Pardee Legacy Circle
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Pardee Legacy Circle
Many members of the GSA community build a legacy by including the GSA Foundation in their estate planning. With their permission or that of their estate, we recognize them for giving back—and believing in the promise of GSA to shape understanding of the Earth. Their generosity will impact many eras of geoscience yet to come.
An Invitation to Join the Pardee Legacy Circle
If you would like to include the Geological Society of America Foundation in your estate plans, please let us know so we can ensure that your intentions are accurately understood and documented.
Please contact Sean O’Brien for more information.
Benefits of Planned Giving
Your commitment to the Pardee Legacy Circle involves no dues, obligations, or solicitations, but it does allow us to thank and recognize you for the plans you have made, and it may inspire generosity in others. If you prefer, your legacy plans may remain anonymous.
The most important benefit you will receive from joining the Pardee Legacy Circle is the satisfaction of making a lasting contribution to help ensure the continued vitality of GSA and the greater geoscience community that it serves.
Planned Giving Options
Bequests provide a way for you to remember the GSA Foundation in your will and help GSA programs and services remain viable for generations to come. Your will can designate gifts of cash, securities, or other property, or a percentage of the remainder of your estate payable either when you pass away or after both you and your loved one pass away.
Gifts of Retirement Plan Assets can be arranged through naming the GSA Foundation as a beneficiary of your retirement plan or IRA or charitable trust.
Life Income Gifts can be made through charitable remainder trusts, charitable lead trusts, and charitable gift annuities. These arrangements offer substantial tax savings while providing an annual income to you, your family, or others.
When appreciated assets or property are placed in these arrangements, the assets are reinvested and diversified and may produce a greater yield for you or your beneficiaries.
Gifts of Life Insurance can be made in the form of listing GSAF as a beneficiary of a new policy or an existing policy. Premiums paid by you on a donated life insurance policy qualify for charitable tax deductions. If an existing policy is paid in full, your charitable contribution is generally the replacement value or the cost basis of the policy.
1The Pardee Legacy Circle is named in honor of Joseph T. Pardee (1871–1960) in honor of the $2.7 million bequest from the estate of Pardee’s daughter, Mary Pardee Kelly (1905–1994). Joseph Pardee spent his entire career as a USGS geologist in the Pacific Northwest and is best known for his work on Glacial Lake Missoula.
*Neither the Geological Society of America nor the Geological Society of America Foundation are engaged in rendering legal or tax advisory services. The above language is intended solely for general information purposes. For advice and assistance in specific cases, legal counsel should be obtained.
