Planned Giving to Mother Jones

Meet Our Donors
Steve and Midge are some of the newest members of the Mary Harris Jones Legacy Society.

In celebrating their good decision to leave a percentage of their estate to Mother Jones, they encourage others to learn more about planned giving.

Read more about Midge and Steve's decision.
Learn more about bequests.

Welcome to the Mother Jones estate planning site. There’s no better way to ensure that future generations have access to fearless, independent journalism than by including Mother Jones in your estate plan or will. You’ll help investigative journalists keep the public’s attention focused on real issues. And you’ll be making sure that progressive values stay alive for years to come.

Make sure your voice lives on.

A planned gift may help you give more to the cause of a free press and progressive change than you thought possible while still providing you or someone you designate with favorable financial and/or tax benefits. In these pages, you'll find some special financial tools to help you research and discover ways to do just that.

• You don't have to use cash to make your gift — donate appreciated securities instead. The deduction is the same as for a cash gift, and you pay no capital gains tax.
• Give an asset that may help us more than it's helping you — such as a life insurance policy whose coverage your family no longer needs, or real estate such as a second home or a parcel of undeveloped land, or even a collection of books or artwork that you no longer have room to display.
• You can make a gift that costs you nothing during your lifetime — name Mother Jones as a beneficiary of your will or revocable trust, or of your retirement plan.
• You can make Mother Jones a partner in your giving — you can deed us your home but continue to live there or you can sell us property at a charitable discount.

This website is a tool for you to learn more about the different ways you can make a planned gift. If you already know something about your giving options go to ways to give. To learn about the benefits of making a planned gift and how to meet both your charitable and personal goals go to benefits of giving. Discover the variety of funding choices at assets to give and compare the plans to see which comes closest to your needs at goals and benefits.

If you are interested in learning more or speaking to someone in the planned giving department, please complete the Information Request Form for follow-up information from us.