Make an impact while planning for your future
Leave a lasting legacy to the COPD Foundation in your Will or Revocable Living Trust.
Resources to help you create your legacy:
Create your free Will
Create a free Revocable Living Trust
Gifts Through Your Will or Trust
A charitable bequest through your will or revocable trust is an easy and flexible way to join our mission to find cures for those living with chronic lung diseases. Your will or trust gives you peace of mind knowing your loved ones are taken care of, your assets are distributed accurately, and your gift reflects your personal values. By including a bequest to the COPD Foundation in your estate plan, you ensure you are leaving a lasting impact.
Benefits of giving in your will or trust
Common gifted assets in wills and trusts
- Financial accounts
- Real estate
- Retained Life Estate
- Brokerage accounts
- Crypto and NFTs
- Personal property
Make your will online – for free!
COPD Foundation has partnered with FreeWill to offer an online estate planning tool that makes it easy and cost-free to make your plan. In as little as 20 minutes, you can help support our mission 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.
Planned giving helps fuel COPD Foundation’s mission
A gift to the COPD Foundation accelerates our work today and creates a better future for those living with chronic lung disease.
You can leave a legacy to conquer chronic lung disease
COPD Foundation donors directly empower our efforts to support groundbreaking research, increase public awareness, educate patients, caregivers, and medical professionals, and advocate for the more than 350 million people worldwide affected by chronic lung diseases.
Your generosity enables the COPD Foundation to provide support through educational outreach programs and the COPD360social online community. It also helps us to create lasting, life-altering changes to better the lives of those living with COPD and those that support them.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes! Gifts of any size are deeply appreciated. Many people choose to leave a percentage of their estate or choose to leave a specified amount.
Yes! Knowing in advance about your intentions is quite helpful to the COPD Foundation, but you are always welcome to keep your gift intentions anonymous.
We’ve partnered with FreeWill to help you make a will or trust at no cost to you. You can use this 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.
Yes! FreeWill will never share your personal information without your permission.
We’re here to help you meet your goals!
Our team would be happy to speak with you about your giving goals and opportunities for making a gift to support the COPD Foundation.
Name: Eileen Pronobis
Title :Chief Philanthropy Officer
Phone: 980-288-4817
Email: donations@copdfoundation.org
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More ways to make an impact
Beneficiary designations
Gifting assets not covered by your will — like 401(k) or IRA accounts — may help your heirs avoid unwanted taxes, even if you’re below the estate tax threshold.
Popular tax-smart gifts
Many people are increasingly choosing to give non-cash assets, so they can have a bigger impact at less cost to them.
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.