Planned Giving

Leaving a legacy of support to the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) allows you to combine charitable giving goals with estate and financial planning.

Your gift will make a lasting impact, allowing AFAR not only to fund programs that advance scientific research into the causes, treatments, and cures for age-related diseases, but also to build the pipeline of scientists and physicians whose research will help us all live healthier, longer.

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The Irving S. Wright Legacy Society

Named in honor of AFAR's founder, the Irving S. Wright Legacy Society is an honorary society created to recognize and thank individuals who make a planned gift to AFAR.

As a member of the Society, you are entitled to special benefits:

  • Invitations to AFAR special events and meetings with top aging research scientists
  • Up-to-date information on new medical findings about living healthier, longer
  • Recognition in AFAR's annual report

As a member of the Irving S. Wright Legacy Society, you can choose to:

  • direct your support to specific areas of research that look at the basic mechanisms of aging in disease, such as Alzheimer's disease, cardiovascular disease, or cancer
  • allow AFAR to direct your support where research is most needed
  • allocate your gift to the Irving S. Wright Endowment Fund

Once you inform AFAR of your planned gift, you are automatically enrolled as a member of the Society.

For more on the Irving S. Wright Legacy Society, download our brochure.
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"As a member of the Irving S. Wright Legacy SocietyLeaving a bequest to AFAR is giving me a special opportunity to create a fund that will continue to support research in the field of macular degeneration. I am gratified to know that my gift will continue to make a difference even after I am gone.”

- Leonard Rokaw, Irving S. Wright Legacy Society Member