Why Join Friends of the Center

Why Join Friends of the Center?

By becoming a Friend of the Center, you'll be supporting our many efforts to preserve our nation's streams, lakes, rivers and estuaries. In the past ten years, we've helped modify building codes in communities across the country and alerted countless jurisdictions to the negative impacts created by roads and other impervious cover. We've designed some of the best and least environmentally harmful methods for site development. Our resources are used by hundreds of people every day.....maybe even by you. Click here to see what people are saying about us!

Benefits of Membership

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You can sign up to be a Fathead Minnow Fan ($25), a Salamander Supporter ($50), a Heron Heralder ($100), a Blue Crab Booster ($250), a Watershed Hero ($500). When you join the Friends of the Center and contribute at least $50, you'll get some great benefits:

A Center logo brushed stainless coffee mug
Your name posted on our website as a Friend of the Center
Our quarterly electronic newsletter Runoff Rundown
Advance invitations to special Center events
10% off every publication order for one full year!
An additional thank-you gift of a Center t-shirt for donations of at least $250

*Your donation is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.

Ready to start making a difference? Click here to sign up and make your credit card donation right online.

If you prefer, you can also make your donation by mail or phone:

Center for Watershed Protection
Attn: Friends of the Center
8390 Main Street, 2nd Floor
Ellicott City, MD 21043
Phone: 410-461-8323

What Are Some Other Ways I Can Contribute?

Make an in-kind donation of office supplies or field gear. Please review our Wish List here.
Make the Center your recipient of your company's Combined Federal Campaign program. The Center is a proud member of the Conservation and Preservation Charities of America workplace giving campaign. Simply designate the Center for Watershed Protection (#11248) as the recipient of your payroll deduction gift!
Have your company become a Corporate Friend of the Center. To learn more simply email us at hyk@cwp.org. Type in CORPORATE as the subject line, and be sure to include your contact information.
Customize a Center Fundraising Badge like the one on the right and post it on your blog or MySpace page!

Fiscal Information

View our 2006 Annual Report for financial data for FY 2006.

To view the Center's most recent IRS 990 Statement, you can visit Guidestar HERE (free signup required)

Wise Giving Alliance Accredited Charity

After a thorough evaluation of the Center's organizational information, the Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance shows that the organization meets all of the Standards for Charity Accountability. Find out more

Standards for Excellence

Since 2001, The Center for Watershed Protection is proud to display this Seal of Excellence awarded
by the Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations for completing the Standards for Excellence Program. Successful completion of this rigorous program, which evaluates a non-profit’s program operations, governance, human resources, financial management and fundraising, demonstrates our commitment to upholding the highest standards of ethics and accountability in the nonprofi t sector. For more information about the Standards
for Excellence Program, please visit www.standardsforexcellence.org.

Center Financial Data on Guidestar