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Planned giving

Include Parks & Trails New York in Your Will

By including Parks & Trails New York in your estate plans, you can leave a lasting legacy that protects and enhances the parks, trails, and green spaces you love for generations to come. A legacy gift ensures that your commitment to conservation, access, and community well-being lives on, helping to create a healthier, more connected New York far into the future.

A bequest, which requires listing Parks & Trails New York as a beneficiary in your will, is one of the simplest and most popular ways to make a planned gift. Planned giving leaves a legacy of care for your most treasured public lands. This can be done at any age simply by amending your existing will or by executing a new one. You may bequeath either a dollar amount or a percentage of your estate to PTNY through a Charitable Bequest. Gifts made to PTNY through your will are not subject to federal estate and inheritance taxes in New York.

Parks & Trails New York recommends that donors consult with an attorney to prepare or revise their will.

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Don’t know where to start? View sample bequest language to help name Parks & Trails New York in your will.

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Charitable Gift Annuities

A Charitable Gift Annuity provides income to you during your lifetime, while ensuring support for PTNY in the future. When you establish a CGA, you support PTNY with a gift in the form of cash or property and, in return, you receive a fixed income for life and an immediate income tax deduction.

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gifts of life insurance

By designating PTNY as a beneficiary of a life insurance policy or transferring the policy outright to PTNY, the cash surrender value of the policy is deductible to you as a charitable contribution. If you continue to pay premiums after your gift, these premiums are also deductible.

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retirement plan assets

Naming PTNY as one of the beneficiaries or the sole beneficiary of a retirement plan is another easy way to support public lands across New York State. Such income is often taxable to your heirs but can usually be passed without taxation to support Parks & Trails New York.

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