Consider these giving options
One-time gift
Make a secure online donation in any amount to protect and strengthen the Buckeye Trail. Your gift today supports urgent and ongoing needs along the trail.
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Recurring giving
Provide steady, reliable support we can count on year-round. Recurring donors sustain the trail and the community that surrounds it. You can set up recurring gifts to be monthly, quarterly, or annual.
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Tribute and memorial gifts
Honor or remember someone special with a gift in their name. Celebrate their love of Ohio’s trail with a meaningful tribute.
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Your gift has a purpose
Choose one of the funds below when making your gift. You can select your preferred fund in the donation form. The Buckeye Trail Association is eligible to receive gifts from donor-advised funds.
Greatest Needs Fund
Support the critical, often unseen work that makes every trail mile possible—from essential tools and systems to the backbone work that keeps the trail thriving. All gifts will default ot the Greatest Needs Fund unless you specify another purpose.
Trail Preservation Fund
Protect and secure land along the trail to preserve natural corridors, safeguard habitats, and ensure the Buckeye Trail endures for future generations.
BTA Barn Fund
Help restore and maintain the historic Beall Farmstead at Tappan Lake for programs, volunteers, and overnight stays. Your gift strengthens this hub for trail community and education.
Buckeye Trail Association Academic Scholarship Fund
Support the next generation of outdoor leaders through our annual Buckeye Trail Association Academic Scholarship. Your gift helps young people explore, learn, and lead.
Give to a Chapter
Support the Buckeye Trail community closest to your heart by directing your gift to a specific Chapter. Select your Chapter of choice in the dropdown on the giving form.
Deepen your commitment to Ohio’s trail
Blue Blaze Society
Join our leadership giving circle of supporters who light the way forward for the Buckeye Trail through annual, major, or legacy gifts.
Legacy and planned giving
Include the Buckeye Trail Association in your will or estate plans to protect the trail far into the future.
Stock and investment gifts
Give through appreciated stock, donor-advised funds, or long-term investment gifts in partnership with The Columbus Foundation.
Business support and corporate partnerships
Strengthen your impact through corporate gifts, employee engagement opportunities, and business memberships that connect your organization to the trail.
In-kind support
Support the trail through:
• Goods and supplies for trail work, events, or outreach
• Professional services that reduce costs
• Easements for land near the trail
The impact of your gift
Your generosity keeps the Buckeye Trail welcoming, inspiring, and rooted in community. When you give, you support the people, safeguards, and systems that allow the trail to thrive—today, and for the generations who will follow.
People
The heart of the Buckeye Trail.
Your gift supports the staff and volunteers who care for the trail — coordinating projects, marking blazes, maintaining tread, leading hikes, and mentoring the next generation of trail stewards.
Protection
Keeping the trail open, safe, and sustainable.
Your support provides the insurance, permits, safety protocols, and stewardship standards that protect volunteers, safeguard the land, and ensure responsible, lasting trail care.
Systems
The behind-the-scenes backbone that keeps 1,400+ miles running smoothly.
Your gift fuels the planning, technology, communications, mapping, and logistics that make every workday, event, and improvement possible across the state.
You can trust your gift is in good hands
We steward every dollar with care to advance our mission and honor the generosity of supporters like you. The Buckeye Trail Association is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit; donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
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Guided by a volunteer Board of Trustees and supported by dedicated donors, members, and partners across Ohio and beyond
“Wherever I’m needed, I go.”
More ways to support the trail
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Give through work
Many employers match charitable gifts—check with your HR department to see if your donation can go further.
Benevity
If your workplace uses Benevity, you can direct donations or volunteer grants to the Buckeye Trail Association.EarthShare
If your workplace uses EarthShare, choose the Buckeye Trail Association during your workplace giving campaign to support environmental nonprofits.1% for the Planet
If your business is a 1% for the Planet member, you can select the BTA as your nonprofit beneficiary. -
Shop with purpose
Kroger Community Rewards
Select the BTA as your charity of choice, and a portion of your purchases will support the trail. Reward your communityBTA Store
Shop trail gear and merchandise that supports outreach, education, and trail care. Shop and give backDeersville General Store
When you purchase Buckeye Crunch ice cream from the Deersville General Store, a portion of the proceeds go directly back to the Buckeye Trail Association. https://www.facebook.com/DeersvilleGeneralStore/FarOut
When you purchase Buckeye Trail maps through FarOut, a portion of sales are directed to the Buckeye Trail Association. https://faroutguides.com/
