You can give a donation to any Virtual Foundation project as a gift. The person you wish to honor will receive a Gift Card, created by us in response to your request and incorporating your wording.

You may also purchase Virtual Foundation Gift Certificates for any occasion, giving the recipient the choice of project.

How to Give Virtual Foundation Gift Cards and Certificates

• E-mail the Virtual Foundation explaining what you want to do, at cschmidt@ecologia.org. Give the name and address of the recipient, your choice of project and amount (minimum $25), and any special wording you'd like to include, including how you want your own name to be printed. Then,
• use our Online notification and Donation mechanism Go to the "Donate" section of the website to enter your donation (you may ask us to bill you, or pay by credit card)

Thank you for your innovative contribution to global civil society, and to a more constructive world.

If You Have Received a Gift Certificate - How to Use Your Gift Certificate To Choose a Project

Go to the "View Virtual Foundation Projects" section of the website. Browse through the list titled "Search for a Project to Fund". You can scroll through all of the projects, or use the Search Engine to search for projects in a particular country or region of the world, or for a particular topic, such as Biodiversity or Human Health.

When you have chosen the project you want to support, you can inform us of your choice in several ways.

• By e-mail
  1. E-mail the Virtual Foundation - cschmidt@ecologia.org, tell us the name of the project you've chosen to support, the name of the person who gave you the gift certificate, and your contact information - name and address, phone, etc.
  2. We will get back to you to confirm your choice. Feel free to ask us any questions about the project, as well.
• By postal mail
  1. Write to The Virtual Foundation, PO Box 268, Middlebury Vermont 05753. Tell us the name of the project you've chosen to support, the name of the person who gave you the gift certificate, and your contact information - name and address, phone, etc.
  2. We will get back to you to confirm your choice. Feel free to ask us any questions about the project, as well.
• By phone
  1. Telephone (toll free in US) 1-888-801-7101, between 9 am and 5 pm US Eastern Standard Time. Ask to speak with someone who can take your Gift Certificate information.
• Online
  1. go to the "Donate to a Project" section of the website.
  2. Under "I would like to", select the option that includes "Use my Gift Certificate to support this project"
  3. Select the name of the project you have chosen
  4. Enter the amount of the Gift Certificate
  5. When you fill out your donor information, under "Organization" write Gift Certificate - and then the name of the person who gave it to you.
  6. Complete the form.