A gift that outlasts you.
Through Crown Point's Grow a Legacy program, your support can keep this land in organic farming, families fed, and kids learning here — decades after you make the decision.
Why "later" matters as much as "now."
Crown Point has farmed this land continuously for 171 years. Legacy gifts are how that continues past any one generation of donors, staff, or board members. A gift into the Crown Point Endowment doesn't get spent — it gets invested, and only a small portion of its growth is used each year, meaning your gift can keep funding real programs 10, 20, even 50 years from now, without ever running out.
Ways to grow a legacy.
All leading to the same place: Crown Point still doing this work long after today.
Include Crown Point in Your Will
A bequest is one of the simplest legacy gifts to make — a specific amount, a percentage of your estate, or whatever remains after other commitments, designated to Crown Point in your will or living trust.
Name Crown Point as a Beneficiary
Retirement accounts (IRAs, 401(k)s) and life insurance policies let you name Crown Point as a full or partial beneficiary — often simpler to set up than a will change, through a form from your account provider.
Give a Gift of Stock
Donating appreciated stock directly, rather than selling it first, can be a tax-efficient way to give — avoiding capital gains tax on the appreciation while still supporting Crown Point's full value.
Charitable Trusts
Charitable remainder and lead trusts allow you to make a significant gift while still addressing your own financial goals and providing for loved ones, with the remainder eventually supporting Crown Point.
Life Insurance Policies
Naming Crown Point as a beneficiary of an existing or new life insurance policy is a way to make a substantial future gift at a modest ongoing cost.
Give Directly to the Endowment
Rather than waiting for an estate gift, you can contribute to the Crown Point Endowment today — a one-time or ongoing gift into the same permanent fund described below, made through the Akron Community Foundation.
A fund that never runs out.
The Crown Point Endowment is a permanent fund, invested rather than spent — only a small percentage of its growth is used each year to support Crown Point's mission, while the principal remains intact and continues growing. It's the most direct answer to "how does my gift keep giving for decades": it's structurally designed to.
The Endowment is held at the Akron Community Foundation — a well-established, professionally managed community foundation (Charity Navigator 4-star rated, GuideStar Platinum) that provides the kind of long-term, audited stewardship an individual nonprofit's own investment account often can't match on its own.
Where a single donation supports one season, a gift into the Endowment becomes part of a fund built to support every season after it — insulating core programs from any single year's fundraising ups and downs.
What this means for you.
Impact Future Generations
Leave a lasting mark on the fight against hunger in the region, support environmental education, and help preserve 115 acres of organic farmland and wildlife habitat — for people who haven't been born yet.
Potential Tax Benefits
Planned giving can offer potential reductions in income, capital gains, or estate tax, depending on the vehicle you choose and your personal financial situation.
Tailored to Your Values
A planned gift can support a specific program you care about — education, produce donations, the Endowment itself — or the organization's overall sustainability. Crown Point can work with you to structure a gift that stays true to your intentions.
Honor someone, today.
Not every meaningful gift has to wait for an estate plan.
Honorary Gifts
Commemorate a birthday, anniversary, or graduation by giving to Crown Point in someone's honor — celebrating their milestone while supporting the mission. The Endowment gift form includes a built-in option to designate a gift "in honor of" someone, with an optional notification sent to them.
Tribute Gifts
Honor the memory of a loved one, or express gratitude to someone who's made a real difference in your life, with a gift that leaves a lasting remembrance. The same form supports "in memory of" designations directly.
A decision made once can keep giving for generations.
Talk to us about the legacy gift that fits your goals.