Environmental Action Committee

Make a Lasting Difference

Leaving a gift to EAC is a great way to continue your support and protection for the priceless natural resources of West Marin. Through a gift you can also memorialize a friend or family member. And your gift will ensure that EAC can continue working for West Marin on into the future.

There are many ways to leave a gift to EAC. You can

Leave a specific dollar amount or a percentage of appreciated assets in your will or living trust. Suggested wording for bequests.
Honor friends and remember loved ones with a memorial gift. (Just make sure to specify in your will whom you are honoring.)
Name EAC as the beneficiary or remainder beneficiary of your pension plan, IRA, or life insurance.

Before you make a gift:
Talk to a professional. Contact your attorney, accountant, insurance agent, or financial planner to ensure you are maximizing the tax and legal advantages that giving allows. Or, if you like, EAC can put you in touch with an estate planning professional. Call EAC at 415-663-9312 or email us at EAC@svn.net.

Should you decide to make EAC a beneficiary of your will or living trust, it would be helpful for us to know of your intentions. If you would like, you could provide EAC a copy of the relevant portion of your will or living trust so that we could ensure that your wishes are carried out at the appropriate time. This information will, of course, be kept strictly confidential.

Bequests

EAC recommends the following language for use in wills and living trusts, with four examples of bequest types.

"I hereby give, devise and bequeath to the Environmental Action Committee of West Marin , a non-profit corporation of the State of California, located at 65 Third Street, Suite 14, Point Reyes Station, CA 94956 USA:

Percentage
__________% of my estate."

Specific
1. the sum of $__________."
2. the shares of stock in __________ Company/Corporation."
3. my real property commonly known as__________."

Residual
all of the residue of my estate, including real and personal."

Contingent
"In the event of the death of any of my beneficiaries (followed by percentage, specific, or residual language above)"