Gift in Your Will

Help your community overcome future health challenges: Choosing to remember NBRHC Foundation with a donation in your Will is the perfect way to let your values, ideals and compassion for the health of your community continue into the future.

Amplify your impact: It’s possible to make a more significant gift than you might otherwise be able to afford today. A planned gift has the advantage of not affecting your current financial resources.

It’s easier than you think. In fact, it can actually be fun to dream about the future and give shape to the mark you will make…

1. Choose the charity or charities you’d like to support. It’s wise to book a chat with someone at your charity to talk about your options and make sure they can fulfill your future wishes.

If you’re thinking about making a donation in your Will to North Bay Regional Health Centre Foundation, thank you. You can speak to Kate at Kate.Merritt-Dupelle@nbrhc.on.ca or 705-474-8600 ext. 3254. You won’t be held to any commitment, or sent any additional communications if you wish.

2. Make sure you have their legal names and registration numbers. For reference our legal name is North Bay Regional Health Centre Foundation and our registration number is 88773 1123 RR0001.

3. Get a rough estimate of the size of your estate and what percentage you’d like to go to family vs. charity.

P.S. The Will Power legacy calculator makes this really easy.

4. Choose a lawyer, notary (if you live in Quebec or BC), or trusted online Will platform to draft your legal documents.

You can find legal professionals who can help on the Will Power website too.

5. Make sure your Will’s executor and your family know about your plans.

You can support a specific department or area of care at the Health Centre that is meaningful to you, or support a particular fund, such as the education endowment.

Some helpful information for speaking to your lawyer:

• Our legal name is North Bay Regional Health Centre Foundation
• Our charitable registration number is 88773 1123 R0001
• Our address is 50 College Dr., PO Box 2500, North Bay, ON P1B 5A4

Taxes probably aren’t the first thing you think about when it comes to charity. But Canada actually has some of the most generous charitable tax incentives in the world! In Canada, when you make a donation, you get a charitable tax credit that can go a long way to help pay down what you owe.

Your loved ones might need that charitable tax credit when you pass, because your estate is likely to be hit with a huge tax bill they’ll have to take care of. You can even structure your donation in different ways so that you get the biggest tax break possible.