Create a Legacy/Planned Giving

The ALS Society of Nova Scotia is proud to be able to meet your planned giving needs. For more information, please contact:

Jennifer Gardner
Client Services Coordinator
ALS Society of NS
jg@alsns.ca
902 454 3636
Toll free - 866 625 7257

About Planned Giving

Choosing to make a gift from the heart brings meaning, dignity and purpose to a life well lived. Your gift is your opportunity to participate in charitable and community work most meaningful for you, in a way that allows these important causes to be well supported now and long after you have gone. Surprisingly, such a gift can also be a very practical addition to a financial or estate plan when tax issues are taken into consideration - even for those who do not think they have tax issues.

10 Things You Can Do Today To Leave a Legacy

1. Prepare a will. Without a will you lose control over your property at death.
2. Leave a gift in your will for the not-for-profit organizations that made a difference in your life. Imagine the positive impact on our community if everyone made a gift from their estate to their favourite not-for-profit.
3. Leave a specific dollar amount or a percentage of the assets in your will to a not-for-profit of your choice. Learn about the many tax advantages associated with making a planned gift as part of your financial and estate planning.
4. Consider using both cash and/or assets for your charitable gift. Assets include but are not limited to, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, term deposits, real estate, vehicles, art, jewellery, or insurance. Such gifts may even provide tax incentives.
5. Name a not-for-profit as a beneficiary of your RRSP, RRIF or pension.
6. Name your favourite not-for-profit as the beneficiary of an existing or paid-up life insurance policy.
7. Purchase a new life insurance policy naming your favourite not-for-profit as the beneficiary.
8. Remember loved ones with memorial gifts.
9. Encourage family and friends to leave gifts to not-for-profits in their wills.
10. Ask your financial or estate planning advisor to include charitable gifts as part of their counsel to clients.