Leave a Legacy
Planned gifts are a way of leaving a meaningful legacy in support of a charitable organization that matters to you.
Thanks to the generosity of people like you, we are able to remain dedicated to the improvement and preservation of sight for everyone in our area through our community-based programs and services. Planned gifts help ensure these vital programs and services can continue to exist, not only for this generation, but also for generations to come.
POB recommends consulting with an attorney, financial planner, or other licensed professional when considering or making changes to your planned giving arrangements. The following information does not constitute legal, tax, or financial advice.
How To Give…
Through your will:
A will expresses your wishes as to how your property is to be distributed after your lifetime. Through a written will, you name one or more persons, usually an executor or personal representative, to manage your estate until its final distribution. This is a very popular way of giving gifts to charity — a gift you can arrange now to create a legacy.
Through a trust:
Through a trust, your assets are managed so they may extend into and well beyond your living years. You specify through the trust which assets are to be included, who is to manage and decide matters, who will benefit, and when and how long the benefits will be received. There are different types of trusts based on your desires and needs. The benefits of a charitable trust include letting you donate generously to the charities of your choice during and after your lifetime, while also receiving and providing significant tax savings for you and your beneficiaries.
Through a beneficiary designation:
A beneficiary designation allows you to identify who receives ownership of certain assets after your lifetime. Beneficiary designations are common with certain types of assets, such as retirement accounts, bank accounts, life insurance policies, and stock and investment securities.
Plan Your Gift
If you would like to name POB as a beneficiary in your planned gifts, please use the following information in your documents:
Prevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan Washington
415 2nd Street NE, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20002
Tax ID: 53-0204690
If you are the executor, trustee, or personal representative currently responsible for administering a decedent’s planned gifts in which the Prevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan Washington has been named, please forward documents and communications to:
Prevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan Washington
415 2nd Street NE, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20002
Tax ID: 53-0204690
POB recommends consulting with an attorney, financial planner, or other licensed professional when considering or making changes to your planned giving arrangements. If you or your adviser have any questions or would like us to provide information or language specific to your bequest goals and interests, please contact us at (202) 234-1010.
