“Zebra Crossings is a fun place where you can go and feel safe because they understand how you feel. You get to express yourself and experience all kinds of things and nothing holds you back.”
Planned Giving – Naming Zebra Crossings a Beneficiary of Your Will or Trust
Interested in planned giving as a way to support Zebra Crossings? Planned giving is a simple, flexible, and versatile way to continue our mission for years to come is a gift in your will or living trust, known as a charitable bequest.
A bequest is a planned gift of personal property such as money, stock or bonds you leave to a nonprofit organization through your will or trust. Donors can specify cash, property, a percentage, or a share of an estate residue or a contingency designation. A bequest is a gift for the future, which does not affect cash flow now and can create tax savings for your heirs.
Your will designates your beneficiaries and spells out your wishes. The beneficiaries would include your heirs, and you can include provisions for charitable organizations as well. If you feel passionately about our mission, it is our hope that you will consider including Zebra Crossings in your plans.
Below is a sample sentence that can be adapted by you and your attorney to meet your specific intentions. You can include a specific item, a specific amount of money, a gift contingent upon certain events or a percentage of your estate.
By including a bequest to Zebra Crossings in your will or living trust, you are ensuring that we will be here to provide life-changing opportunities for children with chronic health conditions for generations to come.
Sample Gift Language/Tax ID
Suggested gift language: “I give and bequeath to Zebra Crossings, a New Hampshire non-profit corporation, tax identification number: 80-0456257, with mailing address PO Box 411, Dover, NH 03821, _______________ (insert specific dollar amount or % of my estate) in support of its full mission.
We encourage you to talk with a professional advisor such as an attorney, CPA or financial advisor to find the right planned giving option for you and your family.
Stock Gifts and Beneficiary Designations
Are you passionate about Zebra Crossings even after your lifetime? It’s not only possible, but also easy to do with a beneficiary designation, which identifies how specific assets will be distributed in your memory.
Consider naming Zebra Crossings as a beneficiary to receive assets such as stocks, retirement plan assets and life insurance policy distributions. You simply fill out a form that is entirely separate from your will—which makes this approach an easy way to give.
Not only is it an easy way to give, but it’s also flexible—you aren’t locked into the choices you make today. You can review and adjust beneficiary designations anytime you want.
Stock Donations
Making gifts of stock or other securities supports our mission while providing you with potential tax benefits.
Please notify us in advance of your stock transfers so that we can instruct our broker to accept delivery of your gift and acknowledge it properly for income tax purposes. You can contact Zebra Crossings’ Executive Director by email, phone or mail:
(603) 312-2052
Zebra Crossings, PO Box 411, Dover, NH 03821
Inform your broker that you would like to make a stock gift to Zebra Crossings and provide your broker with the Stock Gift Form (PDF) or the following information:
Broker: Morgan Stanley
Account Name: Zebra Crossings
Account Number: Please contact us
If you have any questions, please call Zebra Crossings’ Executive Director at (603)312-2052.
Our Wish List
From yarn to band-aids, Zebra Crossings maintains a list of items that are always handy for our programs. We accept donations of items that will be useful in our day-to-day.
Programs With A Mission
Zebra Crossings’ programs serve various age groups along with parents and siblings. Currently we serve children with asthma, diabetes, epilepsy, JRA, congenital heart defects, hemophilia, severe allergies, skin conditions and autoimmune disorders.
The efforts of Zebra Crossings are supported by our generous sponsors, both individual and business. Want to join the ranks?