YMCA Heritage Club
Planned Giving and Endowment
By joining the YMCA Heritage Club you create a promise for generations to come. And, that promise builds a legacy to help preserve the mission of the YMCA. The mission of the YMCA of Columbia-Willamette is to put the Christian principles of love, respect, honesty, responsility and service into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all. Becoming a Heritage Club member is the strongest statement of support to the mission that a friend of the YMCA can make.
How Can You Become a Member?
The YMCA Heritage Club is composed of individuals who have made an outright gift or notify the YMCA that they have provided for a future planned gift, whether large or small, to the YMCA's endowment fund in one of the following ways.
- Gift of cash
- Gift of appreciated assets
- Wills or bequests
- Charitable gift annuities
- Charitable trusts
- Retirement asset
- Life insurance
YMCA Heritage Club Membership Benefits
The YMCA Heritage Club provides us with the opportunity to thank and recognize donors during their lifetime for demonstrating their commitment to the future. By notifying the YMCA when you make a planned gift you will be able to receive the benefits of membership and encourage other friends of the YMCA to consider making their own future gifts to the endowment.
- Your name will be listed in the YMCA's annual report as a member of the Heritage Club – unless you prefer to be anonymous
- You will be invited to the major donor and other YMCA events
Contact Information
Keep the heritage alive by giving a gift that supports the YMCA in perpetuity. If you need more information about making a future gift to the YMCA's endowment, or have already made a gift and want to inform us, please contact Lisa Gray, Vice President of Financial Development and Communications, at 503.221.5342 or lgray@ymca-portland.org. For additional information, view our recent Financial Planning Guide.
