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Create your legacy

Discover the many ways you can help your BioPark; Zoo, Botanic Garden, Aquarium and Tingley Beach. The BioPark is much more than a place; it is where families make connections, communities come together and minds swim with the sharks and run with the lions. Create a lasting impression and provide support – for now and generations to come. Consider a gift today.

We invite you to contact us today to talk further about your planned giving options. We can provide your attorney with the appropriate bequest language or work with you and your financial planner.

 

WAYS TO GIVE

• Planned Giving

Planned gifts provide creative and flexible strategies for your estate and charitable planning. By including the New Mexico BioPark Society (NMBPS) in your estate plans, you will help sustain our mission and ensure that you leave a lasting legacy.

• Cash

Direct gifts, with an immediate tax deduction

• Securities

Gifts of stocks, bonds and shares of a mutual fund can make a much larger gift than planned

• Charitable bequest in Will

Include the NMBPS in your will. Consider including a percentage, residual, contingent, or a fixed amount bequest.

• Savings Beneficiary Designation

Savings accounts, certificates of deposits, or other savings plans can pass immediately to the NMBPS as a Payable on Death (POD) beneficiary of the account.

• Life Insurance Policies

You can amend an existing policy or purchase a new policy naming the NMBPS as beneficiary or co-beneficiary.

• Retirement Accounts and IRAs

Add the NMBPS as the first, second or final beneficiary of your IRA, 401(k) or other retirement account.

• Real Estate

A gift of your property can make a great gift, talk with your real estate professional or attorney.

• Charitable Gift Annuity, Charitable Remainder

Trust and Charitable Lead Trust – You may choose to establish a trust which allows you or other defined beneficiaries to retain income for life with assets of the trust accruing to NMBPS.

 

DESIGNATIONS

Gifts may be designated to specific exhibits, buildings, animals or conservation projects.