Planned Giving - Trout Unlimited

Your Gift Matters

Protect the Rivers You Love—For Generations to Come

Why Planned Giving?

Picture a future where cold, clean rivers and streams sustain healthy fish, thriving wildlife, and the communities that depend on them.

Together, we can make that future possible. Your planned gift to Trout Unlimited helps protect and restore the waters we all cherish for generations to come. Explore how you can make Trout Unlimited part of your legacy and create lasting conservation impact.

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WAys to give

Make a Big Impact With a Future Gift

Bequests

Include Trout Unlimited in your will or living trust to create a lasting conservation legacy for future generations.

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Beneficiary Designations

Name Trout Unlimited as a beneficiary of your retirement account, life insurance policy, or other financial assets.

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Retirement Assets

Support healthy rivers while potentially reducing taxes by leaving all or a portion of your IRA or other retirement assets to TU.

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Gift Annuities & Trusts

Receive payments for life or other financial benefits while making a meaningful future gift for conservation.

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Legacy Match Campaign

Document your planned gift to Trout Unlimited and unlock a $2,000 gift to TU’s Endowment—creating conservation impact today while your future gift protects rivers and streams for generations to come.

How It works

Step #1: Include TU in your will, trust or retirement plans

Gifts that qualify for the Legacy Match Campaign:

• Gifts that name TU as a beneficiary of your will or trust, retirement account, life insurance policy, donor-advised fund, or bank, brokerage, or other financial account.

• Gifts that provide you or a loved one with lifetime income, such as: a charitable gift annuity, charitable remainder trust, or a charitable lead trust.

• Gifts of real estate or other personal property.

Step #2: Document your legacy gift

Let us know about your qualifying legacy commitment to TU by using the legacy gift notification form.

You can also print and review the form here: Trout Unlimited_Legacy Match Campaign Gift Intention Form.pdf

Step #3: Unlock a matching gift to support TU and join our Stream Guardian Legacy Society

TU’s Legacy Match funds $2,000 directly into our general endowment and you join our community of like-minded conservationists who have made a commitment to protecting our cold water resources for future generations.

The Community

Meet your fellow Stream Guardians

After more than 50 years of supporting Trout Unlimited—as a volunteer, fisheries scientist, and conservation leader—Dr. Chris Wilson chose to become a Stream Guardian by leaving a Planned Gift to TU in his estate plans to help ensure healthy rivers and wild trout for generations to come. His legacy reflects a lifetime devoted to protecting the waters he loves.

You’ve got to put your time, your interest, your love, and your resources into the place that’s going to have the biggest impact.

For me, I can’t imagine a group that’s doing anything better than Trout Unlimited.

I chose to become a Stream Guardian because after more than 50 years of involvement with Trout Unlimited, I believe in their mission and their priorities in protecting our wild trout fisheries.”

– Dr. Chris Wilson

Become a Stream Guardian

By documenting your planned gift, you’ll join the Stream Guardian Society—a community of anglers, conservationists, and supporters who believe the rivers we love are worth protecting forever. We’re honored to recognize your commitment and thank you for ensuring your conservation values live on.

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