How to Leave a Legacy

By supporting CMHA, you are:

• Changing Care
• Changing Minds
• Saving Lives

When Canadians think of mental health services, they often think of care that is delivered in a hospital to people with acute mental illness. But there are services and supports that can be delivered in the community to head off mental illness and promote and nurture mental health.

CMHA works to keep people mentally healthy in the first place. CMHA acts before mental illness, so that it doesn’t take hold. Our work is about keeping people out of crisis. It is about keeping people out of hospitals, both before mental illness can occur, and after a crisis has passed.

We know that much mental illness can be prevented and that mental health can be protected. We know that mental health is something we can strengthen.

Your support of CMHA National can make transformational change in mental health and well-being. With your help, we can harness a vast, grassroots movement to promote changes at the national level in policy, culture, and service delivery. Your gift will help take pressure off the medical mental health care system. But more still, your legacy will change the way people understand mental health, and how they get care for years to come.

CMHA is the most established, most extensive community mental health organization in Canada. Its national scope and community programs give CMHA an unequalled depth and breadth. Your legacy gift can have a significant positive impact on the mental health of Canadians.

There are many ways to leave a legacy, and it’s important to know the possibilities and decide what works best for you and your family. We provide some options here, but we suggest you discuss your plans with your loved ones and a professional advisor as well.

• • A Gift in your Will
    A gift by bequest in your will is an easy and impactful way to make a meaningful gift. Your estate will receive a donation receipt that will produce generous tax credits to offset any taxes owing on your final tax return.

Find more information on gifts by will here.
Find sample wording for a gift by will here.

• • A Gift of Stocks and Bonds
    A gift of securities, including stocks, stock options or bonds, is an easy way for you to make a current or deferred gift. By making a gift of your appreciated securities, you can avoid paying capital gains tax that would otherwise be due if you sold these assets. Learn more.

• • A Gift of Retirement Assets
    Retirement assets [registered retirement savings plans (RRSPs) and/or registered retirement income funds (RRIFs)] offer an excellent way to fund a legacy gift. By making a gift of your retirement assets, you will help further our important work.

• • A Gift of Life Insurance
    Your gift of a life insurance policy is an excellent way to make an enduring gift. If a life insurance policy is no longer needed, consider making this gift today to help further our mission.