Gift in your Will
Create an everlasting legacy with a gift to The Salvation Army in your will. This simple act creates a powerful impact. It allows you to create a legacy that is meaningful to you and to leave a larger gift than would be possible in your lifetime. Talk it over with your family and loved ones, then speak to your trusted professional about drafting or revisiting your will or adding a codicil.
We would love to connect with you! It will give us the opportunity to thank you and, more importantly, to discuss how your gift will bring hope and support to others. Your gift in you will makes a difference.
Estate Representative
The Salvation Army processes all estate gifts at its national office. For helpful information for Estate executors and professionals, please see here (underline and add link to executor in FAQ). The Salvation Army is sincerely grateful for the generosity of its donors and the fine work of executors and professionals who honour the donor’s wishes.
Legal Wording
Leaving a gift in your will to The Salvation Army is the simplest way to create a legacy of everlasting hope.
Writing or changing your will is not an overwhelming task. Everyone should have a will and update it on a regular basis. We strongly recommend that you use the services of a legal professional.
Insurance
Your gift of a new or existing life insurance policy to The Salvation Army, you’re turning a small commitment into a significant gift.
Gifting your insurance policy means there are no administrative costs or probate fees. Your gift has no effect on your estate’s assets. And you’ll receive a charitable tax receipt that can be used in your lifetime, or for your estate.
Other Options
Retirement Funds
Trusts & Endowments
Circle of Hope
When you remember The Salvation Army in your estate planning, you leave an everlasting legacy of hope. You share the values that are important in your life, and ensure those ideals remain meaningful in the future.
Circle of Hope is a special group of thoughtful and sincere people, like you, who have remembered The Salvation Army with a legacy gift. Like members of our Circle, you strongly share the belief that our community becomes a better place when we offer hope and dignity to vulnerable people.
Through your commitment to a very special gift for the future, you are creating an everlasting legacy.
Join us in a Circle of Hope today.
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A Salvation Army Gift Planner will be in touch soon to answer all of your questions. We strongly encourage you to seek independent advice when executing gifts of securities, property, life insurance, charitable gift annuities, wills, trusts, contracts and other legal agreements.
Our legal name for Estate Gifts is: The Governing Council of The Salvation Army in Canada Charitable Registration Number: 10795 1618 RR0001
If you’d like to learn more, please reach out: legacy@salvationarmy.ca
or
1-855-546-5556.
Got More Questions?
Visit the Salvation Army FAQ area, where we’ve gathered answers to the questions we hear most often. Browse through the sections to find the information you need, and if you don’t see your question, feel free to reach out—we’re here to help!
