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Animals Are Our Life
We are committed to providing world-class animal care, advocating for animal wellbeing, saving wildlife, and empowering champions for the natural world. Donor support fuels our mission each day, locally and globally—join us in Taking Action for Wildlife.
Friends of the Wild
Give $1,000 or more annually and enjoy the most generous benefits the Zoo offers.
Monthly Giving
Monthly giving is easy and makes a difference all year for the animals in our care.
Adopt an Animal
Support Oakland Zoo through a symbolic animal adoption, helping fund our animal care, conservation, and education programs.
Legacy Giving
Have an enduring impact with a future gift to Oakland Zoo. Your foresight ensures we can...
Have an enduring impact with a future gift to Oakland Zoo. Your foresight ensures we can continue achieving our vision where people and wildlife thrive together.
Naming Opportunities
Honor a loved one with a custom naming opportunity. Donations support the Zoo’s operational needs.
Donate Goods
Oakland Zoo benefits from donated goods which help keep our animal commissary and enrichment items stocked.
Ways to Give
Online
Initiate a one-time or monthly gift here. Visit our Friends of the Wild giving page to join or renew with a gift of $1,000 or more.
Please make your check or money order payable to Conservation Society of California and mail to the address provided below.
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.
Stocks
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.
Wire Transfers
Please write us at impact@oaklandzoo.org and we’ll reply with wiring details.
Workplace Giving
Employee and matching gift programs are an easy way to make your Oakland Zoo support go even further. Use our legal name, Conservation Society of California, on your employee giving platform.
QCD/IRA Rollover
Contact your IRA custodian if you wish to make a QCD, and use our legal name, Conservation Society of California, and tax ID 94-1687847, when completing paperwork.
The charitable IRA rollover, or qualified charitable distribution (QCD), is a tax-efficient way for individuals who are 70½ years or older to make gifts to charities like Oakland Zoo directly from their individual retirement account (IRA).
Vehicle Donation
Oakland Zoo partners with Charitable Adult Rides & Services (CARS) to process vehicle donations. Learn more here.
Legacy Gift
Name Oakland Zoo in your will and make an impact for future generations. Learn more about planned giving here.
For assistance or inquiries, don’t hesitate to reach out to our Development team.
Contact
P.O. Box 5238
Oakland, CA 94605
9:00 am to 4:00 pm
94-1687847
Please use our legal name,
Conservation Society of California,
when donating through 3rd parties such as DAFs and employee matching programs.
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.
