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Leave the Adirondack Land Trust in Your Will and Become an Adirondack Visionary
The decision to include the Adirondack Land Trust in your will gives future generations an Adirondack landscape where people and nature thrive. Your gift also ensures your connection to Adirondack lands, waters, and wild places endures forever. The Adirondack Land Trust welcomes planned gifts of any amount with profound gratitude.
Below you’ll find more information about how to include the Adirondack Land Trust in your will, as well as other ways to plan for a gift that adds your legacy to a vision of the Adirondacks as a place for people and nature, forever.
If you have already included the Adirondack Land Trust in your will, please let us know so that we may recognize you as an Adirondack Visionary in our Annual Report. You may let us know by completing the online form below, or by completing this form to return by email to Associate Director of Philanthropy Kimberly Corwin-Gray at or by mail to Adirondack Land Trust, P.O. Box 130, Keene, N.Y., 12942. Planned gifts are tax-deductible and could potentially reduce taxes for you and your heirs, all while giving back to the Adirondacks through permanent land protection.
Your Will
To include the Adirondack Land Trust in your will with a bequest, or a portion of a bequest, use the legal name of Adirondack Land Trust, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, organized and existing under the laws of New York, and with a principal business address of 2861 Route 73, P.O. Box 130, Keene, New York, 12942, Tax ID (EIN) Number 22-2559576.
Your Retirement Plan
If you name the Adirondack Land Trust as a beneficiary to your IRA, your Roth IRA, your 401(k), your 403(b) or other qualified retirement plan, your donation will not be subject to estate or income taxes.
Your Life Insurance Policy
Another option is to name the Adirondack Land Trust as a beneficiary to your life insurance policy should your other beneficiaries not survive you.
Your Stock Plans
A gift of appreciated stock or other securities is another way to support the Adirondack Land Trust’s financial stability and capacity to act quickly on opportunities to protect lands and waters.
Your Donor-Advised Fund
A donor-advised fund is a private fund administered by a third party for the purpose of charitable giving. Naming the Adirondack Land Trust as a beneficiary to your donor-advised fund is a way to pass on remaining funds to keep the Adirondacks the Adirondacks for generations to come.
Your Real Estate
Gifts of real estate may further the Adirondack Land Trust’s mission to conserve Adirondack lands and waters in perpetuity. We ask that you notify us in advance so that we may determine whether we will be able to manage the bequest in a manner consistent with your wishes. Please contact Associate Director of Philanthropy Kimberly Corwin-Gray at to learn more about donating land or other real estate.
If you are considering including the Adirondack Land Trust in your will or have additional questions, please contact Associate Director of Philanthropy Kimbery Corwin-Gray at or (518) 576-2400.
This information is not intended to substitute for legal, financial, or tax planning advice. The Adirondack Land Trust encourages you to consult a trained professional when considering a planned gift.
The Adirondack Land Trust is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a Tax ID (EIN) Number of 22-2559576. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. A copy of the Adirondack Land Trust’s latest financial report is available by request to or (518) 576-2400, or by contacting the New York State Attorney General’s Charities Bureau, Attn: FOIL Officer, 120 Broadway, New York, N.Y., 10271.
The Adirondack Land Trust has received accreditation from the Land Trust Accreditation Commission for meeting the highest national standards for sound finances, ethical conduct, responsible governance, and lasting stewardship.