Planned Giving
How will you leave a legacy?
Learn how leaving a legacy with the American Foundation for the Blind can help support the causes you care about while continuing to meet your current financial needs.
Reach Your Philanthropic and Financial Goals with Planned Giving
A legacy gift enables you to support the American Foundation for the Blind, secures the financial needs of your loved ones, and provides you with tax benefits. Legacy gifts of all sizes combine to help us meet our current goals and reach further into the future.
By including the American Foundation for the Blind in your will or trust, naming AFB as a beneficiary of all or part of your retirement plans, or taking advantage of other giving opportunities, you can preserve your assets now and support AFB for years to come. Your gift will have a real, lasting impact.
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When you make a gift to the American Foundation for the Blind from your will or trust, you'll be welcomed into Helen Keller Society and join other supporters and friends of our important mission.
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Document Your GiftHow to Give
Not only do you have options for how your gift to the American Foundation for the Blind will be used, you also have options on what to give and how to give. There are gifts that cost you nothing now, gifts that pay you income, and gifts that allow you to decide what happens when.
Gifts From Your Will
Through a provision in your written and executed will, you can make a gift in the form of cash, securities, real estate or personal property. Choose the one that best fits your needs and intentions.
Learn More about Gifts From Your WillFixed Payments for Life
Support our mission and receive fixed payments for life with a charitable gift annuity. This simple contract benefits you and AFB.
Learn More about Charitable Gift AnnuitiesFlexible Giving Account
Recommend grants to support our mission from your donor-advised fund. Enjoy immediate tax benefits and the flexibility to give when it works for you.
Learn More about Donor-Advised FundTax-Free Gifts From Your IRA
If you are 70 1/2 or older, you can make a tax-free gift from your IRA to support our mission. This gift may satisfy your required minimum distribution.
Learn More about IRA Charitable RolloverGift of Stock
Give appreciated stocks or mutual funds and potentially eliminate capital gains tax while supporting our mission.
Learn More about Gift of StockGift of Retirement Assets
Designate AFB as a beneficiary of your retirement plan to support our mission and reduce potential taxes for your heirs.
Learn More about Gift of Retirement AssetsGift of Life Insurance
Name AFB as a beneficiary of your life insurance policy and make a significant impact with a simple designation.
Learn More about Gift of Life InsuranceOther Planned Giving Vehicles
There are many other ways to support the American Foundation for the Blind through a planned giving vehicle. Charitable Gift Annuities, Charitable Trusts, Life Insurance and more may be good options for you.
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