Support Our Mission with a Gift Today!

Since its founding in 1894, the Mazamas has been powered by the generosity of its community. Now more than ever, your donation directly supports our mission to inspire everyone to love and protect the mountains, strengthening our community for generations to come.

With membership and programs making up only about two-thirds of our revenues, generous donors make all the difference in helping us meet unprecedented demand for high-quality, accessible mountaineering education.

Gifts also support scholarships, our library and historical collections, facilities, and critical conservation and scientific research. Every gift, no matter the amount, makes an impact. Please consider making a charitable gift to the Mazamas today!​​

Legal Name: Mazamas
Tax ID Number: 93-0408077

 

Other Ways to Support The Mazamas

Gifts from Tax-Deferred Retirement Accounts

Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCD) are gifts through your retirement account(s) given directly to non-profit organizations. If you're 70 ½, or older, this distribution allows you to provide vital support for the Mazamas with no federal income tax consequences. 

Employer Matching Gifts

Many community-minded companies will match your contribution! Inquire with your workplace to find out whether it’s possible, then follow the instructions they provide.

Estate and Planned Gifts

Estate and planned gifts create a lasting legacy and opportunities for future generations of Mazamas. Opportunities include bequests, charitable gift annuities, retirement assets, and more. Contact our Executive Director, to learn more.

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Inspiring Everyone to Love the Mountains

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Annual Fund

The Mazama Annual Fund supports all of our programs and allows us to offer education opportunities, advocate for access to natural areas, and create community with our members and non-profit partners. Donations allow us to direct funds to where they are needed most.

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Scholarship Fund

The Mazama Scholarship Fund supports diverse programming at the Mazamas, and allows us to offer educational outdoor experiences to everyone in our community.

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Stewardship & Advocacy

We believe in protecting natural areas so that future mountaineers, hikers, backpackers, and rock climbers can enjoy the same experiences that we cherish.

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Library & Historical Collections

Established in 1915, the Mazama Library is nationally recognized as holding one of the top mountaineering collections in the country. 

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Mazama Lodge

Our home on Mt. Hood and our base for immersive mountain education.

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Estate & Planned Gifts

Estate and planned gifts create a lasting legacy and opportunities for future generations of Mazamas. Opportunities include bequests, charitable gift annuities, retirement assets, IRA distributions, and more. To learn more about how you can make an impact, contact our Executive Director.

If your estate plan already includes the Mazamas, please let us know. We want to thank you and make sure your gift can be used as you envision it. 

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Workplace Volunteer & Donor Matching Programs

If you want to make your donation or volunteer hours go farther, your workplace may be able to help! Many companies, like Apple, Intel, and Microsoft, will match your charitable donations or match your volunteer hours with a donation. Ask your company if they have a program in place, or contact us to find out. 

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Oregon BottleDrop

Donate to Mazamas through your online BottleDrop account. Search for Mazamas and click "Donate" to transfer your funds from your BottleDrop account directly to Mazamas.

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Library & Historical Collections Donations

The Mazama Library accepts book donations and is looking for hiking, climbing, and mountaineering guide books, biographers of mountaineers, climbers, and explorers, and technical climbing guides. The Historical Collection also welcomes the donation of historically important climbing and outdoors equipment, as well as archival documents and photos relating to mountaineering in the Pacific Northwest.

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Check Payments

If you prefer to make a donation using a check, you can mail it directly to the Mazama Mountaineering Center. 

ATTN: Executive Director
Mazama Mountaineering Center
527 SE 43rd Ave.
Portland, OR 97215

Mazama Gift Acceptance Policy

The Mazamas is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Donations are tax deductible to the full extent of the law. Our mission is to inspire everyone to love and protect the mountains. Donations given to Mazamas will be used to fulfill this mission and to support its core programs, capital projects, and special projects.

Mazamas reserves the right to refuse a donation that (a) would result in Mazamas violating its bylaws, (b) would result in Mazamas losing its status as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, (c) are too difficult or too expensive to administer in relation to their value, (d) would result in any unacceptable consequences for Mazamas, or (e) are for purposes outside the Mazama mission. Decisions on the restrictive nature of a gift, and its acceptance or refusal, shall be made by the Executive Director. Certain forms of gifts or donated properties may be subject to review prior to acceptance.