This has been another legacy year for Our Children’s Trust and our groundbreaking work across the globe. Our Children’s Trust works for children. We are driven to leave a lasting legacy of climate protection, because we want to make sure the world is a safe place for Genesis, Pahonu and Grace’s generation, for our children’s children’s children.
With your support we will address the urgent and monumental challenge of the climate emergency. 100% of our budget is supported by people like you — with no funding from our legal cases. Donations help us provide free legal representation and unwavering support to our youth plaintiffs — young leaders who share a love of nature, a love of home and drive hope in action.
We need your support. Make a tax-deducTible gift today.
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.
CHAMPION YOUTH CLIMATE RIGHTS
When you become a fundraising Champion, you make this work possible. Create a personalized peer-to-peer fundraising page and inspire your network to join the fight for a livable future. This grassroots effort fuels youth-driven legal action, ensuring young leaders have the tools to hold governments accountable for climate justice. Every page shared brings new donors into the movement—75% of gifts come from first-time supporters. Together, we can build youth power and drive systemic, durable change. Create your page today and help secure a safe, thriving world for future generations.
Sustaining Donor PROGRAM
Recurring donors provide a source of stability, sustainability and strength.
When you become a monthly sustainer, your donation to Our Children’s Trust is ongoing until you say otherwise. Your credit or debit card will automatically be billed each month.
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.
When you commit to a monthly donation of $10 or more to Our Children’s Trust before December 31, you can receive a set of “We believe” postcards that feature our youth plaintiffs ready to mail to family and friends to learn how together we can secure children’s climate rights.
BENEFITS
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As a sustaining donor, we’ll send occasional updates, breaking news, 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.
You’re 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 2025 curriculum will focus on our three organizational goals:
SCIENCE-POWERED SOLUTIONS
Our in-house Senior Climate 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 Strategy, Kelly Matheson will detail why science is at the center of climate litigation to secure human rights around the globe.
YOUTH-POWERED LITIGATION
Our Co-Executive Director Mat dos Santos—a civil and human rights champion—will introduce climate litigation and strategy. Deputy Director, US Strategy, 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 Emily Goetz 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 throughout the 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
Donor-Advised Funds (DAFs) are the most tax efficient and organized way to give. Over three million Americans are using DAFs to maximize their charitable impact making it the fastest-growing charitable giving vehicle in the United States. You can make an immediate impact on Our Children’s Trust work by initiating a grant recommendation from your DAF.
QUALIFIED CHARITABLE DISTRIBUTION
A qualified charitable distribution (QCD) is a distribution of funds from your IRA (other than a SEP or SIMPLE IRA) to a qualified charitable organization, such as Our Children’s Trust.
Because the gift goes directly to the charity without passing through your hands, the dollar amount of the gift may be excluded from your taxable income up to a maximum of $100,000 annually, with some exceptions.
To learn more about QCDs, please visit IRS.gov, contact your IRA trustee or speak to your financial advisor.
Checks should be made payable to: Our Children’s Trust
Our mailing address:
Our Children’s Trust
PO Box 5181
Eugene, OR 97405
Be sure to have your representative include your full name and address so that we can keep accurate records and send an acknowledgement of your generous gift.
Email development@ourchildrenstrust.org for wire transfer instructions.
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.
Guidestar
Our commitment to transparency, accountability, and inclusivity is recognized by Guidestar with a 2024 Platinum Seal of Transparency. Our profile meets the highest standards enabling educated giving decisions from thousands of donors each year.
Charity Navigator
Our Children’s Trust exceeds or meets best practices and industry standards across: Accountability & Finance, Impact & Measurement, Leadership & Accountability, and Culture & Community.
Great Nonprofits
Thanks to stories submitted by our youth plaintiffs and their families, donors, law clerks, volunteers, and others, Our Children’s Trust receives a 2024-Top Rated Seal from Great Nonprofits.
