Bequests and Planned Gifts
Planned Gifts demonstrate your enduring compassion for the next generation. Remembering the local chapter in your will or trust has a lasting impact and ensures present and future Red Cross viability. The American Red Cross of Greater Grand Rapids is pleased to accept gifts by will or to be named as a beneficiary of retirement plans, insurance policies, charitable gift annuities, charitable trusts or stock funds.
The Red Cross honors the donors of such gifts with membership in the Legacy Society, recognizing their commitment to the organization’s humanitarian mission.
- Gifts by Will are the simplest form of planned giving and enable individuals to make larger gifts than they may be able to make during their lifetime. Gifts by Will should be made directly to “American Red Cross of Greater Grand Rapids” to ensure your gifts will support local services. Click here for a brief form for you to send us. When we receive it, we will call you to set up a meeting to discuss your specific interests.
- Retirement Plan and Gifts of Life Insurance can permit a donor to make a substantial gift for a relatively modest annual outlay. A donor who has accumulated funds in a company pension plan or IRA beyond his or her needs for a comfortable retirement may make a gift to the American Red Cross of Greater Grand Rapids from such accounts.
- A Charitable Gift Annuity offers life income to the donor while providing support for the American Red Cross of Greater Grand Rapids. It is a binding contract between the American Red Cross and the donor. A person who enters into a Gift Annuity Agreement makes a gift to the Red Cross and receives fixed and unchanged payments for the term of the contract. Red Cross gift annuity donors enjoy not only the lifetime payments they have retained but also the ease with which they are to arrange it. Click here for a brief form for you to send us. When we receive it, we will call you to set up a meeting to discuss your specific interests.
