Related Links • Gifts of Real Estate • My Real Estate Gift Guide • Charitable Remainder Unitrusts • Charitable Gift Annuities In three easy steps, My Real Estate Gift Guide can help you find a real estate gift tailored to your personal situation. Contact Us For more information please request a personal gift proposal or contact us so that we can assist you through every step of the process: Email: legacy@tnc.org Phone: (703) 841-8788 Toll-free: (877) 812-3698 Fax: (703) 812-4863 The Nature Conservancy Gift Planning 4245 North Fairfax Drive Suite 100 Arlington, Virginia 22203-1606

Thank you for visiting this page and for considering a gift of real estate to The Nature Conservancy. We’re glad you’re here.

The Conservancy accepts two types of real estate gifts — both of which are vital to our work:

• Land that donors would like permanently protected. Because our mission is science-based, we are not able to protect all of the real estate that is offered to us. The decisions to accept or decline land for preservation are made at the state level. If you are interested in making such a gift, please contact your local Nature Conservancy office.
• Gifts we call "trade lands" — real estate gifts that donors permit us to sell, with the proceeds going to support our work. Examples include first and second homes, apartments and retail buildings. You will find a wealth of information about them here.

If You Own Real Estate, You Have Needs

Owning real estate brings responsibilities and challenges — and creates wants and needs, especially as your situation changes over time. The animation at the top of this page illustrates one of many such needs common to real estate owners: the need to reduce capital gains taxes when selling appreciated property.

Real estate gifts can help property owners meet their own needs as well as support the Conservancy.

We Know Real Estate

The Conservancy has unrivaled experience with real estate. Since its inception in 1981, our trade land program has raised over $250 million from real estate gifts. We also own and manage more than $1.5 billion of conservation land.

We Can Help

We have a nationwide staff of gift planners who are experts in the many ways real estate gifts can be used to meet your needs and fulfill your wants.

To find out how, visit My Real Estate Gift Guide. It will help you find a real estate gift tailored to your personal situation in three easy steps:

1. Pick the three wants and needs that are most important to you.
2. Learn about the gift possibilities that come closest to meeting your needs.
3. Arrange for a personal conversation with one of our gift planners to determine which gift would be best for you.

After you have used the Guide, you can find additional information about gifts of real estate at the Gift Illustration page.