You can add Special Olympics to your existing will or trust by revising and re-executing the document at any time, or by executing a separate amendment called a codicil. You have several flexible options you can discuss with your attorney:
- You can leave a percentage of your estate to charity: “I leave X% of my estate to Special Olympics.”
- You can leave a defined sum to Special Olympics: “I leave $XXX to Special Olympics.”
- You can leave a percentage of funds left over after other gifts and debts are paid and your loved ones are provided for: “I leave X% of the remainder of my estate to Special Olympics.”
- You can make a secondary or contingent gift that comes to Special Olympics only if your other beneficiaries do not survive you or other specific gifts cannot be fulfilled.
You can update your beneficiary designations on your retirement plan, life insurance, donor-advised fund succession plan, or other financial accounts to include Special Olympics as a primary or a secondary/contingent beneficiary by simply requesting a beneficiary designation form from your financial institution. In many cases, can you simply log on to your online account portal.
When including a gift to Special Olympics to benefit our athletes where it is most needed in the United States or abroad, please be sure to use our legal name and Federal Tax ID Number:
National Headquarters:
Legal name: Special Olympics, Inc.
Address: 2600 Virginia Avenue NW, 11th Floor, Washington, DC 20037
Federal Tax ID Number: 52-0889518
To include a gift to your local Special Olympics chapter affiliate, you will need its legal name and Tax ID Number as well. To designate a gift to benefit a local Special Olympics chapter affiliate not listed below, please contact Connie Grandmason.