Legacy Giving: Partners in Research
Join Salk’s Partners in Research and become part of a community of supporters who help make tomorrow’s discoveries possible. By including the Salk Institute in your estate plans, you create a legacy that keeps curiosity-driven science moving forward, building on Jonas Salk’s tradition of asking the foundational questions that lead to future breakthroughs.
In appreciation, Partners in Research receive invitations to special receptions, lectures, and behind-the-scenes experiences—opportunities to stay close to Salk’s newest discoveries and the people making them. Of all the legacies you can leave, knowledge is among the most enduring.
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Planned Giving Assets

Cash
Most popular ways to give this asset:
- Gift of cash
- Gift in your will or living trust
- Charitable gift annuity
- Donor advised fund
- Charitable remainder trust
- Charitable lead trust

Appreciated Securities
Most popular ways to give this asset:
- Outright gift of appreciated securities
- Gift in your will or living trust
- Charitable gift annuity
- Donor advised fund
- Charitable remainder trust
- Charitable lead trust

Retirement Plan Assets
Most popular ways to give this asset:
- Beneficiary designations
- Smart giving from your IRA
- Charitable remainder trust
- Donor advised fund

Life Insurance
Most popular ways to give this asset:
- Outright gift of life insurance
- Beneficiary designations

Real Estate
Most popular ways to give this asset:
- Real estate
- Gift in your will or living trust
- Charitable gift annuity
- Charitable remainder trust
- Charitable lead trust

Donor Advised Fund
Federal tax ID number: #95-2160097
