Create a legacy for the future
with a bequest, deferred, or endowed gift
to The Minneapolis Foundation
From simple bequests to complex estate plans, we can help you create a legacy that will meet your charitable and financial goals. Even if you don't make a charitable gift today, you may be able to provide for a generous gift in the future. Whether you make a bequest or create a comprehensive estate planning strategy, we can help you develop a planned gift that fits your family, interests and financial means.
Have you included The Minneapolis Foundation in your estate plans or do you plan to do so? Please let us know:
Fill out our quick (confidential) Statement of Intent.
Support the causes and charities you care about
With a gift to The Minneapolis Foundation, you can provide for multiple causes and charities. You can support local, national, and international organizations. You can also designate a portion of your gift to meet pressing community needs.
Asset types you can use to leave a legacy
The Minneapolis Foundation welcomes many types of assets for planned gifts including:
- securities, including closely held interests*
- real estate
- retirement plan assets
- life insurance
* subject to prior approval by our Gift Acceptance Committee
Choose from a variety of planned gifts -- or create your own
You can create a customized estate plan or select from a variety of planned gift types:
Getting started
It may be easier than you think:
- Include The Minneapolis Foundation as a beneficiary in your will, retirement plan, or life insurance policy
or
or
- Have your financial or legal advisor work with us to create a legacy that meets your personal and financial goals
Please let us thank you.
Become a Community Builder by letting us
know if you
intend to include
The Minneapolis Foundation in your estate plans.
To do so, please call, write, or
complete our confidential statement of intent.
Why leave a legacy through The Minneapolis Foundation?
Working with The Minneapolis Foundation takes the worry out of giving. You know we'll be here to manage your gift, ensuring it remains a source of joy, opportunity, and support for generations.Experience. Trust. Flexibility.
The Minneapolis Foundation has been fulfilling the charitable wishes of Minnesotans longer than any other foundation. We have become a trusted partner for generations of families. By giving through The Minneapolis Foundation, you can be assured that:
- Your gift will be carefully invested and administered. Distributions will be made according to your intent.You can accomplish all of your charitable goals by supporting multiple charities or causes with a single gift. Your family members can be involved in continuing your philanthropic traditions -- or creating some of their own.
- Your gift will continue to make a difference.
Contact us
To learn more about making a bequest or other planned gift to The Minneapolis Foundation, please contact:
Mary Ellis Peterson
Gift Planning Officer
(612) 672-3859
mepeterson@mplsfoundation.org
