What is the Legacy Society

The Red Cross honors every planned gift donor with membership in the Legacy Society.  As a member, your gift can be recognized publicly, unless you prefer to give anonymously.  The society also provides information and assistance to donors considering a planned gift.

You can show your personal compassion and set an example for others by remembering the Red Cross in your will, trust or other planned gift.  No gift has a more lasting impact than a bequest or gift from your estate.

A planned gift also offers you many potential advantages, including federal estate tax savings, the elimination of capital gains taxes and the opportunity to increase spendable income.

What Are Other Planned Gift Options?

You may wish to consider other planned gift options, such as the following:

Charitable Gift Annuity
It's the gift that gives back!  A Red Cross Charitable Gift Annuity helps you today and helps the Red Cross in the future.  Click here to view current rates.

Gifts of Real Estate
When a donor makes an outright, irrevocable gift of real property to the American Red Cross, he or she may be eligible for a charitable income tax deduction equal to the full, fair market value of the property.  A donor who gives this type of gift may also reduce capital gains tax.

Creative Gifts Through Retirement Plans
A donor who has accumulated funds in a company pension plan or IRA beyond his or her needs for a comfortable retirement may make a gift to the Red Cross from such an account.  If this gift is made at death, it can lower estate taxes through the charitable deduction it provides.

Other Creative Gifts
Other gifts may be made through life insurance gifts, savings bonds gifts and gifts of other assets.


To learn about other ways to support the life-saving work of the American Red Cross South Florida Region, including gifts that can provide current tax deductions while paying you a lifetime income, please contact:

Gloria Kaplan, MBA
Sr. Gift Planning Officer, Southeast Florida Area
Office: 1-800-759-2050
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