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Join the Quest Legacy Society

The Quest Legacy Society is our way of expressing our gratitude and honoring those special supporters who have designated a planned gift to the Spondylitis Association of America. Quest Legacy Society members are ensuring a future wherein SAA can continue to fund medical research, produce educational programs and advocate on behalf of the spondylitis community.

The reasons for making a gift to the Spondylitis Association of America are personal and varied. Perhaps you are grateful for the service and information we provided you. Maybe you would like to leave a legacy to benefit future generations that are affected by spondyloarthritis. Perhaps you are passionate about increasing the visibility of the disease. Or you may wish to take advantage of the tax benefits of making a gift. We all want to find a cure.

Whatever your motivation, you will find there are many ways to leave your legacy at SAA.


About our Quest Legacy Society Members

Brian Mackenzie
When I was a young boy, my days, like those of most boys my age, were filled with sports. Basketball, soccer, running-anything that kept me moving. Before my 12th birthday, however, those days came to a crushing halt. I was diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis. My days playing high-impact sports were over.

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Charlotte Howard
Making the decision to remember the Spondylitis Association of America in my estate planning was a natural extension of the ongoing resources I have devoted to the SAA since I was first diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) in 2002. A natural extension yes, but it is so much more than that.

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Means Davis
When I was a young boy, my days, like those of most boys my age, were filled with sports. Basketball, soccer, running-anything that kept me moving. Before my 12th birthday, however, those days came to a crushing halt. I was diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis. My days playing high-impact sports were over.

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Planned Giving Options

  • Bequest - Designating SAA as a beneficiary in your will is the simplest way to create a legacy gift to SAA without affecting your current financial situation. After providing for your family, you can remember SAA in your will for a specific dollar amount or a percentage of your estate. Estate tax savings may be significant.
  • Charitable Trusts Setting - up a trust that provides you with current income for life for yourself and/or loved ones is another way to leave a legacy gift to SAA. You will receive favorable tax benefits and SAA will receive what is remaining in the trust. The two most popular life income gifts are charitable remainder trusts and charitable gift annuities.
    • Charitable Gift Annuities - A gift of cash or stock in return for fixed payments to the donor for life.
    • Charitable Remainder Trust - A gift of cash, stock, real estate or complex assets in return for variable payments (a percent of gift). Donors can make additional contribtions over time.
  • Life Insurance & Retirement Assets - Another opportunity to make a significant gift to SAA is with life insurance or an IRA. You can transfer an existing life insurance policy that is no longer needed by your family to SAA, you can name SAA as a partial beneficiary, or you can make SAA the beneficiary of a new policy.
  • Other Planned Giving Options - There are many other planned giving options available. Planned gifts have many benefits including the possibility of increasing your income while avoiding capital gains taxes and reducing estate taxes.

This information is not professional tax or legal advice; please consult an attorney or professional advisor about your specific situation.



Contact Us With Questions

Please inform us that you have included SAA in your estate plans by downloading the "Bequest Intention" form. For more information on the Quest Legacy Society, and how planned giving can work for you, please download the "For More information" form. Send these forms to: Quest Legacy Society, Spondylitis Association of America (SAA), 16360 Roscoe Blvd. Ste 100, Van Nuys, CA 91406. Please do not hesitate to contact Richard Howard, Director of Corporate & Foundation Giving at 800-777-8189 or info@spondylitis.org.


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