Planned Giving

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. 

LEAVE A LEGACY OF HOPE 

OUR PLANNED GIVING TOOL 
We are pleased to share the Gift Illustrator tool with you. You can use this tool to help determine which type of planned gift will best meet your financial needs, while making a significant gift to support our future wish kids. (Please contact your tax advisor to discuss your specific circumstances.) 

If you're ready to begin your legacy today, you can use FreeWill to create your gift! FreeWill is a free online tool that guides you through the process of creating a legal will in 20 minutes or less and makes it easy to designate a gift to Make-A-Wish Metro New York & Western New York. Get started with FreeWill today.

Already included Make-A-Wish Metro New York & Western New York in your will or trust? Fill out this quick form to help us keep our records up-to-date and so we can thank you for your generosity.

BENEFICIARY DESIGNATIONS

Using this free online tool courtesy of FreeWill, you can log all of your assets, name Make-A-Wish Metro New York & Western New York as a beneficiary to help make dreams come true for years to come, and receive printable instructions on how to set each one up with your broker. Plan your beneficiaries with FreeWill today.

 
RESOURCES 
A brighter future for wish kids, here is how you can get started.  

Answer a few simple questions and we’ll point you down the right path. 

COMMON PLANNED GIVING VEHICLE ARTICLES 

Bequest 

Charitable Gift Annuities 

Charitable Remainder Trust 

Life Insurance 

Legacy of Wishes 

REQUEST FREE INFORMATION 

Please visit our toolkit to choose from our many downloadable resources. 

I give the sum of $___ or ___% to the   Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Metro New York and Western New York, 500 5th Avenue Suite 2900, New York, NY 10110 (tax id: 11-2645641)   to be used or disposed of as the Board of Directors deems appropriate in its sole discretion. 

LEAVE A LEGACY OF HOPE 

If you live in the Metro New York area, please contact Elizabeth Merkouris [email protected] or 646-558-5613. 

If you live in the Buffalo area, please contact Ben Marchione at bmarchione@wny.wish.org or 716-810-9474 ext 4543. 

If you live in the Rochester area, please contact Donna Auria at [email protected] or 585-213-5061.