Ways to Give
Planned gifts
A planned gift is one you arrange now and the Foundation receives later. It costs you nothing today.
A different kind of gift
Most gifts to Lone Star arrive today. A check, a card at the Walk, a company sponsorship. A planned gift works the other way around. You decide now that part of what you leave behind will come to the Foundation, and it reaches us later.
Texas families have been living with bleeding disorders for generations, and they will be for generations more. A planned gift is one way to make sure the Foundation is still here when they need it.
How it works
Start with your attorney
A planned gift is a legal document, so an estate planning attorney has to draft it. We cannot write it for you, and we would not want to. Your attorney is the one who knows your family, your assets and your state.
Name the Foundation
You can name Lone Star Bleeding Disorders Foundation as a beneficiary in your will, your living trust, a retirement plan or a life insurance policy. Your attorney will tell you which of those makes sense for you.
You may not need a new will
If you already have one, an attorney can usually add a gift with a codicil, which is a short amendment, rather than rewriting the whole document.
Tell us, or stay anonymous
Letting us know means we can thank you while we can still do it in person, and it helps us plan. Choosing to stay anonymous is just as welcome. The decision is yours, and you can change it later.
Before anything is drafted, call us
Ask us for the Foundation’s exact legal name and tax identification number, and we will send them to you or straight to your attorney. Getting those two things right on the document is what makes sure the gift reaches the families it was meant for.
There is no form to fill out here, and nothing you sign with us. A conversation is enough to start.
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