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 2019, gifts to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS were received from these estates.
Estate of Eileen Stapelton
Estate of Basil Merle Debuskey
Estate of Christine Plath
Estate of Harry Bennett
The following 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
Phil & Mary Beuth
Ann Marie & Robert Borsdorf
Paul Boskind
John Bowab
Katherine Brader
Marcie Brooks
Robert L. Bullock
Kirsten Burkhart
Priscilla Calder-Spielholz
Robert Callely
Liz Caplan & Doug Maxwell
David Cartee
Dr. Oscar Chamudes
Tiffini Chow & Graham Hill
Frank Conway
Larry Cosand
Jamie deRoy
Danny Duncan
Alan Eisenberg & Claire Copley
Robert Evers
Judith A. Fanelli
Kenneth R. Fulton
Dane Grams
Joseph R. Heller, Ph.D., & Frank Ptak
Melody Henshaw
Jerry Herman
Geoffrey Hoefer & Thomas Wei
Carol A. Ingram
Jeffrey L. Jackman
Barry Allen Johnson
Henry Kaplan
Milton Kean
Karen Kellman
Robert W. Kilgore & Edward A. Richmond
Ron Kollen
Belinda J. Kotin
Robert J. Kunikoff
Jay Laudato & Thomas Watson
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
Terri Miller
Jerry Mitchell
Debra Monk
Oscar E. Moore
Michael Morris
Gilbert Parker
Thompson Patton
Bobby Pearce
Lee Perlman & Linda Riefberg
Bob Rhodehamel & Dana Snyder
Michael Risinger
Amy Rosenthal
Marion J. Ross
Stuart Ross
Ben Ryan
Esta Jo Schifter
Margaret Small
Marion Duckworth Smith
Frank Spring
Eileen T. Stapleton
Alfred Szymanski
Mark Viviano & Randy Triezenberg
Carol Waaser
Douglas J. Ward & Earl Johnson
Terrence J. Witter & Artie de la Cruz
Philip Wright
Carolyn Zaput
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
Melvin Bernhardt
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
Gene Dickey
Elaine D. Dooman
Fred Ebb
Sophie Eisler
Michael Filerman
Murray Fishman
Aaron Frankel
Roger Franklin
Dr. Vincent Gambino
Harry S. Gold
Joyce Golden
Robert D. Gonzales
Christopher Gorman
Andrew J. Greenhut
Michael F. Hartig
Joan Houseman
Barry Allen Johnson
Mary L. Laslo
Richard Alan Lerner
Paul R. Lipson
Howard L. Marcou
Reverend Richard Mietzelfeld
Jason J. Moyer
Edward Orgoglioso
Richard D. Overton
Gail Perlman
Warren Pincus
Bernard B. Plotkin
Heinz Poll & Thomas Skelton
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
Milton J. Tatelman
David Paul Taylor
Gwen Verdon
Samuel J. Waddell Jr.
Marcella Weinberg
Julius Wittman