LAL Miami-Dade County

May 15, 2008 11:30AM - 1:00PM
LEAVE A LEGACY® Donor Next Door Luncheon
@ Hilton Miami Downtown

Why LEAVE A LEGACY
LEAVE A LEGACY does not have the resources to generate, gather or track the hard data to show planned giving trends in South Florida. However, South Florida philanthropy suffers in comparison to other similar sized demographic regions. Based on the LEAVE A LEGACY project experience, this is at least partially attributable to lack of:

(1) public awareness about charitable giving;
(2) incorporation of gifting techniques among donor advisors;
(3) expertise and capacity among many smaller nonprofits; and
(4) collaboration and cooperation between and among nonprofit organizations, the private sector and the media.

Target Population and Benefit: The nonprofit community in general; and smaller, minority, underserved and otherwise under-supported nonprofits in particular. The LEAVE A LEGACY experience has shown that many South Florida nonprofits do not have the expertise or resources to adequately or efficiently process or encourage planned gifts. Many of the latter have no planned giving (or even bequests) program in place. Some are not even aware of the potential from planned gifts and bequests. By mentoring these organizations, showing them how to initiate and implement a planned giving and bequest program, making published resources available to them which they could not otherwise afford, facilitating partnerships with professional advisors and the private sector, and by increasing awareness about planned giving and philanthropy in general, we hope to help more nonprofits escape the cycle of diverting their resources from their primary mission to the constant struggle to remain financially afloat.

What Are the LEAVE A LEGACY Goals?

informing the public about the benefits of philanthropy
educating professional advisors how to help their clients become philanthropists
educating board of directors and development staff of nonprofits about charitable giving