefit depends on a variety of factors, including the legal tool you’ve used to protect your land, the value of the donation, your income level and the total amount of your estate. The land trust recommends that you consult your financial adviser and/or attorney for professional tax advice.
Bargain Sales
Occasionally, NWALT may be granted funds to purchase a specific tract of land. Conservation minded landowners may sell their property to the land trust at a reduced price or below market value. This helps stretch conservation dollars. The difference between the property’s fair market value and the sale price may be considered a charitable gift under IRS regulations. Ask your tax professional about potential tax incentives.
IRA Charitable Contributions
The outright donation of property may be considered a charitable gift under IRS regulations. Ask your tax professional about potential tax incentives.
Planned Gifts and Bequests of Land
Some landowners choose to name NWALT has the sole beneficiary of their land in their wills. Once the land trust takes ownership, it works to manage the property for its best use in protecting the property’s conservation values. It is important to discuss these plans with NWALT beforehand so the land trust can honor the donor’s intent.
Land Donation or Sale
The landowner sells or donates all rights, title and interest in the property to the land trust, and the land trust takes responsibility for the management of the property and the protection of its conservation values in perpetuity.

Our Lands. Our future.