Donate
Help us continue to offer all the things you love about the Brandywine Zoo!
BECOME A DELAWARE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY MEMBER
By becoming a member you will help the Brandywine Zoo expand and improve its exhibits to make Delaware’s Zoo even better! Join today and become a part of the Zoo’s future.
A.D.O.P.T. AN ANIMAL
The Brandywine Zoo’s A.D.O.P.T. (Animals Depend On People Too) program invites individuals, school groups, businesses, and civic and service organizations to “adopt” a Zoo animal for a year. The “adoption fees” are used to develop animal habitats at the Brandywine Zoo.
More Ways to Support the Zoo
CORPORATE MATCHING PROGRAMS
Consider the Brandywine Zoo/Delaware Zoological Society for inclusion on your employee matching gift programs. The Delaware Zoological Society is a 501(c)3 organization and donations are tax-deductible to the extent of the law. If you are an employee of a company that offers gift-matching programs, please ask your company to include the Brandywine Zoo.
For more information, please call Executive Director, Mark Shafer at (302) 407-4413.
FOUNDATION GIVING
If you are affiliated with a grant-making foundation-perhaps a family foundation-we would like to hear from you. The Delaware Zoological Society, a 501(c)3 organization, has a wide variety of projects and programs in need of funding at the Brandywine Zoo – from major capital projects to small equipment, as well as education programs benefiting the disadvantaged.
To learn more, please call Executive Director, Mark Shafer at (302) 407-4413.
GIVE THROUGH AMAZON
Support the Brandywine Zoo through Amazon.com:
- Purchase items from our Amazon.com Wish List. Pick out zoo keeper approved items from our Wish List to provide toys and enrichment to a variety of our animals!
GIVE A TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATION
The Delaware Zoological Society is a 501(c)3 organization and donations are tax-deductible to the extent of the law. Donations may be made payable to the Delaware Zoological Society and sent directly to the Brandywine Zoo to the attention of the Executive Director, Mark Shafer.
JOIN THE EAGLE LEGACY CIRCLE
You can provide significant support for the Brandywine Zoo’s mission and programs by joining the Eagle Legacy Circle. The Eagle Legacy Circle allows you to create a lasting gift for the zoo. Your various tax-advantaged contributions can made through your will, trust, IRA, and life insurance. For more information about the Eagle Legacy Circle, click here.
GIVE THROUGH THE UNITED WAY OF DELAWARE
Through this program, donations to the United Way can be directed to benefit the Brandywine Zoo through a payroll deduction. You may identify an amount that you wish to donate once or with each pay period. In addition to supporting the Zoo, your donation is tax-deductible. Our write-in number is 9326.