Plan Your Legacy

Support The Morton Arboretum with a gift in your will, trust, or other estate plans.

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What to Give

The simplest way to support the Arboretum is through cash gifts. But creative gifts of assets can include stocks, bonds, and property (real estate and personal property such as artwork). These provide you with charitable deductions and can offer additional tax savings as well.

Choose the category of assets below that best fits your situation.

Volunteers planting a garden. Link to Gifts of Cash, Checks, and Credit Cards
Gifts of Cash, Checks, and Credit Cards

A gift of cash is easy to make.
Holding leaves. Link to Beneficiary Designations
Beneficiary Designations

Beneficiary designations are one of the simplest and most flexible ways to make a gift.
Wooden bridge through a forest. Link to Donor-Advised Funds
Donor-Advised Funds

Consider making a grant to us from your donor-advised fund.
Family posing in front of a flowering tree. Link to Gifts of Appreciated Securities
Gifts of Appreciated Securities

Smart gift planning combines charitable intent with cost-efficient planning techniques.
Closeup of a plant. Link to Gifts from Retirement Plans
Gifts from Retirement Plans

Consider retirement-plan benefits for a significant gift to the Arboretum.
Looking at plant illustrations. Link to Gifts of Life Insurance
Gifts of Life Insurance

Life insurance may fund a gift or replace the value of a gifted asset.
View from under a tree. Link to Tangible Personal Property
Tangible Personal Property

Tangible property contributions provide charitable deductions based on a standard of "related use."
Woman holding a pipette. Link to Gifts of Real Estate
Gifts of Real Estate

Most kinds of real estate may be donated to the Arboretum.
Winter at The Morton Arboretum. Link to Closely Held Business Stock
Closely Held Business Stock

Business owners contributing closely held stock are allowed a charitable deduction.

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With your generous contribution, the Arboretum will remain a cherished place of enjoyment and respite.

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