Legacy Giving
Through thoughtful estate planning, you can create a lasting impact that reflects your life, your story, and your love for this community.
Where Giving Grows
Your Legacy
Where Giving Grows means carrying your values forward—creating a lasting impact that reflects what matters most to you. By including the M&M Area Community Foundation in your long-term plans, you can support the causes you care about while helping ensure a strong future for our community.
Whether your plans are simple or more complex, legacy giving offers flexibility, intention, and peace of mind. Our team works alongside donors and professional advisors to steward these gifts with care, honor donor intent, and respond thoughtfully to the evolving needs of Marinette and Menominee Counties for generations to come.
Why Consider Legacy Giving?
Reflect Your Values
A legacy gift is more than a financial decision — it's a statement of what mattered to you. By including MMACF in your estate plans, you ensure the causes, organizations, and communities you cared about continue to thrive long after your lifetime.
Flexible & Personal
Legacy giving isn't one-size-fits-all. Whether you're considering a simple bequest, a beneficiary designation, or a more complex planned gift, we work with you and your advisors to find an approach that fits your goals, your family, and your financial situation.
Long-Term Community Impact
Endowed legacy gifts are designed to last forever. The principal grows over time, and earnings are distributed year after year — meaning a gift made today can support Marinette and Menominee Counties for generations to come.
Trusted Stewardship
Your intentions matter to us. As a CFNS-accredited foundation with Candid Platinum status and over 30 years of service to this community, we have the experience and accountability to honor your wishes with care and integrity.
Ways to Leave a Legacy
Bequests
A bequest is a gift made through your will or trust that supports the causes you care about beyond your lifetime. Bequests are a flexible way to create a lasting impact and can be adjusted as your circumstances change.
Why donors choose this: Simple, flexible, and deeply personal.
Beneficiary Designations
You can name the M&M Area Community Foundation as a beneficiary of certain assets, such as retirement accounts or life insurance policies. This approach allows you to support charitable causes while maintaining control of your assets during your lifetime.
Why donors choose this: Easy to update and often does not require changes to a will.
Gifts of Assets
In addition to cash, donors may choose to give assets such as appreciated securities or other property. These gifts can support long-term charitable goals while offering flexibility in how and when the gift is made.
Why donors choose this: Supports meaningful impact using a wide range of assets.
Other Planned Gifts
There are many ways to structure a legacy gift, and some options are more personalized than others. Our team works with donors and their advisors to explore approaches that align with individual goals, values, and circumstances.
Why donors choose this: Customized planning and thoughtful stewardship.
Working With Your Advisor
Legacy giving is most effective when it reflects both your values and your overall financial and estate plans. The M&M Area Community Foundation regularly works alongside donors and their attorneys, accountants, and financial advisors to ensure charitable intentions are carried out thoughtfully and responsibly.
We serve as a collaborative partner—providing charitable expertise, honoring donor intent, and supporting advisors as they help clients achieve their long-term goals. Together, we help ensure legacy gifts are structured with care and stewarded for lasting community impact.
Questions
We are here to helpAshley Berken
Executive Director
906-864-3599
