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Keep Davis SwimmingDavis Aquatic Masters is 450 adults who show up before sunrise. We're also the reason thirty adults in this community learned to swim last year, the host of one of Northern California's best open water races, and a partner in keeping this town's pools open for everyone who uses them. Your gift supports all of it. |
What your donation actually doesDues cover the day-to-day: coaching, lane time, the lights staying on. They don't cover the things that make a club durable — a facility that won't fail us, equipment the whole club uses, events that bring hundreds of visitors to Davis, or subsidized swim lessons for adults in this community who never learned to swim. That's what donations are for.Every dollar given here goes somewhere specific, and you choose where. |
Four funds. You choose where your gift goes.Each fund is a separate designation. Your gift is applied only to the one you pick. |
Adult Learn-to-Swim FundTeaching adults in our community to swim. Subsidized, and taught entirely by volunteers.Most adults who can't swim didn't choose that. They grew up without access to a pool, without lessons, or with a bad experience that stuck. And it follows them: they skip the lake, they stay out of the ocean, they sit on the side while their kids swim. For many of them it's a quiet fear they've carried for decades. DAM's Adult Learn-to-Swim program exists to end that. We subsidize lessons for adults in the Davis community who never learned, and we teach them ourselves. The program is run and taught entirely by volunteers from our own club. There is nothing else we do that changes a person's life this directly. Your gift here pays for pool time, instructor certification, and equipment, and keeps the program at the lowest possible cost for the people who need it. The Facilities FundMaking sure Davis always has water to swim in.This is a restricted fund. Money given here can only be used to build new aquatic facilities or upgrade existing ones. It cannot be spent on operations, staff, or anything else. Pools don't last forever. Heaters fail, decks crack, and aging facilities close. If Davis lost pool access tomorrow, our club, the youth swim teams, the lap swimmers, the rec programs, and many learn-to-swim classes in town would lose their home at the same moment. The General FundEveryday support for everything that makes DAM work.The General Fund is the most flexible way to give. It covers the equipment we hand out on deck (fins, paddles, buoys, kickboards, etc.) plus coach development, safety gear, and the hundred small costs of running a 450-member club well. It also keeps dues affordable. Every dollar donated here is a dollar we don't have to raise from members who are already stretched. If you want your gift to go wherever the need is greatest, this is the one. The Events FundPowering the races, meets, and traditions that bring us together.DAM runs some of the best events in Masters swimming. The Lake Berryessa Open Water Swim draws swimmers from across the state. The Brute Squad has become a rite of passage. Our sanctioned meets and seasonal traditions turn a group of people who happen to swim at the same time into an actual club. Events cost money up front — permits, timing systems, safety boats, officials, insurance, awards — long before a single entry fee arrives. Gifts here cover that gap, which lets us run bigger, safer events and put more of the proceeds back into the club. |
Businesses & Community Partners
Our members live here, work here, and spend here.Our events bring hundreds of visiting athletes and their families into Davis for weekends at a time. If you run a business in this community, there's a good chance partnering with DAM makes sense for both of us. |
More ways to give
Monthly, matched, or in someone's honor | IRA gifts and estate plans | Business partnershipPartner with DAM |
Davis Aquatic Masters is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Our EIN is 94-2412714. Donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law, and your receipt arrives by email immediately.
Restricted funds stay restricted. Facilities Fund gifts are used only for facilities. Adult Learn-to-Swim gifts are used only for that program. We do not move money between designations.
Questions about a gift, or want to discuss a larger contribution? Contact CEO Matt Zachan at mzachan@damfast.org.
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