Planned Giving: The Heritage Club
Leave a legacy with your planned gift.
Focus Forward Your Legacy in Action
Imagine the impact your gift can have—helping a child learn to swim, empowering a teen with leadership skills, or ensuring a family has access to health programs for years to come. By leaving a legacy, you help future generations thrive.
When you include the YMCA of Greater Kansas City in your estate plans, you ensure that your values live on, creating a future where every child can grow strong, every family finds support, and every senior stays active and connected.
Your legacy gift is more than just a donation— it’s a promise. A promise that the YMCA will continue to provide life-changing programs for children, families, and seniors, ensuring health and well-being for all.
Together, we build a legacy of hope, belonging, and opportunity. Your gift can transform lives today and for generations to come.
More Than a Donation. A Promise. Join Heritage Club
What is the Heritage Club?
The Heritage Club is a select group of donors who have included the YMCA Foundation of Kansas City in their estate plans and/or have made a qualifying gift to the YMCA Foundation. When we come together to build the YMCA’s endowment, we can make an amazing difference in our community!
How to Join Heritage Club
YMCA friends and supporters may join the Heritage Club, and our Y team is happy to discuss options with you. There are several ways to join:
- Make a simple amendment to your will naming the YMCA Foundation of Kansas City as a beneficiary of a portion of your assets.
- Make the YMCA Foundation of Kansas City a beneficiary of a portion of your retirement plan.
- Make the YMCA Foundation of Kansas City a beneficiary of a portion of your life insurance policy.
- Make a qualifying donation to the YMCA of Greater Kansas City.
About YMCA Foundation of Kansas City
The YMCA Foundation of Kansas City is an endowment fund established in 1976 to support the programs of the YMCA of Greater Kansas City. It is designed to ensure that the YMCA can continue to provide programs and resources to people in need in our communities for future generations.
Find the Right Plan for You
We are here to answer questions you may have to ensure you and your family benefit from making a gift to us. If you’re interested in learning more about ways to give to the YMCA Foundation of Kansas City, please contact Amy Winterscheidt, Foundation Director.
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