{"id":136,"date":"2018-07-06T13:52:34","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T18:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web1.dharma.org\/?page_id=136"},"modified":"2024-10-15T15:34:13","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T20:34:13","slug":"planned-giving","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dharma.org\/generosity\/planned-giving\/","title":{"rendered":"Planned Giving"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Create a Lasting Legacy<\/h2>\n<p>Consider joining the <strong>Legacy Sangha<\/strong>, a growing community of people who want IMS to thrive into the future. Many of our supporters make a gift to IMS in their will or estate plan so they can do even more to ensure that the Buddha&#8217;s teachings of wisdom and compassion will be taught and practiced at our centers for generations to come. <strong>You can, too.<\/strong> Giving a percentage of your estate will help IMS serve as a refuge for all who seek freedom of mind and heart.<\/p>\n<h5>Making a legacy gift is easy<\/h5>\n<p>Everyone needs a will, and everyone can make a legacy gift &#8212; you don&#8217;t need to be wealthy. To include us in your estate plan, simply name IMS as a beneficiary:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>in your will or living trust \u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dharma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Estate-Planning-Making-a-Bequest-to-IMS-2019-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">see info &amp; sample language<\/a><\/li>\n<li>in your retirement plan or bank account \u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dharma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Estate-Planning-Making-IMS-a-Beneficiary-of-a-Financial-Instrument-2019.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">see info &amp; sample language<\/a><\/li>\n<li>in your life insurance policy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Create your free will<\/h5>\n<p>To make it easy, we&#8217;ve partnered with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freewill.com\/ims?utm_source=partner&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_campaign=2022_ims_plannedgivingpg\">FreeWill<\/a>: a free online resource that guides you through the process of making or updating a legally valid will in just 20 minutes. In your plans, you can include a gift to IMS.<\/p>\n<p>If you have more complex estate plans, you can use FreeWill to create a set of documented wishes to share with your attorney.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Have an IRA, 401(k), life insurance policy, donor-advised fund, or any other assets not included in your will?<\/strong> These are called non-probate assets and you must identify your beneficiaries for them separately. You can use this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freewill.com\/beneficiaries\/ims?utm_source=partner&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_campaign=2022_ims_plannedgivingpg\">online tool<\/a> to make your plans and designate IMS as a beneficiary of these assets to help share the Dharma for many years to come.<\/p>\n<h5>Connect with us<\/h5>\n<p>We welcome the opportunity to talk with you. Please contact Leah Giles, Director of Development, at 978-355-4378 ext. 320 or<a href=\"mailto:plannedgiving@dharma.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">plannedgiving@dharma.org\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>If you have already made a gift to IMS in your estate plans,<\/strong> we would be honored if you could <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freewill.com\/record\/ims?utm_source=partner&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_campaign=2022_ims_plannedgivingpg\">fill out this form<\/a> to let us know so we can thank you and update our records.<\/p>\n<p>Or, complete the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dharma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Planned-Giving-Response-Form-2019-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Planned Giving Response Form<\/a>and mail it to us:<\/p>\n<p>IMS Development Office<br \/>\n1230 Pleasant Street<br \/>\nBarre, MA 01005<\/p>\n<p>IMS&#8217;s tax-exempt ID number: 51-0152810<\/p>\n<p><em>The information here is for general purposes only. 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