Planned Giving

Leave The Legacy Of Home And Hope

Many Habitat DC-NOVA supporters choose to leave a donation in their wills and trusts as an important way to have a long-term impact, without any upfront cost, during their lifetimes. Making a will is one of the most impactful ways to extend your love and generosity to your family and friends. It can also help provide homes and hope for your community. By leaving a gift to Habitat DC-NOVA in your will or trust, you are building a powerful legacy of reducing barriers to housing for individuals in our region. Legacy giving isn’t only for the wealthy — gifts of any size are deeply appreciated, and there is a wide range of gift sizes.

You have many options when it comes to making a planned gift, including (but not limited to): Wills and living trusts, beneficiary designations, charitable gift annuities, charitable remainder trusts, charitable lead trusts, real estate, life insurance, endowed gifts, donor advised funds, bank accounts, and IRAs/retirement plans, gifts of stock and securities.

If you’d prefer to go straight to an attorney to draft your will and you choose to leave a gift in your will, we suggest the following language and to advise us of your intentions:

“I bequeath (amount OR percentage) to Habitat for Humanity of Washington, D.C. & Northern Virginia, Inc., a nonprofit corporation organized and existing under the laws of Washington D.C., with the principal business address of 6295 Edsall Road, Suite 120, Alexandria, VA 22312 and federal tax identification number 52-1589700.”