Wills & Bequests
By naming Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS in your will, you may leave a gift in the form of cash or securities.
Life Insurance
You can name Broadway Cares as a beneficiary of your life insurance policy or open a new policy to benefit Broadway Cares.
Retirement Plan
You may designate Broadway Cares as a beneficiary of your retirement plan.
Revocable Charitable Remainder Trust
A Revocable Charitable Remainder Trust allows you to earn income throughout your lifetime and pass the remainder of the trust on to Broadway Cares upon your death.
Each one of these gift plans is flexible and easy to make. No matter which option you choose, you have all the rights of enjoyment, use and disposition of the intended gift throughout your lifetime. You also may change your beneficiary if your circumstances change. We encourage you to contact us or your financial planner for more information.
Here are several examples of suggested bequest wording which you may share with your legal counsel if you would like to make a gift to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS through your will or living trust.
Bequest of Specific Amount
“I give, devise and bequeath $___________to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Inc. federal tax ID 13-3458820. Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS may be contacted at 212.840.0770, ext. 262, or 165 West 46th Street, Suite 1300, New York, NY 10036.”
Bequest of Remainder of Estate
“I give, devise and bequeath to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Inc., federal tax ID 13-3458820, all [or state the fraction or percentage] of the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, both real and personal. Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS may be contacted at 212.840.0770, ext. 262, or 165 West 46th Street, Suite 1300, New York, NY 10036.”
Bequest of Life Insurance Policy
“I hereby name Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Inc. as the owner and beneficiary of my ______ (insurance company), policy #______, with a face value of $______. I designate that upon my death, the proceeds will be distributed to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Inc., New York, New York, for its general purposes.”
Bequest of Retirement Plan
As primary beneficiary:
“The beneficiary of the entire amount in the plan upon my death is Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Inc., for its general purposes.”
As contingent beneficiary:
“The beneficiary is my spouse as long as he/she survives me. The beneficiary if my spouse does not survive me, or of any portion thereof that my spouse may disclaim, is Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Inc. for its general purposes.”
Legal Name: Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Inc. Legal Address: 165 W. 46th Street Suite 1300 New York, NY 10036 Tax Identification Number: 13-3458820
In fiscal year 2022, gifts to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS were received from the following estates:
A.N Abell Auction Co on behalf of the Estate of Carol Channing
Robert Avian
Delores Gray Crevolin
Aaron Frankel
John Geist
Annette Janowitz
Neil Lewis Kirsch
Donald B. Maxwell
Elizabeth McCann
Gary H. Phillipp
Arthur Siccardi Edward Slater
The following people have provided for an estate or other planned gift to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS:
Sam Altman
Lee R. Anisman M.D.
Jordan Barbakoff & Philip Jeffery
Bradie Barr
Chad Beguelin & Thomas Sleeman
Elaine Berger
Phil & Mary Beuth
Walter Bobbie & David Frye
Ann Marie & Robert Borsdorf
Paul Boskind
John Bowab
Katherine Brader
Roy Brayton & Mickey Sullivan
Anita Briggs
Marcie Brooks
Robert L. Bullock
Kirsten Burkhart
Priscilla Calder-Spielholz
Robert Callely
Liz Caplan & Doug Maxwell
Christopher Cara
David Cartee
Dr. Oscar Chamudes
Tiffini Chow & Graham Hill
Barbara Cohen-Stratyner
James E. Conte
Frank Conway
Larry Cosand
Thomas Cott
Katherine Crimmins
Jamie deRoy
Danny Duncan
Alan Eisenberg & Claire Copley
Susanna Erdos
Robert Evers
Judith A. Fanelli
William Fitzgerald
Kenneth R. Fulton
Thomas J. Gentile
John Glover
Dane Grams
Leslie G. Gutierrez
John Halpin
Carrie Anne K. Harrell
Joseph R. Heller, Ph.D. & Frank Ptak
Melody Henshaw
Geoffrey Hoefer & Thomas Wei
Eileen S. Hoffman
Blane Hopkins
Carol A. Ingram
Jeffrey L. Jackman
Barry Allen Johnson
Peter Kaczorowski
Henry Kaplan
Elissa Kartman
Milton Kean
Robert W. Kilgore & Edward A. Richmond
Ron Kollen
Belinda J. Kotin
Robert J. Kunikoff
Adam Kurtzman
Jay Laudato & Thomas Watson
Jay B. Lesiger and Tom Klebba
Richard Lin and Evan Zazula
Stuart Lippner
Bruce H. Lipstadt
Steven F. Lutz
Mark & William Macatee
James S Marcus
Richard McCune & Brian Carroll
Peter McKown & Kenneth Heng
David R. McShane
Robert Meier
Bill Melamed Jr.
Terri Miller
Tollie Miller
Jerry Mitchell
Jane H. Molloy
Debra Monk
Oscar E. Moore
William Morey
Michael Morris
Sandy Mulligan
Tony Napoli & Gary Newman
Judith Nelson
Karen E. Nothmann
James O’Neil Jr
Gilbert Parker
Thompson Patton
Bobby Pearce
Lee Perlman & Linda Riefberg
Peter Pileski, In memory of Bob Avian
Rory Pottruck
Bob Rhodehamel & Dana Snyder
Michael Risinger
Amy Rosenthal
Marion J. Ross
Stuart Ross
Kimberly Russell
Robert Russell
Ben Ryan
Esta Jo Schifter
Jack Schlegel
Susan L. Schulman
Brian Semple
Hannah R. Shipley
David Shmerler
Joann Skorupski
Margaret Small
Marion Duckworth Smith
Frank Spring
Alfred Szymanski
Scott Vandermyde
Dr. Anthony F. Verdi & Mr. Mark A. Mainville
Mark Viviano & Randy Triezenberg
Carol Waaser
Douglas J. Ward & Earl Johnson
Terrence J. Witter & Artie de la Cruz
Jeff Woodman & Melvin Bernhardt
Matthew Woolf and Steven Filenbaum
Philip Wright
Carolyn Zaput
Doc Zorthian
We salute our many friends and colleagues who are no longer with us and left planned gifts to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
Jack Abrahams
Louise Alexander
Walter Alford
Florence Anglin
Frank Argiro
Rose Ascenzi
Marie Becker
Francine Beers
Harry Bennett
Melvin Bernhardt
Judith Binus
Eva Block
Robert L. Borod
Lester Bowman
Monica Boyar
Roy Bradley
Aron Bromberg
Alice C. Brown
Frances S. Chaiken
Jerome S. Clark
Alvin Colt
Dolores Gray Crevolin
Patricia Croft
Alvin C. Davis
Basil Merle Debusky
Gene Dickey
Elaine D. Dooman
Sophie Eisler
Michael Filerman
Murray Fishman
Aaron Frankel
Roger Franklin
Artie Gaffin
Dr. Vincent Gambino
Harry S. Gold
Joyce Golden
Robert D. Gonzales
Christopher Gorman
Andrew J. Greenhut
Charles Hamlen
Michael F. Hartig
Jerry Herman
Joan Houseman
Barry Allen Johnson
Kenneth Scott Kasman
Mary L. Laslo
Richard Alan Lerner
Linda Lipson
Paul R. Lipson
Howard L. Marcou
Reverend Richard Mietzelfeld
Edward Orgoglioso
Richard D. Overton
Gail Perlman
Warren Pincus
Christine Plath
Bernard B. Plotkin
Heinz Poll & Thomas Skelton
Katherine Schrier
Abraham Raskin
Marty Richards & Mary Lea Johnson Richards
Gerald L. Ritholz & Ray Jarvis
Paul L. Ross
Gordon T. Salter
David Semonin
Eileen R. Shields
Robert Sinacore
Eileen T. Stapleton
Milton J. Tatelman
David Paul Taylor
Gwen Verdon
Samuel J. Waddell Jr.
Marcella Weinberg
Julius Wittman