Leave Wild Rivers as Your Legacy

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When you make a legacy gift to Western Rivers Conservancy, you will play a direct role in ensuring that our work to protect the most outstanding rivers of the West continues well beyond our lifetimes. Imagine wild rivers forever protected for fish, wildlife and people across the West. With your legacy gift, this can become a reality.

There are many ways to leave a legacy of outstanding rivers:

• Include Western Rivers Conservancy in your will

You may allocate a specific amount or percentage of your estate or other assets to WRC. You may state that after other beneficiaries have been provided for, the remaining funds shall go to WRC. WRC's federal tax ID number is: 93-1326405

• Retirement Plan Designation

Choose Western Rivers Conservancy as a beneficiary of your retirement plan. The gift is exempt from federal estate tax and is a way to maximize the benefit of your gift and minimize taxes.

• Create a Charitable Remainder Trust

A Charitable Remainder Trust is a tax-exempt trust that pays income to your designee. When the trust terminates, the remaining assets would be paid to Western Rivers Conservancy.

• Create a Charitable Lead Trust

A Charitable Lead Trust is a tax-smart way to pass assets along to your heirs. Fund a trust that pays income to Western Rivers Conservancy for a period of time (such as your lifetime or a number of years). Then, at the end of the term, the remainder is returned to either you or your heirs.

• Name WRC as a Beneficiary of Your Life Insurance Policy

There are many ways that you can use your life insurance policy to benefit both you, by maximizing your federal income tax deduction, and Western Rivers Conservancy. You can simply bequeath a specific amount or percentage of your life insurance policy to WRC.

• For More Information

For more information about how you can make a legacy gift, contact WRC President Phil Wallin at 503-241-0151 or e-mail pwallin@westernrivers.org

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