Make a Difference for Generations
The YMCA Horizon Club: Planned Giving For the Future of the Community
The Horizon Club is a special group of men and women who believe in the mission of
the YMCA and who want to ensure that it is continued in our
community for future
generations. Horizon symbolizes looking up and out, pointing
towards the future, and preparing for the challenges and community needs that lie on the horizon.
To become a member of the Horizon Club, you can include the YMCA in your estate plans or make an outright gift to the Endowment Fund. You can direct that your gift be used for general purposes or limited to specific activities or projects. Most gifts will reduce income, estate and inheritance taxes.
Ways to give include . . .
- Making an outright gift of money, land, stock, insurance, copyrights, oil rights, letter stock, restricted stock or an undivided fractional interest.
- Bequeathing either a percentage, a fixed amount, or a contingent amount of your estate to the Endowment Fund through your will.
- Naming the Endowment Fund as a primary or secondary beneficiary of a new or existing insurance policy.
- Creating a Charitable Remainder Unitrust or an Annuity Trust, a Pooled Life Income Agreement, a Charitable Gift Annuity, a Short-Term Trust, a Life Estate or a bank deposit that eventually directs all or a portion of the principal to the Endowment Fund.
Many people believe that charitable bequests and other types of planned giving come only from the wealthy. It isn't true. Many contributors to the YMCA Family Center have been rich only in terms of what really matters: their commitment and caring.
Look towards the horizon. If you are interested in developing the spirit, mind, and body of future generations, please contact Mike Ahern, Executive Director, at 269-428-YMCA or .
