Planned Giving
By including the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Maine in your estate plans, you can provide the resources necessary to grant inspiring wishes for children now and in the future.
A deferred gift can help you balance your financial goals and your charitable interests - all while possibly achieving significant tax benefits. A planned gift, such as a bequest in your will or trust, life insurance designations, or stock donation ensures your support for the children we serve well into the future. You'll do more than help grant wishes, you'll create a legacy that will impact our wish kids for years to come.
Have you already included a gift to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Maine in your will or trust? Please let us know so that we may properly acknowledge you and ensure that we fulfill your gift exactly as you intended.
Information you share will be kept confidential and we respect any desire to remain anonymous.
PLANNED GIVING CONTACT
Nichole Rutherford
Director of Development
Phone: (207) 221-2306
Email: [email protected]
SAMPLE BEQUEST LANGUAGE
For an unrestricted gift that allows Make-A-Wish to determine how to use the funds based on the most pressing needs, use the following language for your will and/or trust:
I give the sum of $___ or ___% to Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Maine, 66 Mussey Road, Scarborough, ME 04074 (tax id: 01-0477512) to be used or disposed of as the Board of Directors deems appropriate in its role discretion.
A FREE TOOL TO GET YOU STARTED
To help you start your will, we’ve partnered with FreeWill, a free online tool that guides you through the process of creating a legally valid will in 20 minutes or less. While you are creating your plans, you will be given the option to include local charities. Please consider choosing Make-A-Wish Maine. Start your plans today!
COMMON PLANNED GIFT TYPES
REQUEST FREE INFORMATION
Please visit our e-brochure page to choose from our many downloadable resources.