Bequests
A growing number of individuals are ensuring the future beauty of America by providingfor the America the Beautiful Fund® in their wills. A bequest is one of the easiest andmost flexible ways to make a significant gift to our country as it enters its third century, and it doesn't have to be large to make a difference.
Donating your 401(k) plan or IRA (individual retirement account) is one of the best gifts you can give, according to the director of estate planning at Bank Boston. It can save the 55% estate tax and up to 30.6% income tax that would be paid by your heirs.
Artworks can also be donated, as well as stocks and bonds, mineral rights, and real estate (see Trade Lands section). Any bequest will leave a priceless legacy to future generations who will still have "the purple mountain's majesty, the amber waves of grain, the fruited plain, from sea to shining sea" into the new millennium.
To find out how a bequest to the America the Beautiful Fund® can yield tax savings for you, and vitally needed support for our work, please call us at 1-202-638-1649, (M-F 9:30-5:30 EST) ask for the President's office.
