Give
Four ways to be a Friend
Give online, join as a member, volunteer, or make a major gift. Each keeps work going at Wind Cave that budgets and rules can’t reach.
Give now
Donate online
Your gift funds projects at Wind Cave National Park that the park budget doesn’t cover.
Friends of Wind Cave National Park Inc is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, EIN 45-2439506.
1 · Join
Become a member
Members get email updates and an invitation to every work project. Sign up and pay online in a couple of minutes. No printed forms.
| Single | $20 / year |
| Family | $30 / year |
| Supporting | $100 / year |
| Business | $250 / year |
| Lifetime, single | $500 |
| Lifetime, couple | $700 |
2 · Volunteer
Work days
Ranch cleanup, trail work and citizen science projects. Next work day: [DATE], [MEETING PLACE].
3 · Bring the kids
Youth at the park
Junior Ranger days, bluebird box workshops and youth projects. Coming up: [YOUTH EVENT, DATE].
4 · Give big
The 1903 Society
Gifts of $1,000 to $5,000, named for 1903, the year Wind Cave became the first national park created to protect a cave.
Legacy gifts
Estate and endowment gifts of $5,000 and up fund the long work.
Or give to one project
[HOW TO SEND A GIFT TO ONE PROJECT]
- Survey gear for cave exploration teams In progress · below ground Give to this
[$ RAISED] of [$ GOAL]
- Upkeep of Road 266 to the Sanson Ranch Ongoing · above ground [ANNUAL COST] Give to this
Give by mail
Friends of Wind Cave National Park, 247 N 8th St, Custer, SD 57730 · Friends of Wind Cave National Park Inc is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, EIN 45-2439506. · Gifts over $250 are listed in our donor list unless you ask us not to.
Questions donors ask
Is my gift to Friends of Wind Cave National Park tax-deductible?
Friends of Wind Cave National Park Inc is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, EIN 45-2439506, so gifts are deductible as the law allows. Ask your tax adviser about your own return.
Will I get a receipt?
Yes. When you give online, the donation form emails you a receipt right away.
How do I give by check?
Make the check out to Friends of Wind Cave National Park and mail it to 247 N 8th St, Custer, SD 57730.
Where does my money go?
To projects at Wind Cave National Park that the park budget can’t cover: survey gear for the cave teams, upkeep of Road 266 to the Sanson Ranch, park programs, and the next project the park needs. See our projects.
Will my name be published?
Donations over $250 are honored publicly in an online or printed listing. You can ask to stay anonymous.