YMCA BUFFALO NIAGARA
ENDOWMENT FUND
While we cannot predict the future, we do have the ability to positively impact future generations. We can do this by helping to ensure that YMCA mission driven services like those of yesterday and today will be available and accessible for many years to come.
The guiding principle behind the YMCA Endowment Fund is that people can decide today to make a future financial commitment to the YMCA through estate planning. The plans we make today will support future generations of parents and grandparents in their efforts to instill the values, skills and habits that will enable their children, grandchildren and many generations that follow to live healthy, happy and fulfilling lives.
The annual earnings from the Endowment Fund provide financial resources to assist in delivery of program and membership services as well as capital repairs and replacements. Gifts may be used to support a specific branch of service area, to perpetuate an annual gift, to provide program scholarships, or to sponsor specific programs.
Gifts to the YMCA Endowment Fund can be made in a number of ways depending on a person's individual preference and situation. Click on the links below to learn more about a specific giving option.
Consult your own legal and/or financial advisors and then ask your local YMCA representative to assist you in selecting a gift opportunity that best expresses your generosity.
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HERITAGE SOCIETY
MEMBERS • DESIGNATION FORM
 Why Should You Become a Member?
We know that our children and grandchildren will be faced with challenges of their own as they grow and prosper in life. The YMCA Heritage Society, founded in 2006, was established in order to help our YMCA keep pace with those challenges and insure that innovative, high quality, mission driven YMCA programs and services will be there to lend support, guidance and friendship to our future generations.
The guiding principle behind the YMCA Heritage Society is that individuals can decide today to make a future financial commitment to the YMCA through estate planning. While the members of the Heritage Society come from diverse backgrounds, they all share a common bond. They, like YMCA Buffalo Niagara's founder George Perkins, are compassionate and committed visionaries, who have willfully chosen to make a difference in the lives of others, not only today but well into the future, through their support of the YMCA Endowment Fund.
I have included you in my will.
Membership Requirements
While the average Heritage Society commitment is higher, a future gift of $5,000 is the target entry level for all members. We encourage you to consider extending your YMCA involvement beyond the here and now by becoming a member of the YMCA Heritage Society. As a Heritage Society member, you will help positively shape the lives of those who will one day shape our community, our country, and our world.
Benefits of Heritage Society Membership
The YMCA honors its Heritage Society members and their commitment to the future in a number of ways:
- An invitation to attend the annual event celebrating the Society and its legacy of support.
- A gift as an expression of the YMCA's appreciation.
- Recognition on the Heritage Society roster included in YMCA Buffalo Niagara's annual report,on the association website and on branch displays.
- Regular updates on Endowment Fund investments in YMCA Buffalo Niagara programs through the YMCA's quarterly newsletter, the President's Letter.
To learn more about how you can become involved in the YMCA Heritage Society, please contact the YMCA Financial Development Office at 716-565-6000, ext. 107 or email contactus@ymcabuffaloniagara.org. |
