You can help shape the future
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Have you ever considered making a Legacy Gift to As You Sow? It’s easy to do!
A legacy gift lets you leave your mark by making a lasting contribution that has a positive impact on society and the world.
Legacy gifts are also significant because they allow groups like As You Sow to build long-term revenue sources that secure a future for the mission and deliver on a vision for a safe, just, and sustainable world.
For the past 32 years, supporters like you have been at the center of As You Sow’s work. You’ve made a positive impact in the world by helping facilitate systemic change in corporate decision making resulting in long-lasting benefit to people and planet.
During the 2024 proxy season, you harnessed shareholder power to shift companies to reduce material risk and move toward more just and sustainable business practices. Because of your support, As You Sow –
- Engaged 185 corporations, leading to win-win solutions with 107 companies
- Focused on 12 different issue areas, including climate change, ocean plastics and recyclability, and workplace diversity, equity, and inclusion
- Filed nearly 100 resolutions on behalf of 173 shareholders like you
- Earned shareholder support of more than $1.8 trillion on resolutions
These are just a few of the wins you helped make happen – thank you for inspiring a better world!
By considering a legacy gift, you have a unique opportunity to continue the work for generations to come – impacting society well into the future.
There are many creative and flexible giving options that benefit the work. Take a look at some of the options below or reach out to me directly if you’d like to explore other ways to extend your impact with As You Sow. I would love to help make your vision a reality. [Image alt text: Hands holding plants, one old and one young]
Gifts benefiting As You Sow in the future –
- Wills and Living Trusts –in as little as one sentence, you can leave a gift to As You Sow in your will or living trust that helps ensure we continue our mission for years to come
- Beneficiary Designations –you can name As You Sow as the beneficiary of a life insurance policy or retirement account and direct your future gift to create your legacy
Other Ways to Give –
- IRA Charitable Rollover –this provision allows individuals who have reached age 70½ to donate up to $100,000 to charitable organizations directly from their Individual Retirement Account (IRA), without treating the distribution as taxable income (also known as Qualified Charitable Distributions)
- Securities –gifts of appreciated securities such as shares of stocks, bonds, or mutual fund units
- A gift in honor of or in memory of a person
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[Image alt text: The silhouette of many people holding hands]We invite you to join a group of diverse, forward-thinking donors who are supporting As You Sow’s long-term success through a legacy gift.
Ensuring a strong financial future for As You Sow will help ensure that this essential work to continue for as long as corporations need to be held accountable. Leave your mark on the future with a gift that lasts.
I want to express gratitude, sincerely, for your partnership, today and tomorrow.
Thank you for being with us, [Image alt text: Photo of Jenna Belisle] Jenna L. Belisle
Director for Charitable Giving
P.S. – If you’d like to make your gift today, please visit asyousow.org/donate < [link removed] >
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