Legacy Giving

Leave a Legacy with iDE Canada

Thank you for considering leaving a legacy gift to iDE Canada. By leaving a legacy gift to iDE Canada, you will generate new innovation and solutions that will have impact for generations to come.

Your Legacy Gift Impact

Loeurm, an inspirational entrepreneur and mother from Cambodia, has many reasons to be proud of her successful toilet business. With support from caring legacy donors like you, she gained the training and confidence to make the leap from sales to producer. Her business manufactures concrete rings, which are needed to build toilet facilities. Now she can pay for her children’s education and for her parents’ care. She’s also challenging gender norms by working in a field that few women do. And she’s part of a solution to help her community become healthier through access to toilet facilities.

Catherine, a loving mother of four and farmer from Zambia, wanted to protect her kids from illness and see them grow up healthy and strong. Because of the support of caring donors like you, she had the chance to attend a cooking demonstration. There she learned about nutrient-rich foods and good hand-hygiene. With this knowledge, she is helping her children thrive. She was also inspired to switch from growing corn to sunflowers, for the added nutrition and increased income selling the oil. Now her kids are eating more nutritious food and, with her extra income, Catherine is supporting other women in her community by providing loans they otherwise would not have access to.

For more impactful stories, visit Where We Work or read our latest Impact Report.

Legacy Donor Voices

“Together with our children and grandchildren, we visited and spoke with farmers on an iDE trip to Zambia and Ethiopia in 2014. We saw firsthand the motivation to overcome barriers and leave poverty for good. Our legacy commitment to iDE is not a hand out. It’s an investment that will continue to have an impact on families and communities for generations to come.” – Bill & Margaret Fast

Types of Legacy Gifts

Gift in Your Will

Include iDE Canada as a beneficiary in your Will by directing a specific amount, percentage, or residue of your estate to us. This reduces the estate taxes for your loved ones and increases your legacy gift. For Will Wording examples, please view our Sample Will Wording resource.

Life Insurance

• Include iDE Canada as a beneficiary of your life insurance policy to reduce your estate taxes for your loved ones.
• Establish a new life insurance naming iDE Canada as the policy owner and beneficiary to receive a charitable tax receipt now for all premiums paid by you the Legacy Donor.
• Transfer ownership of a current life insurance policy to iDE Canada. You will receive a charitable tex receipt for the cash surrender value of the policy at date of transfer as well as charitable tax receipt for any premiums paid following policy ownership transfer.
• Donate a full paid life insurance policy you no longer need and receive a charitable tex receipt for the date of transfer which includes the cash surrender value, dividends and any interest earned.

For a full list of Legacy Gifts iDE Canada is grateful to accept, please read our GAVPP.

How to Make a Legacy Gift

Legacy Giving doesn’t have to be complicated. The iDE team is here to make your Legacy Gifting Journeys as simple as possible.

Speak to Your Professional Advisors

A lawyer, financial advisor or accountant can explain your options and lead you through the process; like including iDE Canada’s legal name and charitable number.

Share Your Legacy Plans with Us

Letting us know you’ve left a Legacy Gift helps iDE Canada plan for the future, ensuring support is always available to those in need. Simply complete and return our Bequest Intent Form so that we have the opportunity to express our gratitude!

Join the 100 Farmers Society

You will be welcomed to the 100 Farmers Society, iDE’s community of legacy givers. When Paul Polak founded iDE, he said “talk to 100 farmers before you do anything.” The 100 Farmers Society is an opportunity to join Paul’s legacy of truly seeing and hearing people’s needs and aspirations.

iDE Canada’s Commitment to Legacy Donors

1. Your privacy is important to us. Read how we protect your privacy in our Gift Acceptance, Valuation & Privacy Policy (GAVPP).

1. You are not expected or required to disclose the estimated amount of your Legacy Gift unless you are comfortable doing so. We understand that the intended gift amount may vary over time.
2. We will make every effort to honour your gift use request as per our Donor Restricted Gift Policy:

“Spending of funds is confined to programs and projects approved by iDE Canada. Should a Donor choose to restrict a contribution for use in a particular program or project, we will honour that restriction, with the understanding by the Donor that, when the need for such a program or project has been met or cannot be completed for any reason as determined by the organization, the remaining restricted contributions will be used where most needed.”

We’re Here to Support You Along Your Legacy Giving Journey

Our Director of Philanthropy, Monica Sigurdson, would be happy to provide more information and answer any questions you might have. To request more information including resources, please complete the form below and Monica will be in touch shortly.

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