Legacy Giving

Plan ahead

You can make a lasting difference in our island community by making a planned gift to Kauai Habitat for Humanity.  As you plan for your future and reflect on the legacy you will leave behind, consider the following ways you can strengthen Kauai’s families and community through a partnership with Kauai Habitat for Humanity.  

• Cash Gift Donations
• Gifts of Stock
• Gifts of Real Estate and Land
• Beneficiary in Will
• Life Insurance Beneficiary
• Donations through Charitable Gift Annuities
• Donations through Charitable Remainder Trusts
• Gifts through Charitable Lead Trusts, which ultimately return the trust principal to you
• Gifts through Charitable Lead Trusts, which ultimately pass the trust principal to loved ones
• Making Kauai Habitat for Humanity the beneficiary of your home while you continue to live there

Contact Kauai Habitat for Humanity

Address: P.O. Box 28
Eleele, HI  96705

Tel: (808) 335-0296

Tax ID #: 99-0302595

For more information, please contact Christina Ahia-Schimmelfennig or cahiaschimmelfennig@kauaihabitat.org.

Types of Bequests

The following sample wording may be included in your Last Will and Testament or Trust to help ensure your wish of leaving a legacy to Kauai Habitat for Humanity, but please consult with your attorney first regarding exact wording to specifically meet your needs.

Specific Bequest: A gift that is to be used for a particular purpose.

“I give, devise and bequeath [identify here a specific sum of money, percentage or a specific asset] to Kauai Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) charitable organization whose mailing address is P.O. Box 28, Eleele, HI  96705, to be used for its general purposes [or identify a specific program at Kauai Habitat for Humanity, if desired].”

Residuary Bequest: A gift of any remainder after all other bequests have been paid.

“I give, devise and bequeath all [or a percentage – for example, fifty percent (50%)] of the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, both real and personal to Kauai Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) charitable organization whose mailing address is P.O. Box 28, Eleele, HI  96705, to be used for its general purposes [or identify a specific program at Kauai Habitat for Humanity, if desired].”

Contingent Bequest: A gift that takes effect only if a primary intention cannot be met.

“In the event that [insert name of primary beneficiary] does not survive me, or shall die during the administration of my estate, then I give, devise and bequeath all of the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate or [identify here a specific sum of money, a specific asset or the percentage of the residual estate that would have been given to the primary beneficiary], to Kauai Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) charitable organization whose mailing address is P.O. Box 28, Eleele, HI  96705, to be used for its general purposes [or identify a specific program at Kauai Habitat for Humanity, if desired].”