Planned Giving

Your Legacy Gift to Pathways will help us to continue our services today and expand them tomorrow.

Talk to your lawyer or estate planner today about remembering Pathways Foundation. It could make a world of difference to the people we support.

Planned Giving Options:

A Legacy Gift in Your Will
Make a gift of cash or property by remembering Pathways as a beneficiary in your Will.

Gift-in-kind
A gift of property such as real estate, securities, artwork, jewelry or collectibles. Pathways will issue you a tax receipt.

Life Insurance
You can make a larger gift than you might expect possible by naming Pathways as the owner and beneficiary of a new or existing life insurance policy.

Endowment Fund
A donation that is invested with the earnings generated on the principal used to support our work. You may choose to name your gift in memory of a special person.

Charitable Remainder Trust
Your gift of cash or other property is used to establish a trust. You receive the income from the trust, and Pathways receives whatever remains in the trust after your death.

Monthly Giving
You may wish to consider giving regularly through our Pathways Sustainer Program. It's easy and effective, and you can change the amount or cancel any time.

A Gift of Life Insurance

Have you ever wished you could leave a large donation to Pathways Foundation, but thought that only people with a lot of money could do that?

Well, you don’t have to be rich to make a large donation that will benefit you too.

Life insurance is an economical way to give a gift without drawing on your current assets or depleting your estate. You can give to Pathways Foundation through the irrevocable gift of a new insurance policy or through an existing one. Here are three ways to do it.

1. If you have an existing life insurance policy that is paid-up and no longer needed to ensure your family’s welfare, you can sign it over to Pathways Foundation. You receive a tax receipt for the cash value of the policy, and Pathways Foundation receives a welcomed gift.
2. You could purchase a new policy naming Pathways Foundation as the owner and beneficiary. You pay the annual premiums and receive a yearly income tax receipt for the premiums you’ve paid.
3. You could also take an existing policy that names your estate as the beneficiary and provide in your will that the proceeds to be paid to Pathways Foundation. The Foundation still benefits, but you wouldn’t receive a thank you or a tax break while you are still alive to enjoy them.

Contact your life insurance agent to arrange to leave a gift of life insurance to Pathways Foundation. Both you and the Foundation could benefit.