When you include Helping Hand Home as part of your legacy, your generosity will ensure we can continue to serve children and families now and for generations to come. You don’t have to have extraordinary wealth to make a planned gift. Even a small amount can have a big impact over time.
Ways to Make a Planned Gift
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Include Helping Hand Home Foundation as a beneficiary of your will or living trust
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Name Helping Hand Home Foundation as a beneficiary of:
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Retirement accounts (IRA, 401(k), 403(b) and 457)
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Insurance policies
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Annuities
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- You may choose to leave a specific dollar amount or asset, a percentage of your estate or a residual amount of your estate.
Designating Your Planned Gift
We encourage planned gifts to: The Helping Hand Home for Children Foundation (Tax ID 74-2756725). You can designate your gift to one of two Foundation funds:
- General Fund – Provides support to meet the Home’s current and future needs as approved by the Board of Directors.
- Heritage Fund – Provides long-term support for the future of Helping Hand Home and is the Home’s quasi-endowment.
Sample Language
“I, [name], give and bequeath the sum of $ ______ or ____ % of my estate to The Helping Hand Home for Children Foundation, Tax ID 74-2756725,”
Questions? Contact Julie Little Metzger at jmetzger@helpinghandhome.org | (512) 538-4744
If you have already designated us in your estate plans, please let us know so that we may recognize you as a Circle of Hope Member.
Circle of Hope Members
*Founding members
† In Memoriam