Join our vibrant community today!

Your generous investment allows us to:

  • Connect people to nature, restoring human connections and habitats for wildlife

  • Act on behalf of a healthy, stable climate

  • Present free expert-led nature walks and events in San Francisco

Free Benefits for Students!

Email info@natureinthecity.org with your full name, where you’re a student, expected graduation date, address, and phone number. You can use your personal or student email, but please let us know which one you prefer! That’s all it takes to access your benefits!

Benefits starting at $45 a year, receive:  

  • All NTC supporters, volunteers, and gardening clients receive early-bird invitations to expert-led nature walks

  • Invitations for you and a guest to members-only walks, special events, and our Annual Member Picnic

  • The Nature in the City Map and butterfly and wildlife publications (up to $20 value)

  • Organic cotton tote bag, 16 x 14” (at the $100 level membership) with colorful NTC logo

  • 10% discount at Sutro Stewards Nursery & Bay Natives Nursery

  • Discounted one-year subscription to Bay Nature Magazine ($3 saving)

Nature Guardians, $500 a year and over, receive all the above plus:

  • 10% discount on one Gardening service

  • A year’s (four issues) subscription to Earth Island Institute Journal

  • Invitations for you and a guest to exclusive events: behind-the-scenes tours, expert speakers, and delicious refreshments

More Ways to Give

Sports Basement Shopping! Become a Basementeer, receive 10% off your items, and nominate Nature in the City as your nonprofit of choice. Sports Basement will distribute a percentage of their profits to us. Join the Basementeer Program here.

Your generous gifts help us restore habitats for wildlife, advocate for local nature, and curate free guided nature walks in San Francisco.

Employer Match: Some companies match the contributions of their employees! Please include your employer's name in the form when you click Give above, and we’ll check if your gift is eligible for a matching contribution.

Gifts of Stock: Donations of appreciated stock are welcome! Please contact our fiscal sponsor by emailing donorinquiry@earthisland.org and writing that you’d like to donate stock to Nature in the City.

Tribute Giving: Honor a friend, family member, or loved one with a gift to Nature in the City. Please follow this link to our online giving page.

Gift and Estate Planning: Making a gift to Nature in the City from your estate can help maximize your philanthropic goals. Please get in touch with us at info@natureinthecity.org or 415-564-4107 to learn more.

Over the Phone or by Mail: Credit card: please call 415-564-4107.

Check: Make the check payable to Earth Island Institute, note Nature in the City in the memo line, and mail it to P.O. Box 170088, San Francisco, CA 94117.

Nature in the City is a project of Earth Island Institute, a California non-profit 501(c)3 organization. Tax ID: 94-2889684