PLANNED GIVING

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By including EqualityMaine in your estate plan, you are ensuring a stronger future for our organization and will create a lasting impact on the LGBTQ+ community. A gift through your will, trust or other vehicle will ensure your values are continually put into action in your memory.

There are a few ways you can make a bequest to EqualityMaine or EqualityMaine Foundation:

Specific Bequest. A specific bequest involves making a gift of a specific asset such as real estate, or a gift for a specific dollar amount. For example, you may wish to leave your home or $20,000 to EqualityMaine.

Percentage Bequest. Another kind of specific bequest involves leaving a specific percentage of your overall estate to the organization. For example, you may wish to leave 20% of your estate to EqualityMaine.

Residual Bequest. A residual bequest is made from the balance of an estate after the will or trust has given away each of the specific bequests. A typical residual bequest involves leaving a percentage of the residue of the estate to charity. For example, you may wish to leave 25% of the residue of your estate to EqualityMaine.

Contingent Bequest. A contingent bequest is made to charity only if the purpose of the primary bequest cannot be met. For example, you could leave $10,000 to a relative, but the bequest language could provide that if the relative is not alive at the time of your death, the money will go to EqualityMaine.

To start the process of including EqualityMaine in your will or trust, we suggest speaking with your attorney. EqualityMaine Foundation cannot provide legal or financial counsel, but we do have some information which may be helpful to you:

  • The EIN for EqualityMaine is 01-0491854.
    The EIN for EqualityMaine Foundation is 01-0515357.
  • In your will or trust, please include details on whether your gift will be unrestricted and can be used for general operations or if your intention has a certain designation.
  • Please contact Heide Lester at hlester@equalitymaine.org if you have any questions about how to make a bequest or to request any additional information that might be helpful to you and your attorney as you consider making a bequest to us.
  • If you have included a bequest for EqualityMaine or EqualityMaine Foundation in your estate plan, please contact us to let us know. We would love to thank you for your gift.