Donate to Protect Our Region

Your IRA’s Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) can do more than meet a financial requirement – it can support the places and programs you care about. 

If you are 70½ or older, you may be able to give up to $111,000 directly from your IRA to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy and designate your gift to support Fallingwater or another WPC program. A qualified charitable distribution (QCD) can be excluded from your taxable income and may satisfy all or part of your 2026 RMD. To count toward your 2026 RMD, your gift must be received by December 31, 2026. 

How it Works:

1. You direct lifetime distributions from your IRA or ROTH IRA to WPC.
2. The distributions go directly to the Conservancy and are not subject to income tax.

A gift through your IRA may be for you if:

• You are over age 70½.
• You want to make a significant outright gift to support the Conservancy now.
• You have adequate or surplus retirement savings.

To make a qualified distribution to WPC, please instruct your IRA custodian to issue a check to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, tax ID #25-1053485, at the following address:

Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
800 Waterfront Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Please remind your custodian to note your name and address on the transmittal.

• Download a template to fill out and use to authorize an IRA rollover to WPC

For More Information: 

Donors should consult their tax advisor to determine if supporting WPC with a gift from their IRA is a good option. For more information, please contact us at 412-586-2336 or  [email protected].