Planned Giving

Every gift during your lifetime leaves a mark, but a planned gift leaves a permanent mark on generations to come. Planned giving allows you to dedicate a portion of your estate—through a will, trust, or beneficiary designation—to the causes that shaped your values, ensuring your faith and compassion continue to illuminate the world long after you are gone.

Common methods include:

• Bequests: Specifying a dollar amount or percentage of an estate in a will or revocable trust.
• Beneficiary Designations: Naming a charity as a full, partial, or contingent beneficiary of a life insurance policy, IRA, or 401(k).
• Charitable Trusts & Rollovers: Utilizing vehicles like Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCDs) or Charitable Remainder Trusts for tax benefits during or after a lifetime.

Why Include Xavier Society for the Blind in Estate Planning?

Preserving Faith and Independence for Over 125 Years

Since 1900, Xavier Society for the Blind has stood as the only Catholic organization providing religious texts, Sunday Mass readings, Bibles, and prayer books in braille, large print, and audio - all free-of-charge. Your gift guarantees that a visual impairment never isolates a believer from their Catholic faith, their parish community, or God’s Word.

A Sacred Commitment: Always 100% Free

Specialized braille production and heavy-grade large print materials are expensive to produce and ship. Yet, Xavier Society delivers every book, Mass guide, and audiobook completely free-of-charge to patrons worldwide. Planned gifts provide the perpetual capital that ensures financial hardship never stands between a blind child or adult and their spiritual life.

Fostering Literacy and Active Worship

In a world moving rapidly toward digital media, our braille and extra large print offerings remain essential for true literacy, active participation in the liturgy, and independent study. Legacy funding invests directly in state-of-the-art embossing technology and distribution networks that keep resources accessible to all.

Protecting Your Family While Amplifying Your Impact

Planned giving is as practical as it is profound. Naming Xavier Society for the Blind as a beneficiary of tax-heavy assets—such as traditional IRAs, 401(k)s, or life insurance policies—can significantly reduce the tax burden on your estate and surviving heirs, allowing more of your life’s work to support what truly matters to you.

Need more information or want to take the next step? Contact our Communications and Fundraising Manager Aisling Redican at 212-502-7607 or email info@xaviersocietyfortheblind.org

Xavier Society for the Blind is a nonprofit organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Our federal tax ID number is 13-5563026. We thank you in advance for your generous support.