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Planned Giving

Building a Legacy of Hope

How will you choose to be remembered? What mark will you leave upon the world?

By participating in Food Bank For New York City’s Planned Giving program, your legacy could be one of strength and care, one defined by its fierce determination to fight hunger for all New Yorkers in need.

What will your gift do? It will help us serve the hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers currently facing food insecurity. It will not only put food on pantry shelves, but will provide diapers to expectant parents, school supplies to hardworking families, and hygiene essentials to seniors in need. Put simply, your gift will do a thousand different things and will touch more lives than you could ever imagine.

Learn about the impact YOU could make below.

Making a planned gift is easy, and you can choose the type of gift that’s best for you.

Supporting Food Bank with a planned gift ensures the longevity and power of our work to feed New Yorkers.

A planned gift can be modified whenever you like.

Ways to Give

A gift in your will is a simple yet meaningful way to support Food Bank’s mission to fight hunger for all New Yorkers. You can complete your gift by including just one sentence in your will. This gift will be enacted to celebrate your legacy and costs you nothing today. Plus, if your life or financial circumstances should change, you can always amend your gift at any time.  

If you have assets (like IRAs, life insurance policies, real estate, or commercial annuities), you can easily designate Food Bank For New York City as your beneficiary. The process takes five minutes and will ensure that a portion of your funds go directly toward providing food and other resources to New Yorkers in need.  

Here’s how to name Food Bank For New York City as your beneficiary:  

Contact your retirement plan administrator, insurance company, or financial institution for a change-of-beneficiary form. 

Decide what percentage (1 to 100) you would like Food Bank to receive and name us, along with the percentage you chose, on the beneficiary form. 

Return the completed form to your plan administrator, insurance company, bank or financial institution. 

Notify Food Bank of your designation. We would welcome the opportunity to show you the impact your generosity will have on our neighbors. 

Designate Food Bank As Your Beneficiary

If you’re a passionate supporter of Food Bank and know that you want to power our mission now and after your lifetime, you may want to consider setting up a charitable gift annuity with us.  

To learn more about establishing a charitable gift annuity with Food Bank, email Food Bank’s Director of Strategic Giving Marc Kaiser (mkaiser@foodbanknyc.org) or contact him by phone at 646-937-1270.

Your Part in a Food-Secure Future

A gift in your will is a simple yet meaningful way to support Food Bank’s mission to fight hunger for all New Yorkers. You can complete your gift by including just one sentence in your will. This gift will be enacted to celebrate your legacy and costs you nothing today. Plus, if your life or financial circumstances should change, you can always amend your gift at any time.  

Although we suggest working with an estate planning professional, our team is happy to discuss your bequest intentions with you, so that we can best understand and execute your wishes. We are happy to provide you with the necessary language to designate a bequest to the Food Bank For New York City.

Click below to request a meeting with Food Bank’s Planned Giving specialist and get started.

Get Started

Already included us?

If you have already included Food Bank For New York City in a bequest or other planned gift, we hope you will let us know. We acknowledge and respect those who wish to remain anonymous, and we urge you to let us know of your plans on a confidential basis, as it allows Food Bank to plan for the future.

Let Us Know

What you decide to do with your estate must be considered thoughtfully and we at Food Bank are here to help you make a plan that’s right for you.

To learn more about our Planned Giving program, reach out directly to Food Bank’s Director of Strategic Giving Marc Kaiser at mkaiser@foodbanknyc.org or by phone at 646-937-1270. He’ll happily answer your questions and work with you to figure out how Food Bank can help define your legacy.

If you have questions about arranging a planned gift, please contact Marc Kaiser, Director of Strategic Giving, at mkaiser@foodbanknyc.org or by phone at 646-937-1270.

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