Leave a Bequest

Perhaps, the most powerful way to create your legacy supporting our mission is to include a gift of any size in your will or trust. We’ve partnered with FreeWill to help you make your will or trust in just 20 minutes at no charge.  You can use this resource on its  own, or use it to document your wishes before finalizing your plans with an attorney.

Have you already included a gift in your will or trust? Please fill out this form to let us know! We would love to thank you for your generosity and ensure our records are up-to-date.

Do you have an IRA, 401(k), life-insurance policy, or any other non-probate assets not included in your will? If so, designating the AHA’s endowment fund, The Humanist Foundation, as a beneficiary of one or more of these is another way to establish your legacy with us. FreeWill can also help you plan for all of your non-probate assets.

Whether or not you use FreeWill to make your estate plans, it’s worth noting that gifts made specifically to The Humanist Foundation support the AHA’s mission in perpetuity by aiming to retain and invest the principle of those funds indefinitely, while allowing for a portion of investment proceeds to support annual programs. Alternatively, if you designate the “American Humanist Association” as your beneficiary, then the AHA board will decide what portion to send to the endowment fund and what portion to spend on current programs. Want to be sure your planned gift is distributed as you wish? Please use this Bequest Intention Form.

Need more help? Contact the president of the Humanist Foundation, Roy Speckhardt to discuss options.

Whichever designation or method of giving you choose, when you make a planned gift, your name will be permanently etched in The Honor Roll of The Humanist Foundation for future generations to know you made a lasting positive impact on humanism.