What will your legacy be?
We invite you to leave a legacy of love for the mission of AFARI and ARI through planned giving.
Your gift ensures that AFARI and ARI will continue to educate rural leaders from the global south for decades to come. After graduating from the ARI training program, rural leaders return to their homes, often focusing on sustainable agriculture in order to strengthen their communities. Graduates also engage in environmental conservation, education. microfinance, human rights promotion, and refugee support. They respond to grassroots needs as servant leaders, spreading the spirit of living together around the world.
More than 1400 graduates in the first half century. With your support, we look ahead to a bright future for the next thousand grassroots leaders.
You can invest in future rural leaders by joining our circle of legacy givers. AFARI can help you structure your support for ARI in many different ways.
Let us help you plan your gift.
If you wish to support AFARI and ARI through planned giving, contact us to start a conversation. We gratefully accept “declarations of intent” that inform us of your planned gift ahead of time, and will happily assist you in drafting one. We can guide you through a range of options, before you meet with your legal counsel to revise estate planning documents.
Legacy bequest in your will or trust
You can provide for AFARI and ARI’s future by making AFARI a beneficiary of your will or trust. Unrestricted gifts allow AFARI and ARI to meet needs as they arise.
Your gift may be in the form of savings, personal belongings, securities or real estate. Sample language for such a gift:
I give and bequeath [$ sum, percentage of estate or description of property] to the American Friends of Asian Rural Institute, to be used in support of Asian Rural Institute programs.
Retirement plans and life insurance
You can also choose to name AFARI as a beneficiary to part or all of retirement fund assets or life insurance payments.
Designated gifts
If you wish to designate your gift for a specific project or program at ARI, contact us to discuss available options. Past examples include gifts to the Takami Scholarship Fund and for specific capital improvements.