Planned Giving

The Malpai organization has been a part of our lives for over twenty-five years as collaborators that are continuing the mission that began as people worked together for the benefit of the land as well as keeping traditional ranching on large landscapes.

Your support has been an important part of the organization and we are truly grateful for the people who share out vision of protecting the Borderlands and keeping open landscapes. Working together and listening was part of overcoming challenger in the formation of the organization. There will be challenges in the future and those challenges will take the same collaborative efforts if we are to be successful in our mission.

Many ranching families in the Borderlands have looked beyond one generation when planning for the future of their ranch. Protecting the land and their traditional livelihoods took important preparation  and dedication through several generations.

We would like you to join us in continuing the Malpai Borderlands organization in the future. Planned giving is a way of helping the work in the borderlands to continue. Asking your financial advisor to discuss legacy gifts could be the first step in leaving a planned gift that benefits you and your family as well as a nonprofit organization.

A bequest is a form of planned giving which is a provision in your will or living trust that would direct a portion of your estate to the Malpai Borderlands Group. One benefit is that it reduces your taxable estate and may provide estate tax savings.

I ask that you join our group in the future through a legacy of gift.

- Rich Winkler, Malpai Borderlands Group, Executive Board Member

Ways of Giving

Gift Designated in Your Will or Trust

A simple gift in your will can keep working landscapes intact and the collaborative efforts that take place on them. Supporters like you understand the rile that large landscapes play in conservation and the need fir the continues work in the future. A gift to the Malpai Borderlands will help continue  a grassroots effort of working together.

Getting started:

Make sure that in your will your specify how your assets will be distributed after your lifetime.

  • In your will designate specific dollar amounts or percentages of your estate for the Malpai Borderlands Group.

  • If you already have a will and would like to make changes to it, an attorney can help you prepare a codicil that makes the changes official.

Incentives for you:

  • Gifts may provide tax savings or reduce tax burdens for your heirs.

  • You will retain control of your assets during your lifetime.

  • You can create a legacy to remember a loved one.

  • Your gift can remain anonymous if you would like.

Sample Language:

“I give (the sum of _______ dollars) or ( _______ % of the full/residue off my estate) to the Malpai Borderlands Group, a nonprofit corporation, organized and existing under the laws of Delaware, with a principle business address of ___________________, Federal tax identification number: #86-0760007.”

Designated Gifts by Beneficiary

How to begin:

You may leave a gift by a beneficiary designation. By naming The Malpai Borderlands Group as a partial or contingent of an account. Some examples:

Retirement Account, Certificates of Deposit, Bank and Brokerage Accounts, and Life Insurance Policies.

Gifts to charities may be given through your retirement account such as your (IRA).

Make sure to:

  • Request a Beneficiary Designation form from your bank or plan administrator. This form will determine your distribution after your lifetime.

  • Write in The Malpai Borderlands Group as the beneficiary or partial beneficiary: Our business address is: 944 N F Ave, Douglas, AZ 85607

  • If the form requests a social security number please use our tax identification number: #86-0760007

  • If the form asks for a date of birth please use the date of incorporation: March 22, 1994

  • If you have any questions please call the Malpai office: (520) 364-3310.