Support Minnesota Lakes & Rivers Advocates

If you have a donor advised fund (DAF), it’s easy to make Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCDs) to support our work at Minnesota Lakes and Rivers and receive potential tax benefits.

This is the information you would need to give your financial advisor: Minnesota Lakes and Rivers Protection and Education. PO Box 22262, Saint Paul, MN 55122. EIN: 82-1196944.

You may also select a gift of appreciated marketable stock or mutual fund shares to provide immense support for Minnesota Lakes and Rivers. It may also offer you important tax benefits. You can find out how to do so here: MLR stock transfer information.

If you have a retirement account, it’s easy to make Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCDs) to support our work at Minnesota Lakes and Rivers and receive potential tax benefits. For those over 70 ½, this is a way to make a difference with your Required Minimum Distribution (RMD).

This is the information you would need to give your financial advisor: Minnesota Lakes and Rivers Protection and Education. PO Box 22262, Saint Paul, MN 55122. EIN: 82-1196944.

Is there a special lake where you taught your grandkids to fish, or a river you’ve cherished since childhood? When you leave Minnesota Lakes and Rivers in your estate plan, you are leaving a lasting legacy of lake and river stewardship, and help us leave Minnesota’s waters better than we found them for current and future generations. To honor members who have taken this step, we have started the Lakes and Rivers Legacy Society.

When you leave Minnesota Lakes and Rivers in your estate plan, you are leaving a lasting legacy of lake and river stewardship.

Leave Minnesota Lakes and Rivers a legacy gift using this language in your will:

“I give, devise, and bequeath to Minnesota Lakes and Rivers Protection and Education, a nonprofit corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Minnesota, with Tax ID # 82-1196944, the sum of $____ (or __ percent of the residue of my estate) to be used for its general charitable purposes.”

If you’ve already included Minnesota Lakes and Rivers in your estate plans, thank you. We’d love to hear from you so we can express our gratitude and acknowledge you as part of our Lakes & Rivers Legacy Society.

If you don’t have a will yet, you can start one today by following this link to FreeWill.com—a free, secure resource—to resolve any uncertainty and create your will in under 20 minutes. For more complex estate planning, reach out to our good friend and MLR member David Salter, who has been practicing estate law for over 25 years.