Donating Land or a Conservation Easement
The core of American Friends’ mission is permanent preservation of ecologically significant land in Canada that is owned by US taxpayers. The organization was created to remove the legal and financial barriers that had long prevented Americans from protecting property they owned in Canada.
American Friends of Canadian Conservation is able to provide U.S donors with both a US income tax benefit and relief from Canadian capital gains tax, as well as the satisfaction of creating a conservation legacy. Save Some Green: a handbook for US taxpayers is a comprehensive educational resource concerning the bi-national financial incentives for cross border conservation.
American Friends of Canadian Conservation is the only entity with the extensive expertise and experience required to efficiently and properly manage cross-border land conservation projects. We work closely with Canadian conservation partners, American landowners and their professional advisors to address the very specific tax and charitable law requirements and procedures on both sides of the border.
Our Fact Sheet for Donors and Fact Sheet for Advisors provide general information about the requirements associated with cross-border charitable gifts of land and easements. The information in these Fact Sheets is relevant for landowners who may wish to donate their conservation property directly to a Canadian entity, or to American Friends of Canadian Conservation .
Additional information on the process of donating land or a conservation easement to American Friends of Canadian Conservation can be found in the Conservation Lands Program Overview or by contacting us at info@conservecanada.org. We have detailed descriptions of the donation process and template forms available to American Friends’ grantees, prospective land and easement donors, and their tax and legal advisors.
In Canada, contact us at (250) 688-1508. In the United States, contact us at (360) 515-7171. We are available to answer your questions, discuss your property or refer you to other professionals who can be of assistance.
