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For those who care deeply about our local environment, estate planning offers a unique opportunity to give to future generations. Establishing a bequest can ensure your legacy and that of Committee for Green Foothills
Why leave a legacy?
- The work of Committee for Green Foothills is made possible by the generosity of people like you. Your gifts will ensure that we will be able to continue to protect the open space that is important to you.
- Since 1962, we've been fighting and winning battles to protect the beauty of our local natural areas. Committee for Green Foothills will use your gift to continue to stave off development pressures and short-sighted planning so that our foothills, farmlands, streams, coastside and other local open space can be enjoyed for future generations.
- Charitable gifts from your estate may have tax benefits for the beneficiaries of your estate that may offset the "cost" of making a legacy gift to the Committee for Green Foothills. This estate tax deduction is usually equal to the full fair market value of the bequest.
- You'll feel good knowing that because of your foresight, the foothills, coastside and valleys of the Peninsula will remain beautiful and wild for future generations to enjoy.
How to make a planned gift to Committee for Green Foothills
There are several ways to make a contribution to Committee for Green Foothills after your lifetime and the easiest is to include a bequest to CGF in your will. (Other ways will be discussed in future Green Footnotes.)
Leaving a bequest in your will is a simple process. Committee for Green Foothills can be named as the beneficiary of a set dollar amount, a percentage of your estate, or specific assets. Your estate is entitled to an estate tax deduction for the full value of the donation.
If you wish, you may name Committee for Green Foothills as a contingent beneficiary of assets designated for loved ones, in the event they do not survive you.
Our legal designation is:
Green Foothills Foundation dba Committee for Green Foothills
A California public benefit corporation
3921 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto, California 94303
Tax ID No. 94-6121854
If you have questions, a specific purpose in mind, or want to discuss bequests, please contact us at (650) 968-7243 so that we can assist you in planning a gift that meets both your interests and the goals of the Committee for Green Foothills.
The Green Foothills Legacy Society
When you include Committee for Green Foothills in your estate plans, you will be welcomed as a member of the Green Foothills Legacy Society. This group was formed to recognize the outstanding group of friends whose long-term support will help CGF continue to protect our local, natural spaces long into the future.
Members of the society will receive special recognition as testimony of your commitment to the protection of our foothills, coastside and other local open space for future generations. In addition, each year CGF honors members at the Legacy Society luncheon, in our newsletter and on our website.
If you have included CGF in your plans, we hope that you will let us know. We would appreciate the opportunity to express our gratitude, and to welcome you into the Legacy Society. Of course, if you wish to be anonymous, we will respect your wishes.
Published October 2006 in Green Footnotes.
Page last updated October 30, 2006.
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