Estate Gifts

A gift from your estate to the Acton Institute can ensure that your legacy stands to extend your impact far into the future—and to help secure the blessings of liberty for generations to come.

The Lord Acton Legacy Society

The Lord Acton Legacy Society offers you the chance to be part of something truly extraordinary. By including the Acton Institute in your estate plans, you will play a crucial role in recruiting, training, and equipping moral leaders from around the world to stand up and defend the necessity of both markets AND morality, freedom AND virtue.

Valued members of the Lord Acton Legacy Society receive:

  • A complimentary lifetime subscription to all Acton publications
  • Recognition on our headquarters’ legacy wall
  • Invitation to private receptions and VIP events across the country
  • Opportunity to share the story and intent behind your gift
  • Annual personal update from our team

Here are some of the ways you can join the Lord Acton Legacy Society and make the Acton Institute a part of your enduring personal legacy:

You can include a gift to the Acton Institute in your will or trust by inserting a provision that contains our name and federal tax ID.

Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty
98 E Fulton St. Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Tax ID: 38-2926822

Sample Bequest Language
“I give, devise, and bequeath to the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty, a nonprofit corporation located in Grand Rapids, MI, Tax ID # 38-2926822, or its successor organization (% of my estate/ item/asset/amount or residual amount) to be used (choose one of the following):

  • for its general support and charitable purposes without restriction.
  • for (designated purpose). If at any time it becomes impossible orimpractical for my gift to be used for the above designated purpose, theActon Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty shall use my gift fora purpose and in a manner that it determines most closely meets theabove designated purpose.”

You can designate the Acton Institute as a beneficiary of a retirement plan, donor advised fund, life insurance policy, charitable gift annuity, charitable trust, or other financial account. Simply notify your account’s custodian and request to update your beneficiary designation. This is typically done via a quick, free and simple form that your custodian can provide.

To learn more about legacy giving and other ways you can make a gift in your estate plans, please contact Becca at email and phone.

If you have included the Acton Institute in your estate plans, thank you! We would love to welcome you to the Lord Acton Legacy Society!

Please complete the below Letter of Intent form to let us know how we can use these funds in accordance with your wishes. Please email or mail the form to us at XXXXX.