Make an impact while planning for your future
We also offer the ability to create a free Revocable Living Trust
Everybody needs a will
Whether you’re 18 or 108, everyone should have a will in place to have agency over what happens to their assets when they’re no longer here.
By creating a will and including charity: water in your estate plans, you can help bring clean water to more people, even beyond your lifetime.
Why give in your will?
Common gifted assets in wills and trusts
- Financial accounts
- Real estate
- Vehicles
- Brokerage accounts
- Crypto and NFTs
- Personal property
Make your will online – for free!
charity: water has partnered with FreeWill to offer an online estate planning tool that makes creating a will or trust easy and cost-free. In as little as 20 minutes, you can help support our mission and provide clean water for future generations.
We also offer the ability to create a free Revocable Living Trust
Popular resources
Sample bequest language for your will or trust
This language may help you and your attorney as you consider a gift that will meet your financial and personal goals.
Sample codicil
When it’s time to update your will, you can use a codicil—an addition or supplement that explains or modifies your existing will.
The Tributary – our legacy society
The Tributary is a community of givers who are making clean water part of their lasting legacy. By planning a future gift to charity: water, members of The Tributary help ensure that our work will continue until every person on the planet has access to clean water, and that the infrastructure exists to keep that water flowing for generations to come.
A few years ago, we learned just how many people — 703 million people! — are still waiting on clean water. We knew we had to do something. It was important to us to provide immediate support as well as the kind that would extend past our own lifetimes. With this in mind, we joined The Tributary, an incredible community of legacy supporters. We included clean water in our estate plans by designating charity: water as a beneficiary of our retirement accounts.
Ben and Meghan
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes! Every gift, no matter the size, brings us one step closer to ending the water crisis. Many people choose to leave a percentage of their estate, which scales up or down with the size of your estate.
Yes! Knowing about your intentions in advance helps our team plan for the future and make sure your gift is used as you wish, but you are always welcome to remain anonymous.
We’ve partnered with FreeWill to help you make a will or trust at no cost to you. You can use this service to complete your plans, or you may choose to use the same tools to get your affairs in order before visiting an attorney (who is likely to have a fee associated with finalizing your plans).
Yes, you are always free to revise or update your estate plans.
We’ll use your gift to meet the most critical needs. Our team would be happy to connect with you and discuss a meaningful plan for your gift, should you have specific intentions.
Get in touch
If you have any questions for our team, we want to provide the best support for you. We’d be happy to speak with you about your giving goals — with no obligation.
Name: Kees (Case) Groenewegen
Title :Senior Key Relationships Officer, Legacy Giving
Phone: 646-688-2323
Already included us in your estate plan? Let us know.
More ways to make an impact
Beneficiary designations
Gifting assets not covered by your will — like 401(k)s or IRA accounts — may help your heirs avoid unwanted taxes, even if you’re below the estate tax threshold.
Popular tax-smart gifts
Giving non-cash assets — an increasingly popular choice — can allow you to have a bigger impact at a lower cost.
Gifts that pay you back
Give assets while providing yourself or others with income for a period of time or distributions at a later date.