Support Brushwood Center’s Community Impact in 2023

In 2022, Brushwood Center collaborated with more than 80 partner organizations and 300 artists on programs that improve health equity and access to nature, including the following: 

• Brushwood Center expanded our advocacy for health equity by launching the Health, Equity, and Nature Accelerator. Using research, community organizing, and advocacy, the Accelerator’s goal is to increase investment in health equity solutions that intersect with climate and environmental justice.  
• 1,500 students experienced field trips, art classes, concerts, and education programs through our community partnership program serving youth and families from over-burdened communities in Waukegan, Highwood, Round Lake, and North Chicago. 
• More than 350 military Veterans participated in Brushwood Center’s At Ease program, with over 90% expressing a resulting increased sense of wellbeing in program evaluations.
• Our art and music programs thrived this year! Our exhibitions and music performances reflected diverse voices exploring themes on justice and freedom, identity, and expanding narratives on the natural world and its vital impact on wellbeing. 

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With your help, we can grow this impact! Every dollar you donate helps us work toward a future of resilient and connected communities, both human and ecological, where all lead healthy and thriving lives. ​

Donate Today

Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Contributions are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by law. Please check with your individual tax adviser for details.

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Donate by mail:
Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods
21850 N. Riverwoods Road 
Riverwoods, IL 60015

Want to give a gift in honor or in memory of a friend or loved one? 
Simply check the appropriate box on the donation page and enter their name.

Want to sponsor a specific Brushwood Center event or program? 
Please contact our Director of Development, Mirja Spooner Haffner, at mspoonerhaffner@brushwoodcenter.org for details.

Other Ways to Give

Make a Bequest
A gift to Brushwood Center through your will or living trust allows you to make a meaningful contribution that supports Brushwood Center’s efforts far into the future, yet costs you nothing today. See below for contact info.

Make a donation of stock, securities, or property
If you have investments that you’re thinking about divesting, consider using some to connect people with nature by donating them to Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods. Gifts of appreciated stocks, bonds, or other securities can offer financial advantages in the form of a tax deduction and savings on capital gains taxes. Please notify Mirja Spooner Haffner at the contact information below prior to submitting investment donations.

Donate an amount from your IRA
If you are 70 ½ or over, you might consider making a charitable donation to Brushwood Center directly from your IRA. Required annual distributions from your IRAs can be directly contributed to charitable organizations as tax-free donations.

Donate an amount from your Donor-advised fund
Please notify Mirja Spooner Haffner at the contact information below when submitting your donation.

For more information on these methods of donation, please contact Mirja Spooner Haffner at 224.633.2424 ext. 6 or by e-mail at mspoonerhaffner@brushwoodcenter.org.

​Thank you!