Leave a legacy

Every act of giving makes an impact; collectively, they’re a force that shapes our state. 

Rhode Island Foundation has carefully and thoughtfully invested legacy gifts for generations of generous Rhode Islanders. 

Setting up a legacy gift is simple and deeply satisfying. Our experienced staff can work with you—and your lawyer or professional advisor, if you wish—to create a charitable legacy that will meet community need long into the future. With your legacy give you have the opportunity to support the Foundation's grantmaking and beyond-grantmaking efforts to meet the needs of the day, provide support for your chosen cause or charities, and ensure that you are providing for family members, realizing tax savings, and more.

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Legacy options

You can name the Foundation in your will or trust, make it the full or partial beneficiary of an insurance policy or retirement plan, or make a deferred gift through a charitable remainder trust or gift annuity that can pay yourself or a loved one income for life and then establish a named endowed fund upon your passing.

Her powerful impact continues

The late Elizabeth Freeman Clifford had a “powerful impact on her community and family” during her lifetime. Thanks to a pooled income fund, her community impact continues.

Local organizations benefit

Honoring the nursing profession

The John J. O’Connor Jr. Memorial Nursing Scholarship Fund was created through a charitable remainder trust by Joan M. O'Connor as a tribute to her late husband.

Fund assists nursing students

The 1916 Society

Rhode Islanders who name the Foundation in their estate plans or establish deferred gifts become members of the 1916 Society.

Members of the Foundation's 1916 Society are acknowledged as special partners in philanthropy, receive invitations to events and regular communications from us, have access to Foundation staff members as a resource for charitable giving, and - if they so choose - are recognized on our digital donor wall at One Union Station.

To learn more, contact Kelly Riley, Stewardship & Cultivation Officer, at (401) 427-4028, or via email at kriley@rifoundation.org.
 

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