What if your impact could last forever?
Through planned giving, you can ensure that children living in poverty in Guatemala have access to education, mentorship, and opportunity for generations to come. By including Creating Opportunities for Guatemalans in your estate plans, you help build a future filled with hope!
What Is Planned Giving?
Planned giving is a meaningful way to support education for kids in poverty through a future gift. Your gift can be arranged as part of your overall financial plan, allowing it to be fulfilled later as your living legacy.
Ways to make a planned gift include:
- Adding Creating Opportunities for Guatemalans in your will or trust
- Naming Creating Opportunities for Guatemalans as a beneficiary of a retirement account
- Donating a life insurance policy to Creating Opportunities for Guatemalans
- Leaving appreciated assets such as stocks to Creating Opportunities for Guatemalans
- Establishing a support fund through your estate to Creating Opportunities for Guatemalans
Planned gifts can be tailored to reflect your personal legacy and will keep confidential.
Why It Matters
Education changes lives. It breaks cycles of poverty and opens doors that once seemed impossible.
A planned gift helps:
- Sustain access to education for students long-term
- Sustain our educational programs
- Provide stability and continuity for future generations
- Ensure that no child loses access to education due to financial hardship
How to Get Started
Creating a planned gift is simpler than you may think.
Step 1: Speak with your financial advisor or estate planning professional.
Step 2: Include Creating Opportunities for Guatemalans in your estate plans.
Step 3: Let us know of your intention so we can welcome you to the Legacy Circle.
There is no minimum gift amount, and all conversations are confidential.
If you would like to begin a conversation with us about planned giving, we would be honored to speak with you.
Contact us: info@creatingopportunitiesforguatemalans.org
Sample Bequest Language:
“I give and bequeath to Creating Opportunities for Guatemalans, a nonprofit organization, the sum of _______ (or _____% of my estate, or the residue of my estate) to be used for its general charitable purposes.”
We recommend consulting your attorney or financial advisor to determine what works best for you.
A Legacy That Lives On!
Your generosity today will change lives long into the future.
Thank you for considering a planned gift that will help continue providing opportunities for children living in poverty in Guatemala!
