Planned gifts include bequests in a will or other contributions made through your estate. By making an estate plan that includes Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee, you can help people to achieve independence through the power of work. We are honored to receive such gifts and will always direct the money straight to our mission: changing lives.
Please contact Beth Alexander or Niketa Hailey-Hill for any questions. Call or email us today at 615-346-1230!
Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization (EIN/tax ID number: 62-0599413). Your gifts are fully tax-deductible to the extent allowable by law.
You can make a planned gift by:
You can also make a gift directly to Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee:
To make an estate gift to Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee, ask your attorney to draft a statement in your will that expresses your desire in one of the following ways.
Give the entire residue of your estate
Sample language: I give the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate, after the payment of all expenses, taxes, and debts, to Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee, presently located at 937 Herman St., Nashville, TN 37208.
Give a fraction of your estate
Sample language: I give _____ % (percentage spelled out) of the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate, after payment of all specified bequests, expenses, taxes, and debts, to Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee, presently located at 937 Herman St., Nashville, TN 37208.
Give a specific amount
Sample language: I give $ _____ (number spelled out) to Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee, presently located at 937 Herman St., Nashville, TN 37208.
Give a contingent amount
Sample language: If none of the persons I have identified above as beneficiaries of my estate survive me, I give the rest, residue, and remainder to Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee, presently located at 937 Herman St., Nashville, TN 37208.
You can also name Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee as the beneficiary of the total or a fraction of your life insurance policy.
Gift your insurance policy today
If the policy is a paid-up policy and there are no loans, liens, or debts against it, consider giving it to Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee. After discussing your wishes with your legal and financial advisers, please email Niketa.Hailey-Hill@givegw.org
Qualified employee benefit plans accumulate tax-free during a person’s lifetime but are subject to tax at the person’s death.
Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee is a qualified nonprofit 501(c)3 organization, so it is exempt from paying taxes on qualified employee benefit plans.
To name Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee as your qualified plan beneficiary: