Legacy Giving

Planned gifts grow the ARCA Foundation’s endowment fund creating a strong future for cherished children and adults with intellectual, developmental, and cognitive disabilities as long as there is a need.

 

Leaving a Legacy Planned gifts grow the ARCA Foundation’s endowment fund creating a strong future for cherished children and adults with intellectual, developmental and cognitive disabilities as long as there is a need. You may designate all or a portion of your gift as an unrestricted contribution to the ARCA Foundation Endowment or for a specific program or purpose within ARCA. You may also leave a legacy in memory of a loved one or choose to give anonymously. Your financial advisor and ARCA can help determine the best option for you and your family, including:

 

  • Bequests: including the ARCA Foundation in your will for a specific dollar amount or percentage of your estate.
  • Charitable Remainder Trusts (CRT): establishing a CRT to provide you or a loved one with either a variable or fixed dollar amount annually from the assets in the trust. The ARCA Foundation will receive all or part of the balance.
  • Charitable Lead Trusts: transferring assets to a trust that pays a yearly amount to the ARCA Foundation for a specified number of years and then returns the remaining assets to your designated beneficiaries.
  • Gifts of Real Property: donating your home or other real estate to the ARCA Foundation even if you continue to live in your home during your lifetime.
  • Life Insurance: transferring ownership of a paid life insurance policy to the ARCA Foundation can provide tax savings and help eliminate estate taxes.
  • Bank Accounts and Certificates of Deposits: naming the ARCA Foundation as the “payable-on-death” beneficiary allows these assets to pass directly to ARCA at your death.
  • Retirement Benefits: naming the ARCA Foundation as a beneficiary of your IRA or other retirement plan assets provides 100% use of those assets without income tax.

 

Click here for a PDF of ARCA’s Circle of Promise Brochure

 

Circle of Promise Membership ARCA’s Circle of Promise membership program was created in 2012 to recognize those who have made lasting, critical legacy gifts to ARCA. Our Circle of Promise members include families of individuals ARCA serves, Board members, staff, volunteers and community members who have a common vision and commitment for a better life for future generations served by ARCA. Membership is voluntary and your gift can remain anonymous. Benefits of Membership

  • Circle of Promise lapel pin
  • ARCA’s Outlook delivered to your home or business
  • ARCA’s Annual Report
  • Invitation to an annual ARCA event for Circle of Promise members
  • Invitations to special ARCA events throughout the year

 

ARCA DESIGNATION LANGUAGE

To include ARCA in your Will or Estate Plan, please use the following language:

 

The ARCA Foundation, a nonprofit corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New Mexico and with the principal business address of 11300 Lomas Blvd, NE, Albuquerque, NM 87112.

Our Tax ID is 85-0437970

Date of Incorporation is January 1, 1996

 

Click here to access a PDF of the Bequest Form