Planned Giving
Through Planned Giving, you can leave a meaningful impact and lasting benefit for generations of salmon and Hood Canal communities. Planning Giving helps ensure that our organization can continue our valuable and ambitious work within our Pacific Northwest ecosystem, our unique and precious home.
95% of every dollar is used to support our mission to ensure that wild salmon are abundant once again in Hood Canal.
For Planned Giving inquiries, please email alexandra@pnwsalmoncenter.org
Bequests
A bequest is a gift of money or property promised to an organization in your will and provides a straight forward option for leaving a donation to the Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group. Advantages of a bequest include:
- Ability to control your assets during your lifetime and allows you to make a gift without impacting your current financial situation
- Qualification of an estate tax charitable deduction
- Expand the impact of your philanthropy for years to come
- Ensure a lasting legacy and continued support for a cause that’s near and dear to you.
An example of language used in a bequest:
“I give (or bequeath) to the Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group, located in Belfair, Washington, a non-stock charitable corporation, tax ID number 91-1518294, for general charitable purposes, the following assets: ________________.”
In many cases, it makes sense to name the Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group as a percentage beneficiary of your estate; that way your estate plan can reflect your overall intent and goals regardless of valuation fluctuations.
For Planned Giving inquiries, please email alexandra@pnwsalmoncenter.org
Keep our forests green, rivers running and salmon returning for generations to come.
Leave your legacy in the Pacific Northwest.
Additional Planned Giving Opportunities
You can leave a lasting legacy to the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation in a number of alternative ways. Additional financial options include:
- Publicly traded stocks
- Bonds
- Charitable Trusts
- Retirement plans and IRA designations
- Life insurance designations
- Donor Advised Funds
We recommend you obtain legal or financial advice from appropriate advisors when you are planning your estate. The advice provided on this website is designed to provide general ideas for your consideration and we encourage you to work with your personal financial advisor to select the best option for your financial goals.
A note for financial providers is below.
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Help Your Clients Make a Difference with Planned Giving
We understand the importance of gifts given to the Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group and act with the utmost care and respect when honoring a donor’s wishes. When recommending the Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group for your client’s financial or estate plans, you can be confident in knowing the gift has the power to make an impact and create a healthy future for Pacific Northwest ecosystems their local communities.
For estate planning purposes, our legal name is the Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group and our tax ID number is 91-1518294.
If you are a financial advisor and your client would like to direct a gift to the Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group, the Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group is already included in their estate plan, or you are administering an estate and have a gift to distribute, please contact us so we can honor the donor’s wishes.