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Charitable Bequest

You designate our organization as the beneficiary of your asset by will, trust or beneficiary designation form.
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Charitable Gift Annuity

You transfer your cash or appreciated property to our organization in exchange for our promise to pay you fixed payments (with rates based on your age) for the rest of your life.
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IRA Charitable Rollover

Congress has enacted a permanent IRA charitable rollover. As a result you can make an IRA rollover gift this year and in future years.
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VRS

Throughout our history, bequests have played an integral role in shaping the future of OLV Charities. Our Victory Remembrance Society honors those individuals and families who have put our organization in their estate plans.
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Leadership Society

Msgr. Robert C. Wurtz, served as pastor of OLV National Shrine & Basilica and Administrator of OLV Organizations for more than 32 years. Like Father Baker, Msgr. Wurtz oversaw the care of tens of thousands of children, families, and pilgrims in need. Enroll in the Msgr. Robert C. Wurtz Leadership Society.
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Meet your personal financial goals while making a difference for our future.

Learn About Wills and Bequests

What are the benefits of making a bequest?

You leave a lasting legacy to be remembered
You lessen the burden of taxes on your family
You may receive estate tax savings

How can I learn more?

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How do I make a bequest?

A bequest is one of the easiest gifts to make. With the help of an advisor, you can include language in your will or trust specifying a gift be made to family, friends or Our Lady of Victory Homes of Charity as part of your estate plan.

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What are my options?

A bequest can be made in several ways:

You can gift a specific dollar amount or asset
You can gift a percentage of your estate
You can gift from the balance or residue of your estate
You can make a beneficiary designation of certain assets

How do I get started?

Request an Estate Planning Guide

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victory remembrance society

Throughout our history, bequests have played an integral role in shaping the future of OLV Charities. Our Victory Remembrance Society honors those individuals and families who have put our organization in their estate plans.

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National Ambassador, Katie Forbrich

On a recent milestone birthday, Katie Forbrich found herself thinking about her earliest days. Like so many, she and her older brother had been adopted out of OLV Infant Home. And, like so many, her thoughts never seemed to have left the "City of Charity" completely, no matter where life took her.

National Ambassador, Maggie Best

When one listens to Maggie Best talk about Father Nelson Baker and his legacy of caring, the OLV organizations, it's hard not to get enthused.

National Ambassador, Bobby and Haley Kovey

Amid a very competitive business industry, Bobby Kovey sought God's guidance to ensure his ethics and morals were always the top priorities of his work within the family business he and his wife, Haley, had built.

National Ambassador, Nick Sawicki

"Father Baker is a beacon of hope, inspiring me every day," says Nicholas Sawicki, a native of Lackawanna, N.Y, who now lives in New York City and serves as special assistant to the president and editor-in-chief of America Media, publisher of the popular America magazine.

National Ambassador, Tom Sheehan

Mary touches hearts. Such is the belief of a native of Western New York, Tom Sheehan, who now serves as Dealer Principal of Sheehan Buick GMC in Pompano Beach, Florida.

Vukelic Donor Story: A Family Tradition

For generations, the Vukelic Family has weaved threads of gold into a tapestry of love for the fragile, vulnerable, neglected, and rejected children here at "Father Baker's." The family...

The Beck Family

The Beck Family has ties to "Father Baker's" that go back nearly 100 years and Carol Beck continues to maintain this legacy. After emigrating from Austria and the Czech Republic to Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania...