Leave a Legacy for The Wild

LEGACY GIVING

By including Project Coyote in your estate plans, you can leave a legacy memorializing a lifetime of compassion for wildlife and wildlands.

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Project Coyote partners with FreeWill to make it as easy as possible for you to write a will—for free! This online resource is a simple, but essential way to ensure your loved ones and the causes most dear to your heart are protected.

Please be sure to select Project Coyote as the intended beneficiary of your Earth Island Institute (our fiscal sponsor) bequest.

LEAVING A LEGACY OF COMPASSIONATE COEXISENCE

Bequests sustain our important work for generations to come.

Bequests sustain our important work promoting compassionate coexistence and protecting thriving ecosystems for generations to come. Because Project Coyote is a fiscally sponsored project of Earth Island Institute, a nonprofit charitable organization recognized under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, tax savings resulting from a bequest can be substantial. A bequest can designate Project Coyote as the beneficiary of a retirement fund, a bank account, an insurance policy, or real estate, and gifts can be made of a specific dollar amount, a percentage, or even specific assets. If you’ve already made your will (if not, you can use FreeWill above), please list Project Coyote as follows:
Project Coyote, a project of Earth Island Institute, a non-profit organization organized and existing under the laws of California, and with a current business address of 2150 Allston Way, Suite 460, Berkeley, CA 94704 Federal ID #94-2889684 Website: www.ProjectCoyote.org
As a fiscally sponsored project of Earth Island Institute, we ask that you include the following language in your estate plans to ensure that all assets designated for Project Coyote remain with Project Coyote should we become a separate non-profit organization in the future. Our suggested wording:
In the event that Project Coyote, a project under the fiscal sponsorship of Earth Island Institute is no longer a project of Earth Island Institute, having facilitated the shift of the obligations and assets of such project to a new 501(c)(3) organization, this bequest is then directed to said successor charitable organization.

OTHER WAYS TO GIVE

In addition to a bequest, you may also designate Project Coyote as a beneficiary of your life insurance policy, your retirement plans (Individual Retirement Accounts (“IRAs”), pension plans, 401(k) plans), or your bank or brokerage accounts (saving accounts, certificates of deposit, money market accounts).

CONNECTING WITH PROJECT COYOTE

If you decide to designate Project Coyote in your will, we would greatly appreciate an opportunity to connect with you; please reach out to Project Coyote’s Executive Director Camilla Fox at info@projectcoyote.org

OUR FISCAL SPONSOR

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OUR FISCAL SPONSOR

Project Coyote is a fiscally sponsored project of Earth Island Institute, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization and fiscal sponsor to more than seventy-five projects working in the areas of conservation, wildlife protection, climate change solutions, women’s environmental leadership, Indigenous communities, sustainable agriculture and food systems, community resilience, environmental justice, and more. Donations made on your credit card will show up under the name Earth Island Institute (not Project Coyote). Project Coyote relies entirely on private donations and foundation support. Project Coyote and Earth Island Institute will not sell any personal information you provide, nor will your personal information be made available to any outside organization.