Leave a Legacy

What is the Heritage Club?

Heritage Club is a national association of individuals who have included their Boys & Girls Club in their estate plans through a will, trust, charitable gift annuity or beneficiary designation. Members are recognized with lapel pins and plaques, and are listed, with permission, as Heritage Club members in the Heritage Club Annual Report. If you have already included the Club in your estate plan, simply declare your membership by completing the Heritage Club Enrollment Form and sending it to the Director of Development & Marketing.

Planned Giving

Planned gifts are long-range contributions that will ensure the longevity of our organization and sustain our important work with kids. Consult with your financial planner or attorney on what the best planned gift option is for you. Please see below on types of Planned Gifts. Thank you for thinking of the Boys & Girls Club of Evansville.

Boys & Girls Club of Evansville
700 Bellemeade Avenue
PO Box 6311
Evansville, IN 47719
Phone: 812.425.2311

Your Legacy

We believe that all kids should have a chance to be great in their own unique way. There are many creative ways for you to leave a legacy of hope and opportunity for future generations of deserving kids.

Click here for more information about all types of planned gifts and the many benefits available to you. You may also Click here to learn how you can meet your personal, financial and estate planning goals through your charitable gift to the Boys & Girls Club of Evansville. Our planned giving website provides numerous ways to support the Club and we encourage you to speak with your financial planner prior to making your decision.

For additional questions or to set up an appointment with the Boys & Girls Club of Evansville please contact Ron Ryan at 812.598.0800

What Kinds of Gifts Does the Club Accept?

Current Gifts

Stock: Avoid paying capital gains tax on the sale of appreciated stock and receive a charitable income tax deduction while benefiting the Club.

IRA Rollover: Your IRA funds will be directly transferred to the club to help continue our important work.

Real Estate: Avoid paying capital gains tax on the sale of the real estate and receive a charitable in-come tax deduction based on the value of the gift, while benefiting the club.

Deffered Gifts

Will/Trust: With the help of an advisor, you can include language in your will or trust specifying a gift be made to family, friends or the Boys & Girls Club of Evansville as part of your estate plan.

Beneficiary Designation: You can designate the club as a beneficiary of a retirement, investment or bank account or your life insurance policy.

Life Insurance: By naming the Club as a beneficiary, once the policy matures, the proceeds of your policy will be paid to our organization so that we can use the proceeds to further our mission.

Split Interest Gifts

CGAs: You transfer cash or property to Boys & Girls Club of Evansville- In exchange, we promise to pay ﬁxed payments to you for life. The payment can be quite high depending on your age, and a portion of each payment may even be tax-free.

Charitable-Remainder Unitrust: The trust is invested to pay in-come to you or any other trust beneficiaries you select based on a life, lives, a term of up to 20 years or a life plus a term of up to 20 years. The Club beneﬁts from what remains in the trust after all the trust payments have been made.

Life Estate: You deed your home or farm to the Club & The deed will include a provision that gives you the right to use your home or farm for the rest of your life and that of any other life estate party named in the deed.

Charitable Lead Trust: You make a contribution of your property to fund a trust that pays the Boys & Girls Club of Evansville in-come for a number of years. After a period of time, your family receives the trust assets plus any additional growth in value.

Enrollment in the Heritage Club does not create a binding obligation. The Boys & Girls Clubs of Evansville does not provide legal, tax, or financial advice. We urge you to seek the advice of your own legal, tax, or financial professionals in connection with gift and planning matters.