How to Give

MAKE A ONE-TIME GIFT

We invite you to consider making a one-time gift to the ASFPM Foundation. Whether large or small, you can rest assured that your investment in the ASFPM Foundation will contribute to the greater cause of effective management of the nation’s floodplains and watersheds. Your gift gives us the resources we need to fund education initiatives such as scholarships for students interested in floodplain management, research projects, development of tools and publications to help floodplain managers, and national policy initiatives like No Adverse Impact.

You can make an online contribution by clicking the button below.

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MAKE A RECURRING GIFT

Support our efforts year round by making a recurring gift. You choose how much and how often you want to give. It is a simple and secure way to make a difference!

Online recurring gifts can be made monthly. The date of your enrollment and amount of your initial contribution will be the basis of recurring future contributions.

To enroll online, you have the option to create a PayPal account which then gives you the option to use your credit card or make an instant transfer from your bank account using eCheck. [Note: You do not need to create a PayPal account to donate. However, by creating a PayPal account you can also modify, suspend or discontinue your recurring gift at any time. If you choose to make a recurring gift without creating a PayPal account, you can modify or discontinue at any time by calling ASFPM.]

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MATCHING GIFTS

Employer matching gift programs can double or even triple your gift to the ASFPM Foundation. Check with your employer to see if they offer a matching gift program. 

If your program includes a printed form, please complete the form and send it to:

Suzanne Gillingham
ASFPM Foundation
8301 Excelsior Drive
Madison, WI 53717

If you would like more information about matching gifts, please email suzanne@floods.org or call 608-828-3000.

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CONSIDER PLANNED GIVING

Create a Floodplain Management Legacy 

The Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) Foundation provides an excellent opportunity for you to demonstrate your commitment to creating and sustaining a legacy in floodplain management now, and for many years to come. Through the Floodplain Management Legacy Program, you can direct your contributions to programs that reflect your passion by:

  • Funding floodplain management and risk reduction research projects. 
  • Providing education, training, and certification of floodplain professionals.
  • Supporting legislative and policy initiatives.

These are just a few ways in which you can tailor your contributions. We encourage you to reach out to Foundation trustees with your ideas and explore ways to help make them become a reality for a vital, sustainable future.

Planned giving through the Floodplain Management Legacy Program is a way for you to integrate your charitable gift into your overall financial, tax, and estate planning that results in benefits to you and to ASFPM Foundation. Depending on the path you choose, you may have the ability to:

  • Reduce your income tax.
  • Avoid or reduce capital gains tax.
  • Increase your spendable income.

It is never too soon to plan your charitable contributions that will solidify your Floodplain Management Legacy and further demonstrate your passion and commitment. You can:

  • Include a donation to ASFPM Foundation in your will or trust.
  • Set up a charitable gift annuity that can provide you, as the donor, an annual income. The remaining funds in the annuity would be transferred to ASFPM Foundation upon your death.
  • Use your donation to purchase a life insurance policy on yourself and name ASFPM Foundation as a beneficiary, or add the Foundation as a beneficiary to a current life insurance policy.

ASFPM Foundation encourages donors who are considering a contribution to seek their own legal and tax counsel before making a gift to the Foundation.

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AmazonSmile

 What is AmazonSmile?

AmazonSmile is a website operated by Amazon that lets customers enjoy the same wide selection of products, low prices, and convenient shopping features as on Amazon.com. The difference is that when customers shop on AmazonSmile (smile.amazon.com), the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the price of eligible purchases to the charitable organizations selected by customers.

How does AmazonSmile work?

When first visiting AmazonSmile, customers are prompted to select a charitable organization from over one million eligible organizations. In order to browse or shop at AmazonSmile, customers must first select a charitable organization. Select ASFPM Foundation from the list and for eligible purchases at AmazonSmile, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price on eligible items to the Foundation.

Is AmazonSmile available as an app?

If you are an AmazonSmile customer, you can now support Association of State Floodplain Managers Foundation in the Amazon shopping app on your Android device! Simply follow these instructions to turn on AmazonSmile and start generating donations.

  • If you have the latest version of the Amazon Shopping App, open the App on your Android device.
  • View Settings and select AmazonSmile. Follow the in-App instructions to complete the process.
  • If you do not have the latest version of the Amazon Shopping App, update your App. Click here for instructions.
  • Note: Users are required to renew AmazonSmile twice a year on each device from which you shop. 

AmazonSmile is not currently available for iOS users. 

Silent and Live Auctions

Silent and live auctions have been held annually at the ASFPM national conference. Each year attendees at the conference have the opportunity to bid on unique and valuable goods and services donated by local businesses, ASFPM chapters, states, corporate sponsors and individuals. All proceeds from the auctions help ASFPM Foundation to fund their scholarships and activities.

Due to the pandemic, ASFPM will be holding the ASFPM Virtual Conference on May 10-14, 2021. There will be no Silent or Live Auction this year. We look forward to seeing you all in person next May at the ASFPM Annual National Conference in Orlando, Florida. 

LIVE AUCTION 

The live auction is held each year during the Donor Appreciation Reception on Wednesday evening from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the ASFPM annual national conference. Items donated to the Live Auction are valued at $500 and up. Bidding is open to all invited guests and ticket holders attending the reception. Tickets may be purchased at a cost of $125 per person in advance of the event by contacting Suzanne Gillingham in the ASFPM office or at the Silent Auction booth. 

Click here to see the photo album from the 2019 Donor Appreciation Reception and Live Auction.

Items offered for bid at the 2019 Live Auction:

  • Custom tour of The Kentucky Bourbon Trail from Mint Julep Experiences (value $1,100) – donated by Dewberry
  • Broadway show package including two tickets to Wicked on November 8 and a Southwest Airlines gift card (value $900) – donated by Stantec
  • Fine wines delivered to your home every other month for one year (value $580) – donated by AECOM 
  • Washington Nationals vs. Atlanta Braves game package. 2 Tickets to Saturday night June 22 with Washington Nationals PNC Diamond Club Access – all inclusive food, draft beer and house wine. Includes two nights stay local hotel Friday and Saturday nights and a gift card to local restaurant for dinner (value $1,200) – donated by Atkins
  • Diamond Resorts long weekend getaway to a DRI location of your choice. Location and date are subject to availability (value $600-$1,000, actual value depends on location and dates selected) – donated by Foundation Fellow Diane Brown and Mike Klitzke
  • “Water the Wall” original art work by EDA Surf Art, signed by the artist Sean D. Ruttkay (value $700) – donated by NAFSMA
  • Floodplain Managers of Australia package to attend their 2020 conference in Towumba (value $1,500) – donated by FMA

Not a Silent/Live Auction Event ASFPM Foundation has historically hosted the Silent Auction, as well as the Donor Appreciation Reception with Live Auction, as part of the ASFPM Annual National Conference. That’s NOT happening this year. This year we are holding this Not a Silent/Live Auction Event. 

We recognize that many of you look forward to the Silent Auction and Live Auction events. We do too. Frankly the two events are important to our ability to fund our mission. We enjoy being able to have fun and show appreciation to our donors by hosting the in-person events. This year we’re again taking a break since since large in-person events are still not an option for most people. And we look forward to hosting a Live Auction again at next year’s conference in Orlando.

Without further ado, here’s Jeff Sparrow, ASFPM Foundation Fundraising Committee Chair, who would like to say a few words: https://www.youtube.com/embed/7krvTguyEFc

Location: Your Couch
You cannot join us no matter where you are. Drinks and hors d’oeuvres will not be served starting around 7pm, and no one will take the microphone to give speeches at 7:30pm.

In case you’re confused:

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No. There is no silent or live auction this year. But we hope that people still choose to be generous even without one! 

GET “TICKETS” – DONATE 
Here are some suggested donations:

  • Instead of the Hurricane Glass bead donation, give $10
  • If you’re an introvert who is relieved not to have to make small talk at a social event, consider giving $25 (or more depending on how relieved you are)
  • If you’ve previously donated items to the Silent Auction, give $35
  • If you’ve bid on items for the Silent Auction, give $50
  • If you’ve bid on bourbon at the auctions, give $75
  • If you usually purchase a ticket to the Donor Appreciation Reception and Live Auction, give $100
  • Instead of bidding on a Live Auction item, give $250
  • Instead of wracking your brains to come up with a package to donate for the Live Auction, why not give $1,000?
  • Or consider giving a portion of what you would normally have spent on airfare, hotel, dinners or drinks

The great news is that because we don’t have to pay for space or to serve our guests food and beverages, 100% of the donations will go directly to Foundation activities, like the Future Leaders Scholarship, Student Paper Competition, RISE Challenge (formerly the Rocky Mountain Environmental Challenge) and the Urban Flooding Summit to name a few.

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Please share this invitation with friends and colleagues. And share or retweet our social media posts about this event as well.
Thank you all for your continued support of ASFPM Foundation and its activities and we look forward to meeting in person in Orlando next year.