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Senior Advisor, Major Gifts & Legacy Giving | Douglas Foundation
Charitable Registration Number 10146 9609 RR0001
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Legacy Giving
Legacy Giving
Why leave a gift in your will?
A gift in your will allows you to create lasting impact, supporting mental health care and research that will continue long after your lifetime. It helps ensure future breakthroughs, better treatments, and stronger support for families—without affecting your finances today. It’s a powerful way to extend your values, make a meaningful difference, and be part of the progress to come.
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More information on Legacy Giving with the Douglas Foundation
Leaving a gift is flexible and can be tailored to what feels right for you. Here are a few simple options:
Specific bequest: Leave a fixed amount or asset.
Percentage bequest: Leave a percentage of your estate.
Residual bequest: Leave what remains of your estate after other obligations are met.
Contingent bequest: Leave a gift if a primary beneficiary does not survive you.
The Power of a Legacy Gift
The Douglas Foundation is also proud to be associated with the Will Power campaign, which aims to raise public awareness about the significant impact people can have on the causes they care about by leaving a charitable gift in their will. By choosing to make a planned gift, you are helping advance mental health research and build hope for future generations.
The Douglas Foundation is pleased to partner with Epilogue to help make estate planning more simple and accessible.
Through Epilogue’s secure online platform, you can create a legally valid will from the comfort of your home, on your own time. Including a gift in your will is one of the most meaningful ways to support the future of mental health research and care at the Douglas. No matter the size of your gift, your legacy can help build hope for generations to come.
Suggested wording for your notary: “I give, devise, and bequeath [amount, asset, or percentage] to the Douglas Foundation, Charitable Registration Number 10146 9609 RR0001, to support its greatest needs or a specific area of research.”
Mr. Gauthier’s Gift: A Legacy of Hope for the Future
Including a gift for the Douglas Foundation in your will creates a lasting impact by transforming lives and building hope for those affected by mental illness. For Gilles Gauthier, this gesture is deeply personal. “One of my older brothers suffered from schizophrenia,” he shares. “He was hospitalized for many years until his death. That experience profoundly affected me.”
By including a gift in his will, Gilles hopes to contribute to more effective treatments for schizophrenia and help develop better support systems for families living with the effects of mental illness. When asked what building hope means to him, his response is simple: “The possibility of recovery. And the chance to live a happy life.”
And to others considering making a legacy gift, Gilles offers nothing but encouragement. “Go for it,” he says. “Mental illness is becoming an increasingly common and significant health concern.” For Gilles, it’s all about having compassion and making an impact. “Compassion and generosity make a difference in overcoming indifference.”
The Douglas Legacy Society: A Legacy of Giving
The Douglas Legacy Society is a growing community of visionary donors who have chosen to create a lasting impact on mental health through a bequest, life insurance policy, trust arrangement, or other planned gift. United by a shared commitment to preventing mental illness, advancing groundbreaking discoveries, and transforming mental health care, their generosity creates a legacy of hope that will endure for generations to come.
To recognize this extraordinary commitment, Douglas Legacy Society members are invited to exclusive recognition events and gatherings, receive a Building Hope pin as a symbol of our shared vision, and, with their consent, are acknowledged in our Annual Report. *Requests for anonymity are always fully respected.
Be part of this community. Start your legacy today — Contact : [email protected]