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Other Ways to Give

Mail

Please mail your check or money order to the address provided below.

Stocks and Cryptocurrency

Write us at stocks@oaklandzoo.org with your name and details about the assets you plan to donate so we can connect you with our broker.

_{A gift of appreciated securities can provide significant benefits, including a charitable deduction for the full market value of the stock and avoidance of capital gains taxes that would normally be due upon sale.}

Donor Advised Funds

Please make the gift to our legal name, Conservation Society of California, and ask the fund to disclose your contact information so that we may properly acknowledge you.

_{Donor Advised Funds (DAF’s) are giving vehicles that offer immediate tax benefits and allow you to support charities like Oakland Zoo on your own schedule through grant recommendations. They can be funded with cash and non-cash assets including stocks and cryptocurrency.}

Workplace Giving

Employee giving programs are an easy way to make your Oakland Zoo support go even further. Use our legal name, Conservation Society of California, in your employee giving platform.

Wire Transfers

Please write us at impact@oaklandzoo.org and we’ll respond with wiring details.

We Value Your Privacy

_{Please know we do not rent, sell, trade, or share our donors’ names or personal information with any other entity, nor send mailings to our donors on behalf of other organizations. This policy applies to all information received by Oakland Zoo, both online and offline, as well as any electronic, written, or oral communications. To the extent any donations are processed through a third-party service provider, our donors’ information will only be used for purposes necessary to process the donation.}

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