Cash, Securities and Appreciated Stocks

You may make gifts of publicly traded stocks, cash, bonds and mutual funds. Securities which have an unrealized long term capital gain may be a more effective gift than cash.

Donor Intent Notification

In order for the Law Center to acknowledge your gift and for audit purposes, please provide the Law Center with the following information:

• Donor's name and address
• The name and number of securities transferred
• Your broker's contact information

Once we have this information, we will send you our brokers name and contact information, and the account routing number necessary for the transfer.

You may send this information to the Law Center by email, letter or fax. Contact information follows:

Yana Merrill
Director of Administration and Finance
New Mexico Environmental Law Center
1405 Luisa Street, Suite 5
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Email: ymerrill@nmelc.org
Phone: (505) 989-9022, ext. 25
Fax: (505) 989-3769

Bequests, Estate Gifts to the Law Center

You should contact your attorney for information on types of estate gifts you can make. Such gifts could help significantly reduce estate taxes.

Although you are not required to do so, we would appreciate knowing when the Law Center is designated as a beneficiary in your estate planning. For legal purposes, our corporate name is The New Mexico Environmental Law Center. Our Tax Exempt ID number is: 85-0360664.

For information on bequests and other options, contact:

Sebia Hawkins
Development Director
1405 Luisa Street
Suite 5
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Email: shawkins@nmelc.org
Phone: (505) 989-9022, ext 27
Fax: (505) 989-3769