Planned Giving

Now more than ever, planned gifts and endowments will help secure a strong future for WIZO. We are here to help you learn more about what you can do to support WIZO projects aimed at providing for the welfare of infants, children, youth, women and the elderly while strengthening the bond between World Jewry and the State of Israel. At our website, you will discover useful information as you review your estate plans and consider what gifts you might make.

Explore different ways to approach charitable giving and family philanthropy, so you can bring your family and future generations together in supporting WIZO…

Bequests

How it works:
    
    1.You can provide now for a future gift to WIZO by including a bequest provision in your will or revocable trust. 
    2.Your will or trust directs assets to your heirs. 
    3.Your will or trust directs a bequest to WIZO for the purpose(s) you specify
Benefits:

    • Your assets remain in your control during your lifetime. 
    
    • You can modify your bequest at any time if your 
       circumstances change. 
    
    • Confidentiality is assured, your will is not made public 
      during your lifetime.
    
    • You can direct your bequest to a particular purpose. 
       This is a wonderful way to memorialize a family 
       member or a friend by providing support for a WIZO 
       program which he or she supported.
    
    • There is no upper limit on the estate tax deductions 
       that can be taken for charitable bequests. In addition, 
       the gift is usually exempt from estate inheritance 
       taxes.
 
     
    • You can have the satisfaction now of knowing that your bequest will support WIZO in the way you intendedwhen 
       you are not with us.

How will your gift be used?
Unrestricted Bequest

You may leave your gift to be used where need is greatest.
 
Restricted Bequest

You may prefer to designate a particular program or purpose at WIZO, such as Day Care Centers or Youth Villages, as beneficiary of your gift. Even small bequests to WIZO can make a meaningful difference in the lives of Israel's future generation.

What form should your gift take?
Bequest of a sum

You may choose to designate that WIZO receive a specific sum from your estate. You can choose any amount you wish.

Percentage Bequest 


You may choose to leave a percentage of your estate. You can choose any percentage you wish.

What assets should you use?

You can give almost any type of asset through a bequest including cash, stocks, and an interest in real estate or tangible personal property, such as works of art or antiques.

For any Further Information
contact WIZO Fundraising Department
Tel: 972-3-6923710
Fax: 972-3-6923880

Email:
mickeyd@wizo.org