Welcome to Planned Giving

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When you make a planned gift to Cranbrook, you help us continue fulfilling our mission to develop a diverse and inclusive community of people who will live with purpose and integrity, create with passion, explore with curiosity, and strive for excellence.

To get started creating your legacy at Cranbrook, learn about the different gift options available to you by exploring What to Give and How to Give. Then compare gift options and calculate how these gifts could work for you.

To make it easy to build your charitable legacy at Cranbrook, we’ve partnered with FreeWill: a free online estate planning tool. In about 20 minutes, FreeWill guides you through writing your will or trust and makes it simple to donate any amount of your estate to Cranbrook with a legacy gift in your will.

And, of course, if you have any questions, please contact us. We enjoy working with you to accomplish your philanthropic and financial goals.

Gifts by Will

We invite you to consider including Cranbrook in your will.

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Join the Cranbrook Legacy Society

We invite you to join our society honoring our generous donors.

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Planned Giving Blog

Win-Win Plan Balances Charitable and Family Financial Goals

Did you know you can make a current gift to support our work and replace that asset in your estate with life insurance? Read more to learn about the benefits of such a plan.

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An Estate-Planning Checklist for the New Year

Have you recently created or updated your estate plan? Read more to learn about some of the key elements you should be sure to include in a complete estate plan.