Ways to Give & Membership
With your support, Seed Savers Exchange can ensure heirloom seeds are kept in our gardens and on our tables, today and for generations to come.
Donate
With your help, we can focus on what really matters—stewarding the seeds. Make a gift today to support gardeners, sustainable food systems, and garden-seed biodiversity.
Join/Renew Memberships
Annual Memberships
Become a member of Seed Savers Exchange and join thousands of others across the country who garden, save seed, and advocate for a better world in their communities. If you would like your membership to be automatically renewed on an annual basis, choose a Sustaining Membership.
Annual Memberships
Sustaining Memberships
Join as a sustaining member with the comfort of knowing you don’t have to remember to renew! Sustaining memberships are automatically renewed annually, providing you with uninterrupted membership benefits. Update your preferences at any time through My Giving Portal.
Sustaining Memberships
Lifetime Memberships
As a Lifetime member, you will have unlimited access to Seed Savers Exchange member resources to support you on your gardening journey. Make a significant contribution to biodiversity and say goodbye to ongoing requests for membership renewal.
Lifetime MembershipsSeed Savers Exchange Endowment
To prevent the loss of heirloom garden varieties, an endowment gift to Seed Savers Exchange is an investment in the future of our food system. The Seed Savers Exchange Endowment Fund provides protection for our culturally significant gene bank, expands seed-saving knowledge, and builds equity in access to adaptable, open-pollinated seed.
Membership Perks
Download Your Digital Membership Card
Members received emailed invitations from MembershipAnywhere (formerly MuseumAnywhere) with instructions for downloading the digital membership card and the app for the digital membership card. Alternatively, you may search your app store for “membership anywhere” and download the eMembership Card app. Then search for “Seed Savers,” look up your membership by phone number and last name, and save your card to your digital wallet. Please note, your card needs to be downloaded after each renewal. If you have questions or need assistance, please reach out to us.
Member Magazine
The Heritage Farm Companion membership magazine is filled with stories from the Seed Savers Exchange community, gardening and seed-saving advice, news, and more. View a sample issue here.
Reciprocal Admissions Program
Enjoy free or reduced admission to gardens, arboreta, and conservatories through the American Horticultural Society with your Seed Savers Exchange membership card.
Virtual Membership Cafés
Grow your network with virtual member cafés! Connect with gardeners across North America and share the good, the bad, and the funny from your garden. Each meet-up will feature a Seed Savers Exchange expert, plus a chance to meet other active members in your region and beyond.
Complimentary Print Yearbook
The Yearbook is the annual print edition of the Exchange and is available to members at the $50 contributor level or above. Additionally, a PDF of the annual Yearbook will be shared with all members. The Exchange website is free and open to the public.
Member-Exclusive Seeds
New and returning members can choose to participate in the Member Growing Club and receive free exclusive variety seeds from our seed bank to grow at home.
Member Discounts
As our thanks for joining, members receive a special welcome discount, plus other offers throughout the year and 10% off at our Lillian Goldman Visitors Center. Exceptions may apply.
Other Ways to Give
Planned Giving
To make giving this powerful gift easier than ever, we’ve partnered with FreeWill, a free, online tool that allows you to write your will in 20 minutes or less, and begin your charitable legacy with Seed Savers Exchange.
Planned Giving
Smart Giving Guide
Donor-Advised Funds (DAFs), Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCDs), and stock gifts bring unique tax advantages, allowing you to magnify your impact on our mission while optimizing your financial strategy. Make your gift to “Seed Savers Exchange, Inc.”, tax ID number 43-1214133.
Smart Giving GuideMy Giving Portal
Manage your charitable giving through ‘My Giving Portal’. Update your information, print tax receipts, adjust recurring gifts, and more.
Become a 2026 Sponsor
When you sponsor an event at Seed Savers Exchange, your company supports the preservation and stewardship of America’s food crop legacy while connecting your brand to a community of over 300,000 home gardeners across the United States. Explore 2026 SSE Sponsorship Opportunities and discover ways to connect to our eco-conscious, green-thumb, food-loving community.
Let us help you find your best fit. Contact us today:
Cindy Goodner, development director
cgoodner@seedsavers.org
(563) 387-5670
Book a meeting
Brittnee Henry, donor relations officer
bhenry@seedsavers.org
(563) 387-5695
Thank you to SSE’s 2025 corporate and event sponsors!
Title Sponsors
Key Sponsors
Bloom Sponsors
Decorah Kawasaki, Impact Coffee, Pipcorn, SOGO Snacks, Trout Unlimited
Seed Sponsors
Chelsea Green Publishing, Co-op Partners Warehouse, Luther College, Oneota Food Co-op, Sugar Bowl, Traveling Tapster, Vesterheim
Financial & Impact Reports
Seed Savers Exchange centers the importance of culturally diverse food crops and gardens, community resilience, and collective action through our work. Through our commitment to preserving and sharing heirloom seeds, plants, and their stories, we are shaping the future of seed and foodways while celebrating our food heritage.
2024 Impact Report
The Seed Savers Exchange Impact Report is annual document goes beyond accounting for our activities and achievements.
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Past Financial & Impact Reports
Financial & Impact Reports, Seed Savers Exchange is a certified 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and contributions are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law. We are thankful for the support of our community that makes our important work possible. And we are committed to putting every dollar donated to our nonprofit mission to the best and most effective use.
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