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Planned Giving

Create a Legacy. Pay Less Tax. Make an Eternal Impact.

Forest Home Planned Giving services offer tailored solutions that allow you to explore more significant, impactful, and lasting gifts. Forest Home and our partner experts will guide you through the most effective planned gift options to meet your long-term financial goals through reducing taxes and maximizing the impact of your generosity for both your loved ones and God’s Kingdom work.

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Joyful Generosity

The various giving options include the following:

Bequests in a will or trust

A simple way to leave a gift by designating Forest Home as a beneficiary in your will or living trust, ensuring your legacy continues after your lifetime.

Real estate

Donating property or land as part of your estate plan, providing valuable support to Forest Home while offering you potential tax benefits.

Life insurance

By naming Forest Home as the beneficiary of a life insurance policy, you can make a large future gift without significant out-of-pocket costs now.

Retirement plans or IRAs

Naming Forest Home as a beneficiary of your retirement assets allows you to avoid the double taxation these accounts can incur when passed to heirs.

Charitable Gift Annuity

A way to secure guaranteed income for life, with the remaining gift supporting Forest Home after you are called home to be with the Lord.

Charitable Remainder Unitrust

Similar to a gift annuity, this trust provides income to you or your beneficiaries for life, with the remaining assets supporting Forest Home’s mission.

Have You Created a Will or Trust?

Forest Home has teamed up with Christian Trustmaker to make creating a will or trust simple and affordable. Watch this short video to see just how easy this process can be. For more information, please reach out to our Development Team at (909) 389-4370 or email us at hms@foresthome.org

Plan Your Legacy with Confidence

Our Trusted Partners Offer:

  • Complimentary will and trust planning
  • Estate attorney support
  • Trustee management and services
  • Additional estate planning services
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Join the Henrietta Mears Society

The Henrietta Mears Society has been established to recognize and honor the generosity of ministry partners who have invested in changed lives for eternity by investing in Forest Home’s future. The Henrietta Mears Society members are individuals who have named Forest Home as a beneficiary in their will or trust.

Who was Henrietta Mears?

Henrietta Mears had an indomitable spirit. In 1938, she had a big dream to open a camp in the San Bernardino Mountains with the hope that people of all ages could come to Forest Home, hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ and be forever changed. Each year at Forest Home, over 40,000+ campers have the opportunity to encounter Jesus, experience transformation and leave ready to engage the world.

Henrietta Mears The Woman Who Shaped Modern Evangelicalism

How can I join the Henrietta Mears Society?

The society is a cohort of Forest Home supporters who have named Forest Home as a beneficiary in their will or trust.

In gratitude for your partnership in the Henrietta Mears Society, we honor your gift by:

  • Adding your name to the Henrietta Mears Society, proclaiming your faith through legacy giving.
  • Hosting you for a complimentary visit to Forest Home.

“Placing people in an atmosphere where they feel close to God, challenging them with His Word and seeing them make a decision that will change their lives and those around them.”

Henrietta Mears
Founder of Forest Home

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Partner With Us

Interested in a gift that benefits you and invests in changed lives at Forest Home? Our Development Team is here to help. A member of our team will be in touch within 24 business hours.