Planned Giving
When you make a gift to YWCA Metropolitan Chicago in your will or living trust, you ensure future funding for our mission to eliminate racism and empower women. Add YWCA Metropolitan Chicago to your existing will or trust, or write a will for free online and create a bequest with our partner, FreeWill.
Legacy Giving is a powerful way to make a difference in the lives of others. At YWCA Metropolitan Chicago, we work hard to make your contribution count by supporting women across our city in areas of business and entrepreneurship, racial justice, sexual violence and family care. Together, we’ll continue to provide tools and opportunities that empower these women to strengthen their communities and create their own legacies.
Why Your Gift Matters
When you give to YWCA Metropolitan Chicago, you’re contributing to more than an organization—you’re connecting 200,000 women, children and families with tools that grant support and instill confidence. Your gift comes to life through programs that provide onsite job training, inspire new generations of female scientists, offer counseling for sexual assault victims and ultimately create better outcomes for women across our city. Because when you empower one woman, you help strengthen an entire community.
How to Contribute
Help ensure YWCA Metropolitan Chicago’s 145-year legacy of empowering women continues by giving a gift of securities, a gift of memory or honor, or by naming YWCA Metropolitan Chicago in your will. This thoughtful contribution will help to preserve our existing programs and expand our work to support future generations. It’s a simple way to make a sizeable impact.
Bequests (or gifts through a donor’s will) are the most common type of planned charitable gift received by YWCA Metropolitan Chicago. Typically, a donor sets aside a certain dollar amount or percentage of their estate, or a specific asset to benefit the YWCA. The donor’s estate will receive a charitable tax deduction upon his or her death when the gift is made to charity. Bequests help the YWCA launch and also support important community programs, and prepare the organization for future growth.
The official bequest language for YWCA Metropolitan Chicago is:
“I give to YWCA Metropolitan Chicago, whose office address is 1 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 1700, Chicago, IL 60602, ___________ (insert either a specific dollar amount or a percentage of my estate) for ______________________ (general purposes).”
Tax ID # 36-2179765
Contact
Morlie Patel
Vice President of Development
312-762-2701
morlie.patel@ywcachicago.org
Double Your Impact!
Many employers will match charitable gifts. Search your company below to see if your donation to YWCA Metropolitan Chicago is eligible! Your matched gift can help more people access sexual violence support services, early childhood and childcare provider services, family support services, youth STEM programming, and economic empowerment services.
Legacy Giving Society
By including the YWCA in their will, trust, or as a beneficiary of their retirement plans, YWCA’s Legacy Giving Society members support the future of this vital organization. By creating a planned gift, you join a community of people who care deeply about creating an equitable future for all women, children and families throughout Chicago.
For more information and to learn how to become a member of the Legacy Giving Society, please contact:
Morlie Patel
Vice President of Development
Morlie.patel@ywcachicago.org
312-762-2701
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