There are many ways to leave an enduring legacy. A few of the most common:
Bequests in your will or living trust
Beneficiary designations on retirement plans, life insurance, or financial accounts
Charitable remainder trusts
Gifts of appreciated securities (contact us for transfer instructions)
Charitable IRA rollovers, for those 70½ and older
Gifts of real estate or timberland
Some of our supporters choose to remember the forest in their will, and some own forest land themselves. If you own land in the redwood region that has been logged hard or left in poor shape, we can talk with you about buying it, managing it on your behalf, or receiving it as a gift, and about how the Usal Model would rebuild it.
Have questions about sponsoring an acre, planting a redwood, or supporting watershed restoration? We're here to help.
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Some of our supporters choose to remember Redwood Forest Foundation in their will or trust through a specific gift, a percentage of their estate, or property such as forestland. We are deeply grateful for every legacy gift and committed to honoring each donor’s wishes. If you are considering a bequest or planned gift, we would be honored to work with you and your advisors to help carry out your intentions.
The Foundation partners with FreeWill,a trusted online estate-planning platform, to help you create your legacy at nocost. Writing a legal will through FreeWill is free, valid in all 50 states,and takes less than 30 minutes.
FreeWill also offers free tools to create arevocable living trust and to designate beneficiaries fornon-probate assets—assets that pass outside your will, such as IRAs, 401(k)s, pensions, annuities, certain bank and brokerage accounts, and life insurancepolicies.
If you are working with an estate planner, the following language describes us as a beneficiary: “Redwood Forest Foundation, Inc., a nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation.”
For beneficiary designations, our legal name is Redwood Forest Foundation, Inc., and our TaxID (EIN) is 68-0404767.
