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Benefits
An insurance policy that you no longer need can be a convenient way to make a gift to National Geographic. You can name National Geographic as the primary beneficiary, or if you prefer, as a contingent beneficiary in the event that your other beneficiaries don't survive you. When you name National Geographic as a beneficiary and irrevocably assign ownership to us, you receive a charitable deduction. Your estate taxes will be reduced because proceeds are removed from your potential gross taxable estate.
How a Gift of Life Insurance Works
You can make a gift of life insurance simply by naming National Geographic the beneficiary of an existing policy. Just contact your insurance company and ask for a change of beneficiary form. After your lifetime, the proceeds of the policy pass to National Geographic, free of federal estate tax, to support the work of our mission.
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More Than 800 Species and Counting at This Year’s BioBlitz
Some 150 scientists, 600 volunteers, and 2,000 students made their way to Saguaro National Park recently to identify and count all the organisms they could find, from the tiniest bugs in the soil to the towering cacti that give the park its name, for the 2011 BioBlitz. With support from Verizon Wireless, scientists, teachers, and students were able to upload pictures of park flora and fauna to National Geographic's Fieldscope database, where people from around the world can log in and see them. When the clock stopped at noon on October 22, more than 859 species had been identified in the 94,000-acre park outside Tucson, Arizona. (Photograph by Audrey Kanekoa-Madrid)