WAYS TO SUPPORT
INDIVIDUAL GIVING
BECOME A MONTHLY SUSTAINER
Financial support from individuals, corporations, foundations, and agencies is critically important in order for PFD to undertake educational , outreach and advocacy programs throughout Delaware.
BECOME A MONTHLY SUSTAINER
BECOME A MONTHLY SUSTAINER
Set it and forget it with a monthly recurring gift that will sustain PFD's sustainability initiatives! Consider becoming a monthly contributor with a gift of as little as $10/month (you reserve the right to cancel at any time). To set up your monthly gift online, click below and select "show my support by making this a monthly donation
Set it and forget it with a monthly recurring gift that will sustain PFD's sustainability initiatives! Consider becoming a monthly contributor with a gift of as little as $10/month (you reserve the right to cancel at any time). To set up your monthly gift online, click below and select "show my support by making this a monthly donation.” As a PFD Sustainer, your monthly donation goes further because we know we can count on your ongoing support.
GIVE A GIFT OF APPRECIATED SECURITIES
Donate Stocks, Bonds or Mutual Funds
Our donors are the driving force behind everything we do.
Do you own assets such as stocks, bonds and mutual funds that have increased in value since they were purchased?
When you make a gift of appreciated securities, you enjoy a triple benefit. You receive a tax charitable deduction for their full fair
Donate Stocks, Bonds or Mutual Funds
Our donors are the driving force behind everything we do.
Do you own assets such as stocks, bonds and mutual funds that have increased in value since they were purchased?
When you make a gift of appreciated securities, you enjoy a triple benefit. You receive a tax charitable deduction for their full fair market value, you pay no capital gains tax* and you enjoy the satisfaction of investing in PFD's mission.
*IRS regulations state that you must have held a security for more than one year to take a tax deduction for the full market value.
How to Transfer a Gift
To transfer a gift of stock to PFD, please contact us or have your broker inform us by mail or email of your stock gift to ensure that gifts are attributed to the correct account. The date that your shares are received in PFD’s account will be the date of your gift.
Account Information
Plastic Free Delaware
Tax ID: 85-2916447
Account information: Vanguard
Account number: 19980820
DTC #: 0062
Through Plastic Free Delaware's investment account at Vanguard.
GIFT FROM A DONOR ADVISED FUND
Have you already set aside money for charitable giving through a donor advised fund?
If so, you can put your funds into action right now and make an impact on protecting our environment by designating a gift to Plastic Free Delaware today.
Please consider recommending Plastic Free Delaware as an organization to support through your donor ad
Have you already set aside money for charitable giving through a donor advised fund?
If so, you can put your funds into action right now and make an impact on protecting our environment by designating a gift to Plastic Free Delaware today.
Please consider recommending Plastic Free Delaware as an organization to support through your donor advised fund. If you have a donor advised fund with the Delaware Community Foundation, the Chester County Community Foundation, Fidelity Charitable, Schwab Charitable, or BNY Mellon, or other sponsoring institution you can direct your grant designation to make checks payable to:
Plastic Free Delaware
404 Snuff Mill Road
Wilmington, DE 19807
Nonprofit Tax ID # 85-2916447
STRUT OUR SPECIALTY PLATE
Check out the new Zero Waste First State Specialty License Plate!
This attractive new plate embodies PFD's mission and important messaging, and makes the connection to the need to reduce plastic pollution to keep our waterways clean and the animals who live in marine environments safe.
One time fee of $50 for a plate with $35 going to support PFD educational programs and outreach.
USE THE ROUND UP APP
The RoundUp App lets you donate the spare change from your everyday purchases to Plastic Free Delaware at the end of each month.
Get started today!
STATE EMPLOYEES CHARITABLE CAMPAIGN
STATE EMPLOYEES CHARITABLE CAMPAIGN
The Delaware State Employees Charitable Campaign runs from September 1st through October 31st.
CATCH US ON VENMO!!
STATE EMPLOYEES CHARITABLE CAMPAIGN
Individual contributions are quick & easy if you're a Venmo regular:
@plasticfreedelaware
SPONSOR YES!
Support from corporate, agency, and nonprofit partners, and individuals, enables the annual YES! Summit to be free to all interested Delaware high school students. In February 2025 more than 750 Delaware students and educators attended YES! thanks to our supporters. Sponsors also have the option to exhibit at the Summit or obtain designated branding spots.
SPONSOR BLACK FRIDAY 5K
Corporate, small business, and agency support is key to making the Black Friday OptOutside 5K Run/Walk a great day for all and builds support for our
year-round programs!
REUSE: BECAUSE YOU CAN'T RECYCLE THE PLANET T-SHIRTS!
Available February 20th! Pre-Order now!
$20 + S/H.
Supports our YES! Youth Environmental Summit
CORPORATE MATCH
Does your employer match charitable contributions? Check to see if you can multiply your gift!
Plastic Free Delaware is a registered nonprofit with Benevity, a corporate platform for employee giving and matching gifts. Check with your employer to learn if they are enrolled with Benevity for employee charitable giving.
2025 IMPACT REPORT
With 2025 now in the rear view mirror, we are thrilled to look back at all the amazing accomplishments that your support helped achieve! Here are just the main highlights:
> House Bill 111 – the Delaware Skip the Stuff Act, which would restrict dining establishments from handing out plasticware, condiments paper napkins, and chopsticks unless requested - was introduced and passed through House committee. It now awaits its House floor vote in January and then will move onto the Senate
> Senate Bill 130 – aimed at banning retail sales of EPS Foam (expanded polystyrene foam (aka Styrofoam)) – sailed through Senate Committee and passed the Senate 17-4 in bipartisan fashion. It then was signed out of House Committee and now only awaits its House floor vote and the Governor’s signature
> Our 2024 legislation SB51 – which banned dining establishments from using EPS Foam – went into effect on July 1
Other legislation of interest at the state and federal levels includes a Right to Repair bill, legislation which reduce a barrier to composting on agriculturally zoned parcels, and truth in labeling legislation
> PFD worked closely with DNREC and DSWA to reduce annual permitting fees for small community composting sites from $750 to $400, and to remove the $1,250 cost of assurance fees that had been required for each site
> We continue to advocate for additional state code and regulatory changes which will lower barriers to community composting (costs and permitting processes)
> With food waste being almost 23% of what is sent to Delaware's landfills daily, and with the Delaware Solid Waste Authority's partnership, Plastic Free Delaware continued building the Delaware Community Composting Initiative to provide educational programs, outreach and technical assistance to potential project sites to establish community composting projects and to encourage curbside composting. Our first members’ community composting site in partnership with New Castle County at the Talley Day Park (opened in January 2024) has diverted more than 2 tons of food scraps from the landfill. Our second community composting site is now permitted, and several additional sites are now poised to open in 2026
> In collaboration with Drexel University's Hack4Impact student team, a new app was developed to track the impact of our community composting sites
> The sixth annual Delaware Youth Environmental Summit (YES!) was attended by more than 750 high school students and their teachers/team advisors from 44 high schools and teen groups from across Delaware, all free of charge. YES! seeks to engage, inspire and encourage Delaware’s high school students to become active in making a difference regarding environmental issues. The 2025 YES! featured 5 keynote speakers, 28 breakout workshops, 55 exhibitors, and so much more. It is thought to be the largest youth summit in Delaware, and the largest environmental youth summit in the U.S. Planning is now well underway for the seventh annual summit slated for February 20, 2026
> PFD was again awarded a grant from National Geographic to promote and encourage Delaware students of all ages to participate in the global Slingshot Challenge film project. More than 5,500 Delaware residents and visitors were directly touched or participated in one of PFD's educational programs, from online webinars, to school programs, community festivals, and more
> Food waste reduction projects including promoting Plastic Free Lunch Day was completed at Maurice Pritchard Academy in Wilmington. The state legislature passed a resolution recognizing Delaware’s first annual Plastic Free Lunch Day. A Plastic Free Lunch Day poster contest received 53 entries
> Film screenings of Microplastic Madness and We are All People Now were featured statewide
> The inaugural Really Really Free Market took place in November and with rave reviews is expected to grow even more in 2026
> A variety of topics were covered in our Monthly Lunch & Learn webinars and Green Drinks gatherings, and recordings of these virtual programs can be found on the PFD YouTube channel
> We all had a blast at the 3rd annual #OptOutside Black Friday 5K which raised funds to support our educational programs.
GET INVOLVED
TAKE ACTION
Let your federal, state and local officials know that you care about action on this issue.
VOLUNTEER
Give just a couple of hours, or dive into a longer term project, from reusable bag giveaways, to tabling at festivals, to being part of our speakers bureau or school programs, or organizing special events, let us know your interests and skills.
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Your gift sustains our sustainability work.
We would welcome your year end gift to Plastic Free Delaware (Zero Waste First State) now, to launch the new year off strong!