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Join the Canopy Circle - Legacy Gifts at Tree Pittsburgh

Your investment in the future of Tree Pittsburgh helps provide the resources to grow, adapt, and sustain our mission for generations. Making a legacy gift to Tree Pittsburgh ensures a healthier region for everyone by:

  • Supporting a mission and a community you are passionate about. Donating to Tree Pittsburgh makes a difference for everyone by restoring and protecting the urban forest for generations to come.
  • Providing long-term funding that lasts beyond your lifetime. Legacy gifts ensure that the vital programs of Tree Pittsburgh are available today and support future tree planting.
  • Costing you nothing now. You can have a significant impact without financial stress on you or your loved ones. Legacy gifts are tax-exempt, potentially lowering your heirs’ tax obligations.

A legacy gift to Tree Pittsburgh provides tax advantages while ensuring a greener future for our community. Become a Canopy Circle member by including a gift in your will or by naming Tree Pittsburgh the beneficiary of your retirement funds, insurance, or donor-advised fund. 

Include a Gift in Your Will

Including Tree Pittsburgh in your will (a bequest) is a meaningful way to protect and grow our urban forest and can be done by:

  • Leaving a specific dollar amount or a percentage of your estate to Tree Pittsburgh. 
  • Making a contingent gift, where funds come to Tree Pittsburgh only if your other heirs do not survive you. 
  • Naming Tree Pittsburgh to receive the residue of your estate after all other beneficiaries.

If you already have a will, you can prepare a codicil, or amendment, to include Tree Pittsburgh. If you don’t have a will, you can find sample bequest language here.

Tax ID Number: 25-1778057
Legal Name: Friends of the Pittsburgh Urban Forest

Name Tree Pittsburgh as a Beneficiary

Designate Tree Pittsburgh as a beneficiary of all or a percentage of your retirement plans, insurance policies, and donor-advised funds, and enjoy the flexibility of adjusting your beneficiaries at any time. 

  • Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) and qualified retirement plans. Smart assets to leave to Tree Pittsburgh, as they can be among the most heavily taxed when passed to heirs.
  • Life Insurance Policies. Designate Tree Pittsburgh as the owner and/or beneficiary of a new or existing policy to make a more significant gift than possible during your lifetime.
  • Donor-advised funds. Recommend grants to and name Tree Pittsburgh as a beneficiary to receive all or part of your fund.

As a nonprofit organization, Tree Pittsburgh is tax-exempt, meaning the full amount of what you designate from your will, plan, policy, or fund will go directly to protecting and growing the urban forest.

Tax ID Number: 25-1778057
Legal Name: Friends of the Pittsburgh Urban Forest

Have you named Tree Pittsburgh as a beneficiary? Please let us thank you by completing our gift intention form. Sharing information about your gift helps us understand the goals of your legacy plan and allows us to keep you connected to your impact during your lifetime!

Learn More

If you’d like to learn more about creating a legacy at Tree Pittsburgh, contact Maura O’Neill, Director of Development and Communications, at 412-781-TREE (8733) x211 or email at maura@treepittsburgh.org.

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This information is not intended as legal or tax advice. Please consult your attorney or tax advisor for the best planning advice.