One Charitable Gift, A Lifetime of Benefits

YMCA 1883 Society members are friends of the Y who are committed to strengthening our community for years to come. The 1883 Society is designed to allow donors to make long-term gifts, providing the YMCA with a stable financial base with greater growth potential. This ensures our programs, traditions, and mission will continue on for years and generations to come.

Becoming a member of our 1883 Society involves making a commitment, which now, or in the future, will subsidize and diversify financial resources and help fund the future of the Greater La Crosse community. Anyone can become a member of our 1883 Society by simply making a planned gift or donating a current gift to our endowment fund! 

YMCA 1883 Society members are friends of the Y who are committed to strengthening our community for years to come. The 1883 Society is designed to allow donors to make long-term gifts, providing the YMCA with a stable financial base with greater growth potential. This ensures our programs, traditions, and mission will continue on for years and generations to come.

There are many ways to make an impact for generations:

  • An outright Gift of cash, securities or property.
  • A charitable remainder trust (CRT) is an irrevocable trust that generates a potential income stream for you, as the donor to the CRT, or other beneficiaries, with the remainder of the donated assets going to the La Crosse Area Family YMCA.
  • A Gift Annuity or Pooled Income Fund.
  • Naming the YMCA as beneficiary or owner in Life Insurance Policy.
  • A Bequest in One’s Will.
  • Memorial Gifts honoring a loved one through the establishments of a memorial endowment fund.
  • Gifts to the YMCA Endowment Fund may be directed to the Association in general or to a specific program.

For more information, please contact us.