Planned Giving | Bequests
Making a long-term contribution to SAVE THE FROGS!
Adding SAVE THE FROGS! to your will or other estate plans can be your lasting legacy to secure healthy habitats for frogs and other amphibians. Your gift will help ensure that SAVE THE FROGS! can prevent the extinction of these beautiful and important animals so that future generations can enjoy them, and so that Earth's ecosystems remain intact.
We are dedicated to protecting amphibian species and creating a society that enjoys and respects nature and wildlife. By designating SAVE THE FROGS! in your will, you can help ensure a healthy future for the frogs.
Bequests to SAVE THE FROGS! can provide you with substantial federal tax savings, and may even place your estate in a lower tax bracket. Gifts to SAVE THE FROGS!, a 501(c)(3) organization, are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
Your will
Leaving a bequest in your will is a simple process. SAVE THE FROGS! can be named as the beneficiary of a set dollar amount, a percentage of your estate, or specific assets. Your estate is entitled to an estate tax deduction for the full value of the donation. If you wish, you may name SAVE THE FROGS! as a contingent beneficiary of assets designated for loved ones in the event they do not survive you.
Your IRA or Qualified Retirement Plan
Retirement plans are particularly attractive charitable gifts. If these funds were left to an individual, they would be subject to estate and income taxes, greatly reducing the gift's value. However, both taxes are usually avoided when these assets are left to a charitable organization such as SAVE THE FROGS!.
Your Life Insurance Policy
SAVE THE FROGS! may be named as the sole or partial beneficiary of a life insurance policy.
Sample language
If you already have a will, you can add the bequest by a simple amendment. Outright bequests of money provide a specified sum from a donor's estate. Sample language follows:
I give and bequeath to SAVE THE FROGS!, Tax ID: 26-2655709, the sum of $______ (or ___% of the rest and remainder of my estate, or _______% of my estate), to further its legally recognized nonprofit goals of protecting amphibians and the environment.
Your estate planner can suggest other legacy gifts including a proportionate bequest (which gives a percentage of your gross or net estate to SAVE THE FROGS!), as well as a variety of trust vehicles.
Questions?
Please do not hesitate to contact SAVE THE FROGS! should you have further questions. SAVE THE FROGS! encourages donors undertaking estate planning to do so with the assistance of an attorney familiar with wills and trust documents.
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Planned Giving | Bequests