Together, we can make sure UUMFE is always here

For those whose deepest spiritual well is their connection to the living Earth.

For some of us, reverence for the Earth isn’t a side practice, it is the practice. It’s where grief becomes bearable, where burnout finds rest, and where the long work of climate and environmental justice finds its roots. UUMFE exists to make a space for that practice: for UUs and for anyone else who comes to Earth-centered spirituality to find meaning, grounding, and the strength to keep showing up for our planet.

A planned gift is how supporters like you help make sure that well never runs dry, not just for this season of UUMFE’s work, but for every generation of seekers and activists who will need this ministry after us. No single gift does this alone; it’s a community of people, together, choosing to keep this well open.

A Legacy Gift: Tend the Roots for Generations to Come

The simplest, most flexible way to help carry UUMFE’s future forward is a gift in your will or living trust, known as a charitable bequest. It costs you nothing today, and it stands alongside the gifts of fellow supporters as a promise that this spiritual home for Earth-centered UUs will be here for whoever needs it next.

To name UUMFE in your will or living trust, download our PDF of sample bequest language, customize it to reflect your wishes, and share it with your attorney for inclusion in your estate plan.

Ways to shape Your bequest

• Residuary Bequests: A gift of what remains of your estate after all other terms of your will have been fulfilled. 
• Contingency Bequests: A gift that passes to UUMFE only if your named beneficiary does not survive you

Document your wishes: Download our UUMFE Planned Gift Letter of Intent so we know about your generous gift and can honor your wishes exactly as you intend.

Another Simple Path: Name UUMFE as a Beneficiary

If you want to support UUMFE’s ministry for the Earth beyond your lifetime without amending your will, naming us as a beneficiary is one of the easiest ways to give. Just designate UUMFE to receive all or part of an asset (a retirement plan, a life insurance policy, and more) using a simple form that lives entirely outside your will.

Beneficiary designations are also flexible: you can revisit and adjust them whenever your life changes, naming UUMFE as a sole, partial, or contingent beneficiary alongside a spouse or loved one.

Assets you can use to name UUMFE as a beneficiary

• Defined Contribution Plans: 401(k)s, 403(b)s, 457s, Simplified Employee Pension plans, and similar accounts.
• Defined Benefit Plans: Such as pension plans.
• Individual Retirement Accounts: IRAs.
• Life Insurance Policies: All types.
• Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance.

Join us in tending this well

Reach out to our team at office@uumfe.org to talk through a bequest, a beneficiary designation, or any other way to join fellow supporters in building UUMFE’s future.

Already named UUMFE in your plans? Let us know, so we can document and honor your wishes exactly as you intend.

Join others by creating a legacy gift today and together, we can make sure that reverence, gratitude, and care for the living Earth have a spiritual home within Unitarian Universalism for generations still to come.

This information is not intended as legal or tax advice. Consult an attorney or tax advisor.