Help protect birds for future generations by including Audubon California in your will, estate or retirement planning. If you share Audubon California's values and feel a personal responsibility for stewarding our birds and their habitats in our state, please consider extending your support beyond your lifetime by including Audubon California in your plans with a legacy gift.

Leaving a gift to Audubon California in your will or trust, by beneficiary designation, or another form of planned gift can make a lasting difference to our work. Many gifts cost you nothing now, there is no minimum contribution, and you are not locked into a decision you make today.

There are many ways to make a legacy gift, including:

• Making a gift through your IRA by designating Audubon California as a beneficiary. This strategy may have important tax benefits for your heirs and your estate.  Please see our information sheet for guidance on beneficiary designation.
• Naming Audubon California as a beneficiary or partial beneficiary of a life insurance policy that has outlasted its original purpose.
• Naming Audubon California a successor beneficiary for your donor advised fund or the recipient of a portion of the remaining account value.
• Setting up a charitable gift annuity agreement to provide lifetime income for yourself or members of your family and a gift to Audubon California.
• Naming Audubon California or one of its programs in your will.

If you are interested in updating your will or adding a codicil to include Audubon California as a beneficiary, please consult with your attorney. The following sample paragraph may be helpful to your attorney:

I bequeath __________ (dollar amount or % of estate) to the National Audubon Society, Inc., a not-for-profit organization, with its principal offices located at 225 Varick Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10014, for program in the state of California. Tax ID # 13-1624102.

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Janine Kraus - Director of Development

(415) 644-4624

jkraus@audubon.org