At Palmer, we know that to reach our shared conservation goals, in addition to more resources to fuel our efforts, we need a culture shift that moves conservation from being an unnamed and intangible aspect of our lives (or worse, being perceived as inaccessible, misunderstood, and elitist) to becoming broadly recognized as essential to our individual and collective health and well-being.

Southern Coloradans made clear in our 2021 community listening sessions that the time to act is NOW to protect what we love most.

Palmer is uniquely positioned to meet the challenge of increasing the pace of land and water conservation in southern Colorado. We are one of the most respected conservation organizations in the state having spent the last 46 years developing the expertise, relationships, community trust, and organizational and programming framework to tackle Colorado’s most pressing and challenging water and land conservation needs. Palmer attracts high-quality talent, and its employees are some of the brightest and most innovative in the industry and demonstrate tenacious commitment to the work. Finally, with our focus on southern Colorado, a notoriously underserved and undervalued part of Colorado for conservation compared to other areas such as the Colorado River Basin, Northern Front Range, and mountain communities of central Colorado, we bring a laser-sharp focus on project quality, equality, and depth. 

• Gifts online can be made until 11:59pm on 12/31/23 via our website.
• Gifts of publicly traded stock, bonds, and mutual funds must be completed by December 29, 2023.
• Gifts sent via U.S. Mail must be postmarked on or before Saturday, December 30, 2023.
• Gift deadlines from Donors Advised Funds are at the discretion of your Donor Advised Fund provider. Please note that many Donor Advised Fund providers have grant recommendation deadlines as early as December 1st.
• Deadlines for Qualified Charitable Distributions from your IRA are set by your fund holder. Please note that Required Minimum Distributions must be completed by December 31st to avoid penalty.
• The Palmer office will be closed December 22 - December 26. Please ensure that any hand delivery of gifts happens prior to December 21.

Please contact Astrid Monar, Membership and Events Manager, at 719-941-9500 or [email protected].