Have you thought about how you can ensure that open spaces, wild places, forests, meadows, and farmland will be there for your children and grandchildren? There are a number of ways you can help ensure the special landscapes of this region are conserved forever.
Bequests
The Land Trust can be remembered in wills or living trusts through cash or property bequests. This is one of the simplest ways to make a future gift. To make a bequest, talk with your financial planner or attorney. Language for donating to NRLT in your will or living trust is available here.
Endowment Gifts
The Northcoast Regional Land Trust can receive gifts of cash to our board designated Operations & Opportunity Fund held by the Humboldt Area Foundation. The purpose of this fund is to ensure the ongoing operations of the Land Trust and to ensure there are funds available when unique opportunities arise. If you would like to make a gift to the Operations & Opportunity Fund, we’d love to hear from you at (707) 822-2242.
Gifts of Life Insurance
One way to donate using life insurance is to designate the Northcoast Regional Land Trust a full or partial beneficiary of a life insurance policy. In this case, NRLT will receive the life insurance benefit upon your death.
If you currently own a life insurance policy that you no longer need, you might consider donating the policy to the Northcoast Regional Land Trust now. You can name NRLT as both the owner and the beneficiary of the policy. If the policy has cash value you can take a charitable deduction approximately equal to the cash value at the time of the gift.
Tax Benefits of your Gift
Planned gifts often:
- Reduce or eliminate estate tax
- Decrease income taxes
- Bypass capital gains taxes
The strategies listed above and other types of charitable gifts offer substantial tax advantages. We encourage you to contact your professional tax advisor as to how best to structure a gift for your needs.