Remembering Bear-Paw in your gift and estate plans will ensure that your planned commitments to land protection will be realized. Gifts of all sizes are welcome and make a difference. Gifts to Bear-Paw are tax deductible and can benefit your larger estate planning goals.
Support Conservation through Planned Giving
For over 25 years, Bear-Paw has been conserving diverse habitats for humans and wildlife to thrive. Our success is thanks to the support of our members. When you choose to include Bear-Paw in your estate plan, you help preserve our communities' ability to connect with nature.
Unrestricted charitable gifts provide the greatest flexibility for supporting our mission. If you have a more specific purpose in mind, please contact us to ensure we can meet your wishes. For detailed information about ways to structure a gift, or to discuss your particular philanthropic and/financial goals, please contact Bear-Paw's office at (603) 463-9400 to arrange for a confidential conversation.
Gifts you can make today:
Bequests:
A gift to Bear-Paw by will offers you the greatest flexibility and control during your lifetime as a bequest is relatively easy to modify to accommodate changing goals.
Please consider sharing your plans with us – we would like to thank you and welcome you to our legacy society, Leaving Tracks.
Unrestricted charitable gifts provide the greatest flexibility for supporting our mission. If you have a more specific purpose in mind, please contact us to ensure we can meet your wishes. For detailed information about ways to structure a gift, or to discuss your particular philanthropic and/financial goals, please contact Bear-Paw's office at (603) 463-9400 to arrange for a confidential conversation.
Gifts you can make today:
- Gift of Stock
- Memorial and Honorary Gifts
- Charitable Lead Trusts
- Charitable Gift Annuities
- Charitable Remainder Trusts
Bequests:
A gift to Bear-Paw by will offers you the greatest flexibility and control during your lifetime as a bequest is relatively easy to modify to accommodate changing goals.
Please consider sharing your plans with us – we would like to thank you and welcome you to our legacy society, Leaving Tracks.
What it means to give:
As we reported in 2020, Bear-Paw received a generous bequest from the estate of Isobel Parke following her passing in February. Isobel had been a supporter of Bear-Paw in her life with both financial support and her engaging presence at events. You probably enjoyed one of her huge salads or the tangerines she always contributed to the food at our annual meetings. We had no idea, however, that she had remembered us in her estate planning. We very much wish we could have thanked her in person.
Bear-Paw is honoring Isobel's legacy by taking a two-part approach. We are setting aside a portion of the bequest funds and investing in our long-term financial stability. The second portion of the funds we are using to "leapfrog" the organization - by immediately investing in actions that would not have otherwise been possible but that will make us better able to achieve our goals of conserving a network of lands across the region. This includes hiring a dedicated land protection project manager, improving accessibility and information along our public trails, and updating our conservation plan and land maps.
As we reported in 2020, Bear-Paw received a generous bequest from the estate of Isobel Parke following her passing in February. Isobel had been a supporter of Bear-Paw in her life with both financial support and her engaging presence at events. You probably enjoyed one of her huge salads or the tangerines she always contributed to the food at our annual meetings. We had no idea, however, that she had remembered us in her estate planning. We very much wish we could have thanked her in person.
Bear-Paw is honoring Isobel's legacy by taking a two-part approach. We are setting aside a portion of the bequest funds and investing in our long-term financial stability. The second portion of the funds we are using to "leapfrog" the organization - by immediately investing in actions that would not have otherwise been possible but that will make us better able to achieve our goals of conserving a network of lands across the region. This includes hiring a dedicated land protection project manager, improving accessibility and information along our public trails, and updating our conservation plan and land maps.
