Making a bequest to Special Olympics Iowa is a simple, effective way to carry on your legacy of loyal and generous support of our efforts to provide the best possible sports training and competitions for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Making a bequest doesn’t cost you any out-of-pocket expenses now (except for the attorney’s fees to create the bequest.)
In Iowa, there is a strong commitment to reach more people with intellectual disabilities and provide them with more opportunities for personal growth and leadership to improve their quality of life. Special Olympics changes the lives of everyone associated with the movement by allowing the human spirit to be inspired. And as a donor, you are part of it.
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You can add Special Olympics Iowa to your existing will or trust by revising and re-executing the document at any time, or by executing a separate amendment called a codicil. You have several flexible options you can discuss with your attorney:
- You can leave a percentage of your estate to charity: “I leave X% of my estate to Special Olympics Iowa.”
- You can leave a defined sum to Special Olympics: “I leave $XXX to Special Olympics Iowa.”
- You can leave a percentage of funds left over after other gifts and debts are paid and your loved ones are provided for: “I leave X% of the remainder of my estate to Special Olympics Iowa.”
- You can make a secondary or contingent gift that comes to Special Olympics Iowa only if your other beneficiaries do not survive you or other specific gifts cannot be fulfilled.
You can update your beneficiary designations on your retirement plan, life insurance, donor-advised fund succession plan, or other financial accounts to include Special Olympics Iowa as a primary or a secondary/contingent beneficiary by simply requesting a beneficiary designation form from your financial institution.
When including a gift to Special Olympics Iowa to benefit our athletes where it is most needed in the United States or abroad, please be sure to use our legal name and Federal Tax ID Number in your legal documents:
Special Olympics Iowa
TIN: 51-0176029
Find out additional information about planned giving, contact Stuart Steffy, Vice President of Development at ssteffy@soiowa.org or 515-986-5520.