PLANNED GIVING
Now is the time to make a difference to the lives that follow. A planned, charitable gift to Earthwatch Institute is an investment in the future: yours and ours. We invite you to join many members, donors, and team members who are helping to ensure the future of Earthwatch by including Earthwatch in your financial plans for the future.
Earthwatch Institute is dedicated to excellence in research support programs helping individuals who are committed to our environment and an understanding of a better world. Gifts of the past have helped create excellence today. Gifts from estate plans, wills, trusts, life insurance and other gifts create opportunity. You can help us bridge the future with your thoughtful and purposeful gift.
BEQUESTS
Did you know that 7 out of 10 Americans die without a valid will, leaving costly probate matters and delays for their heirs? By naming Earthwatch as a beneficiary, after your lifetime your assets will come to us without going through probate. Your estate is entitled to a charitable deduction for the amount of the gift. Retirement plans, financial accounts, and insurance policies provide opportunities for naming Earthwatch as a beneficiary.
How to Name Earthwatch as a Beneficiary
Make a bequest through your will or revocable living trust. You may even designate which initiative you wish to direct your gift to support. Contact Barbara Erickson at (800) 776-0188, extension 185.
The Legal language for wills, beneficiary forms, and estate plans is:
Earthwatch Expeditions, Inc, a nonprofit corporation, organized and existing under the laws of Massachusetts, and with principal business address of Three Clocktower Place, Suite 100 Maynard, MA 01754.
For more information about Planned Giving and Bequests, contact Barbara Erickson at (800) 776-0188, extension 185.