Planning for the future and creating the legacy you wish to leave has a lasting impact on the Anchorage community through parks, trails, greenbelts, and outdoor recreation. Making a gift in your will or living trust, known as a bequest, can guarantee that your legacy endures. Your gift may be a specific dollar amount, a percentage of your estate, or the remainder after all other provisions are specified.
Anchorage Park Foundation’s federal tax ID number is: 41-2205907
Below is suggested language to use when drafting your bequest.
Sample Language
For an unrestricted gift that allows the Anchorage Park Foundation to determine how to use the funds based on the most pressing needs, use the following language for your will and/or trust:
“I give to the Anchorage Park Foundation, a nonprofit corporation currently located at 3201 C Street, Ste 111, Anchorage, AK 99503, or its successor thereto, _________ [written amount or percentage of the estate or description of property] for its unrestricted charitable use and purpose.”
To designate your provision for a particular purpose:
“I give to the Anchorage Park Foundation, a nonprofit corporation currently located at 3201 C Street, Ste 111, Anchorage, AK 99503, or its successor thereto, _________ [written amount or percentage of the estate or description of property]. This gift should be used for [state purpose] if and so long as the Anchorage Park Foundation determines the need exists. If the Anchorage Park Foundation shall determine at the outset or at a later time that the need does not exist, or no longer exists, or for some reason, it is not possible (or prudent) to administer my gift as originally intended, then the Anchorage Park Foundation may, in its sole and uncontrolled discretion, direct the use of my bequest for a purpose related as closely as possible to that stated above.”
If you have named the Anchorage Park Foundation in your will or trust, please let us know so we can ensure that your gift is used according to your wishes. Notifying us of your plans will enable us to plan for the use of your future gift. However, if you prefer to remain anonymous, we will keep your name and gift in strict confidence.
Please contact Michelle LeBeau at 907.249.6650 or michelle@anchorageparkfoundation.org for more information.
