Operating a successful YMCA means nurturing the healthy development of children and teens, strengthening families, and making communities healthier and safer. It also means making sure this important work will continue for years and generations to come. Gifting to our Y's Endowment Fund via the Heritage Club works to assure that all this will happen. The goal of the Y's endowment effort is to create a permanent fund of sufficient size to produce 10% of the Association's annual program requirements. In supporting this effort, many Y friends will help assure a strong, viable Y for the youth of future generations.

An individual may direct his or her gift to the Association-at-large or to a specific branch, as well as to a specific program or for general purposes. Substantial tax savings and other important benefits are available through a variety of current and deferred endowment plans, some of which include an outright gift, a Charitable Gift Annuity, naming the YMCA as a beneficiary in a Life Insurance Policy or Retirement Fund, a bequest in one's will, and a memorial gift.