Mejorar la vida de nuestra comunidad y del mundo
La filantropía -o literalmente "el amor a la humanidad"- suele definirse como la donación de "tiempo, talento y tesoro" para ayudar a mejorar la vida de nuestra comunidad y del mundo. Es el deseo de promover el bienestar de los demás expresado mediante la donación de dinero a buenas causas.
La donación legada es una de las formas más elevadas de filantropía. Permite a los donantes seguir apoyando la labor de las organizaciones que les importan en beneficio de las generaciones futuras.
“When a donor gives an unrestricted legacy gift, they are truly honoring the organization by bestowing on us the trust to use the money in whatever way best helps achieve mission at the time,” says All Hands Ecology CEO Tom Gardali. “There is no higher compliment.”
Tenemos una larga historia de donaciones de legados, que se remonta a nuestros inicios hace más de sesenta años. Todos los años recibimos donaciones de legados, gracias a la generosidad con visión de futuro de nuestros donantes.
Las vidas de estas personas generosas son edificantes e inspiradoras. He aquí algunas de sus historias:
George Benson
A soft-spoken inventor and good businessperson, George Benson is remembered by former All Hands Ecology Executive Director Skip Schwartz as always having a smile and a positive attitude. “George would often drop by our offices and lift our spirits,” recalls Schwartz. “He had a wicked, wry sense of humor. He loved language and was great with puns. He was mischievous but good-natured.”
Impulsado por su pasión por la naturaleza y su creencia en el aprendizaje permanente, Benson exploró el mundo, viajando con científicos y grupos ecologistas en proyectos y ecotours. Pero uno de sus lugares favoritos del mundo era un banco bajo una impresionante secuoya en nuestra Reserva Martin Griffin. El banco rinde homenaje a su difunta esposa Betty, con quien compartió momentos de asombro mientras observaban aves durante muchos años antes de su fallecimiento.
Impressed with All Hands Ecology’s conservation science program, Benson named the organization as a beneficiary of his estate plan. Benson’s legacy gift provides funding for many aspects of our work, including the conservation science projects he so admired: shorebird and waterbird monitoring, mountain lion study and education, trail camera data collection, heron and egret tracking, and contributing to the greater conservation field through talks, scientific journal articles, informing resource management and policy, and curriculum development.
Ellen Kipp
Involved with All Hands Ecology since the organization’s early years, Ellen Kipp was a paralegal, a staunch supporter of North Bay nonprofits, and a legacy giving advocate. Ellen’s friend and mentee Chris Morrison remembers Ellen as strong in character and conviction. Ellen fled Mexico after the 1916 revolution, settled in Texas, graduated with honors from high school at 15 and college at 18. She married and put two children through college. “She would have been an attorney, but women weren’t attorneys back then,” Chris remembers. Ellen worked until she was 92 and was involved in many North Bay nonprofits spanning over 60 years.
Over the last year, Kipp’s legacy gifts have helped to ensure the continuation of conservation science, habitat restoration, and education across the 5,000 acres of tidal flats, marshlands, coastal prairie, oak woodlands, grassland, chaparral, mixed evergreen forests, and redwood groves that are stewarded by All Hands Ecology.
Millie Tripp
Amante del mundo natural, Millie Tripp trabajó como docente en Bouverie Preserve desde 2010 hasta su fallecimiento en 2022. "Le encantaba Bouverie Preserve y hacer senderismo con los estudiantes", dice Jeannine Williams, amiga cercana y fideicomisaria. Investigadora médica, Tripp trabajó en el Santa Rosa Junior College como técnica de laboratorio de microbiología durante más de 20 años antes de jubilarse. Tripp tenía muchas pasiones en su vida, entre ellas su compromiso con la seguridad en el trabajo y el trato justo de los trabajadores.
Tripp’s forward-thinking generosity provided a legacy gift that supports All Hands Ecology’s work, including our school programs that welcome 3,000-5,000 students to our preserves each year for education, guided hikes, and in-depth training experiences—shaping the future of conservation.
Los legados crecen gracias a las inversiones
All legacy gifts to All Hands Ecology are carefully invested in sustainable, ethical funds so that they can grow in value over time and contribute to a financially resilient organization. These investments fund roughly half of the organization’s operating budget each year.
Legacy Circle y Giving Match
¿Ha pensado en hacer una donación de legado?
The Clerin Zumwalt Legacy Circle honors people who have included All Hands Ecology in their will or trust.
To inspire others to create or update their estate plan, and to support All Hands Ecology with a legacy gift, an anonymous donor has extended a challenge: All Hands Ecology will receive $500 for its general operating fund for each new member of the Clerin Zumwalt Legacy Circle, up to a total of $20,000 (40 new members).
Al ayudarnos a superar este reto, su donación y su pertenencia al Círculo del Legado de Zumwalt conectarán la naturaleza, las personas y la ciencia de hoy y de mañana.
Para más información, visite Zumwalt Legacy Circle o póngase en contacto con:
Jen Newman
Director of Philanthropy
415-868-9244 Ext. 119
jen.newman@allhandsecology.org
