Friends of the Palo Alto Parks is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (tax ID#56-2424518) and welcomes donations to support specific park related projects or to support the organization and parks in general. All donations are 100% tax deductible. Also, 100% of your donation goes to your designated project/fund after subtracting the transaction fee for online donations. The General Fund is used to pay our operating expenses that are very low because the FOPAP Board and Officers are all volunteers.

Ways to Donate

Online: Donations can be made on this website using PayPal, Apple Pay, or credit card. Start below by selecting which project/fund you would like to support and then follow the thread through checkout.

Checks: Please make checks out to Friends of the Palo Alto Parks and then in the memo line of the check put the name of the project/fund you wish to support. If nothing is specified, the money goes into the General Fund.  

Mail the check to:
Friends of the Palo Alto Parks
425 Grant Ave., Suite 27
Palo Alto, CA 94306

Special Donations

If this donation is in memory/honor of someone, a pledge, stock transfer, bequest, or other estate-planning program please contact us by phone, email, or mail explaining what you want to do and give us your contact information. We want to work with you.

Phone: 650.327.7323
Email: friends@friendsofpaparks.org
Mail: Friends of the Palo Alto Parks, 425 Grant Avenue, Suite 27, Palo Alto, CA 94306

Note: When a project completes and there is still money available in the fund, the Board will determine what to do with it after a period of time. The preferred action is to transfer the money to a related project.

We do not share your information with any other organization or individual.