STAND WITH 169 YOUTH PLAINTIFFS
Our Children’s Trust stands firm in our commitment to holding governments accountable through the law and science, amplifying the voices of youth. Your support honors the 169 youth plaintiffs involved in 12 active cases across 4 countries, who are defending their constitutional rights for both present and future generations. Your contribution celebrates their voices and champions their rights. Together we will cultivate a rising tide of intergenerational support for children’s rights, climate science, and the vital role our courts play in our constitutional democracy.
Donate Today. 169 new gifts by April 30 will unlock a $40,000 challenge grant.
If you have a question or would like assistance, please contact us at development@ourchildrenstrust.org
Our Children’s Trust is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization, and all contributions are tax-deductible as provided by law. EIN: 27-3094382.
Invest in Our
Children’s Future
Our work will be achieved when there is universal recognition of children’s climate rights by courts around the world and children’s fundamental rights to life on this planet are protected.
THE POWER OF AMBASSADORS
WE POWER FORWARD TOGETHER
Ambassadors support Our Children’s Trust and expand our reach by introducing our work to family, friends, neighbors, colleagues, and classmates. Ambassadors are excited by the win in Montana, prepared to stand with youth in Hawaiʻi, and energized by making sure children’s voices are heard in courts of law, telling their stories and securing durable climate justice. Ambassadors build our influence, impact, and boost donations.
Please contact us at development@ourchildrenstrust.org to learn more.
Sustaining Donor Program
Sustaining donors demonstrate their commitment to Our Children's Trust, giving at any frequency and through any method. You keep us going.
You power our campaigns and litigation process from investigation to pleadings to discovery to pre-trial to settlement to trial to appeal. It is our sustaining donors that power the next wave of cases. You lift the inspirational voices and stories of our youth plaintiffs and move hearts and minds around the globe. Driving lasting change with the power of communication and democracy building.
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BENEFITS
As a sustaining donor, you’ll receive our monthly newsletter The Brief, Headline News, event series invitations, and more. At the end of each calendar year, we’ll send you a year-end tax statement with a convenient summary of your contributions during the year. Sustaining donors will receive an annual survey to drive our programming.
Your invited to launch a new series with us. As a sustaining donor you have a front row seat to meet our team with a multi-faceted curriculum to learn about Our Children’s Trust. The 2024 curriculum will focus on our three organizational goals:
SCIENCE-POWERED SOLUTIONS
Our in-house scientist Anders Carlson, PhD—a glacial geologist and paleoclimatologist—will translate today’s research and what it means to achieve earth’s energy balance. Our deputy director, global climate litigation, Kelly Matheson will detail why science is at the center of climate litigation to secure human rights around the globe.
YOUTH-POWERED LITIGATION
Our in-house counsel Mat dos Santos—a civil and human rights champion—will introduce climate litigation and strategy. Senior litigation attorney Andrea Rodgers—an environmental lawyer—will illuminate how the climate crisis impacts her present-day clients.
DEMOCRACY-POWERED FUTURE
Our government affairs attorney Liz Lee will provide an overview of our campaign with policymakers on Capitol Hill and share her passion to diversify leadership within the climate movement. Our chief communications officer Erin Barnhart, PhD will engage partners in a dynamic discussion about the influence of their voices and advocacy to power our democracy.
We’ll send invitations to our sustaining donor community to save-the-dates for each year’s series event early in the calendar year.
More Ways to Give
By Mail
To send a donation by check, please make the check payable to Our Children's Trust and mail to:
Our Children’s Trust
P.O. Box 5181
Eugene, OR 97405
Unrestricted gifts allow the Trust to direct funds based on the greatest need. You can, of course, restrict your gift for a specific case or purpose. With your gift, please be sure to include your name and contact information so that your donation may be credited correctly and acknowledged.
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Donor Advised Funds
You can make an immediate impact on Our Children’s Trust by initiating a grant recommendation from your Donor-Advised Fund (DAF). If you would like to make a gift now through your DAF, simply click the text below to find your fund, and the system will guide you through the process:
Stock or Wire Transfer
Stock Transfer:
When you transfer ownership of securities to Our Children’s Trust you will receive a charitable deduction for the full market value. You may find that you can make a larger contribution by giving stock – particularly stock that has appreciated in value – rather than cash. Please include your name, purpose of the gift, contact information, and name of the company, and the number of shares, so that your donation may be credited correctly and acknowledged.
Wire Transfer:
An efficient and expeditious way to make a gift, wire transfers need to include detailed information, including your name, purpose of the gift, and contact information, so that your donation may be credited correctly and acknowledged.
To make a gift of stock or wire transfer, please contact us for account information.
Workplace Giving & Matching Gifts
Make your gift go further by leveraging your company’s matching gift program. To find out if your employer or partner’s employer offers this benefit, please contact the employer’s human resources department.
1. Make your gift to Our Children’s Trust
2. Information for Matching Gift Form
Full legal name: Our Children’s Trust
Tax identification number: EIN # 27-3094382.
Address: P.O. Box 5181, Eugene, OR 97405
Email: development@ourchildrenstrust.org
Phone: 541-375-0158
Website: ourchildrenstrust.org
3. Completed Matching Gift Forms can be mailed or emailed to:
Aubrey Antonovich
Our Children’s Trust
P.O. Box 5181
Eugene, OR 97405
Email: development@ourchildrenstrust.org
Special Occasion Gifts
Celebrate a milestone event–a birthday, a wedding, an anniversary, or other special moment—with a gift to Our Children’s Trust. For more information, please contact us.
Memorial Gifts
Celebrate a life by making a gift to Our Children’s Trust. Please let us know the person you are honoring and whom to notify of your generous gift and lasting tribute. To notify more than one person, please contact us.
Create a Legacy for Children’s Climate Rights
Join us by including Our Children’s Trust as a beneficiary in your will, trust, or insurance policy. Your support of Our Children’s Trust in perpetuity can also be made possible through the establishment of an endowed fund.
Our work will be achieved when there is universal recognition of children’s climate rights by courts around the world and children’s fundamental rights to life on this planet are protected. Once this framework is in place, our work will transition to enforcement and implementation of science-based policies that are needed to protect children from the climate crisis.
The following language may help you and your attorney when drawing up a bequest.
“I {name}, of {city, state, zip}, give, devise and bequest Our Children’s Trust, a not-for-profit corporation located at P.O. Box 5181, Eugene, OR 97405, federal tax identification 27-3094382, or its successor thereto, __________* {written amount or percentage of the estate} for its unrestricted use and purpose.”
Useful Legal Information
Legal Name: Our Children’s Trust, Inc.
Address: P.O. Box 5181, Eugene, OR 97405
Federal Tax ID Number: 27-3094382
To learn more and discover the ways you can incorporate Our Children’s Trust into creating a legacy for future generations, please contact us.
FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY –
YOUR DONATION AT WORK
We want you to support Our Children’s Trust with confidence. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, we are proud of the way we manage our resources. We are registered with the Oregon Department of Justice where our annual charity report is filed.
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Charity Watchdogs
We are community-funded and community-driven
great nonprofits
Thanks to stories submitted by our clients, donors, law clerks, volunteers, and others, Our Children’s Trust receives a 2023-Top Rated seal from Great Nonprofits.
Guidestar
Our commitment to transparency, accountability, and inclusivity is recognized by Guidestar with a 2023 Platinum Seal of Transparency. Our profile meets the highest standards enabling educated giving decisions from thousands of donors each year
