Planned Giving

Your Legacy: A Better Future For All Living Things

There are a variety of ways to make a lasting contribution toward a better world and ensure the environment is protected for generations to come. You may designate JGI as a beneficiary in your will, trust, retirement plan, or insurance policies. Options such as charitable remainder trusts may allow you to increase cash income during your lifetime, while providing the Jane Goodall Institute with much-needed funding in years to come.

A charitable bequest is a gift of assets to a charity through a will or Revocable Living Trust. The bequest allows you to make a substantial contribution without reducing current income; it operates like a postdated check payable only after death.

There are four different ways to make a charitable bequest: specifying a percentage of the estate, a dollar amount, a specific asset, or a residue of the estate following the satisfaction of other bequests.

Sample Bequest Language

I give, devise and bequeath to the Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research, Education and Conservation (tax ID 94-2474731), a non-profit, charitable organization organized under California law and currently having offices at 4245 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203, USA, ___________% of the residuary of my estate, after all other specific provisions have been fulfilled OR a specific gift of $________.

Planned gifts and bequests may be applied to specific projects or programs, to the Institute's endowment, or used as unrestricted gifts to ensure the long-term financial well-being of JGI-USA.

For any planned gift, please consult your own financial advisor. For more information concerning your estate planning and JGI, please contact Jessica Lindenfelser, Director, Gift Planning, at 703-682-9292 or jlindenfelser@janegoodall.org.