LEGACY & STOCK GIFTS
27-YEAR SEARCH FOR A HOME
TJC has found a new home, and we need your help to build our future! We recently closed on a property at 155 Lafayette Street, in South Nashville, after many years of moving from place to place. During its 25-year history, TJC has been forced by development or rising rents to repeatedly move its offices around downtown Nashville, including stays in a condemned building and the basement of a parking garage. TJC was dislocated again when Atlanta developers bought their most recent office on Seventh Avenue and started demolition in preparation for the building’s conversion into a luxury boutique hotel. Even a historic pandemic and recession could neither slow the developers’ plans nor dampen Nashville’s raging real estate boom.
With the help of experts, TJC’s Board and management undertook an exhaustive yearlong search for rental space or property available for purchase. They concluded that TJC’s long-term stability would be best served by the purchase of its own building. More careful planning and assessment went into determining the financial feasibility of that option. Meanwhile, TJC staff have worked remotely and recently moved the office to temporary quarters.
27-YEAR SEARCH FOR A HOME
TJC has found a new home, and we need your help to build our future! We recently closed on a property at 155 Lafayette Street, in South Nashville, after many years of moving from place to place. During its 25-year history, TJC has been forced by development or rising rents to repeatedly move its offices around downtown Nashville, including stays in a condemned building and the basement of a parking garage. TJC was dislocated again when Atlanta developers bought their most recent office on Seventh Avenue and started demolition in preparation for the building’s conversion into a luxury boutique hotel. Even a historic pandemic and recession could neither slow the developers’ plans nor dampen Nashville’s raging real estate boom.
With the help of experts, TJC’s Board and management undertook an exhaustive yearlong search for rental space or property available for purchase. They concluded that TJC’s long-term stability would be best served by the purchase of its own building. More careful planning and assessment went into determining the financial feasibility of that option. Meanwhile, TJC staff have worked remotely and recently moved the office to temporary quarters.
CHILD NUTRITION
PLAN A LEGACY GIFT TODAY
Leave a lasting impact by planning a legacy gift for Tennessee Justice Center today. Your gift will make a difference for generations to come, helping TJC fight for policies that honor the dignity of and support opportunity for all of our neighbors. With your support, we will work to ensure that Tennessee is a state that honors our shared values, where all Tennesseans, regardless of income, race, disability, age, or illness have access to care and necessities they need to live full, independent lives and avoid financial ruin.
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Legacy gifts are a critical way to support TJC’s mission, and have the following benefits:
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Your gift will ensure your lasting, life-changing impact for thousands of Tennesseans.
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Your gift may cost nothing at all during your lifetime, and allow you to give more to the work you love.
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You will join a growing list of forward-thinking supporters who value justice, dignity, and opportunity for the next generation of Tennesseans.
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Your name will be listed on our legacy wall in TJC’s office, and your planned gift will qualify you for the Iris Society. Iris Society membership gives you access to exclusive communications and events and will be recognized in communications such as annual reports and our website.
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Read more about planned gifts below.
LEGACY & STOCK GIFT OPTIONS
Making a bequest is simple and straightforward. Let your advisor know your wishes and they will put the appropriate language in your will. If you already have a will, there is no need to rewrite it to include TJC. Your attorney can add a bequest through a simple codicil.
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These are various bequest options and suggested language that might be helpful to you and your advisor:
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You can take care of your loved ones first, then leave all, or a percentage, of the remainder of your estate to TJC.
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I give and bequeath to the Tennessee Justice Center, Inc., PO Box 100187 Nashville, TN 37210 (Federal Tax ID Number 62-1630417) all (or state a percentage) of the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate, both real and personal.
State your intention by leaving a specific amount (or the specific percentage of your total estate) to TJC.
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I give and bequeath to the Tennessee Justice Center, Inc., PO Box 100187 Nashville, TN 37210 (Federal Tax ID Number 62-1630417) the sum of $______.
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I give and bequeath to the Tennessee Justice Center, Inc., PO Box 100187 Nashville, TN 37210 (Federal Tax ID Number 62-1630417) ___ percent of my estate.
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Make your gift to TJC contingent on other conditions being met, such as having a loved one predecease you.
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If (insert name) is not living at the time of my demise, I give and bequeath to the Tennessee Justice Center, Inc., PO Box 100187 Nashville, TN 37210 (Federal Tax ID Number 62-1630417) the sum of $______.
Or you may say “all of my estate” or “__ percent of the remainder of my estate.”
CONTACT US
Thank you so much for considering joining the group of friends who have made planned gifts to support TJC’s life-changing work advocating for families in need. For questions or to notify us of a planned gift so that we may properly acknowledge it, please let us know! Contact Aleena Robinson at arobinson@tnjustice.