Legacy Fund Provides Opportunities to Make a Difference

Last year, Government Accountability Project launched our Legacy Fund with a mix of bonds and other assets generously provided by Emil and Myrtle Tweten, Roald Cann and Dr. Clare Herald. All four Government Accountability Project patrons personally shared with me how important they found Government Accountability Project's work to be. They identified with our mission, sympathized with us during rough times and cherished our victories as well.

We knew these dear friends would not have wanted their gifts squirreled away as a hedge against some future financial crisis or quickly spent as part of the ordinary budget. Instead, we created the Legacy Fund to house the assets, and we plan to spend 10 percent of the fund every year for activities that represent expanding opportunities for solid social impact.

Each of these precious gifts will provide valuable funds for Government Accountability Project for 13, 14 or even more years into the future! Furthermore, they will be spent for those special initiatives that we could not otherwise launch without squeezing other programs in the process.

By stretching out these gifts and having them go toward special opportunities to bring accountability to our government and corporations, we feel confident that we're using these gifts in a way that our dearest friends would have wanted to be remembered and engaged far into the future.

We're grateful for these generous friends, but the Legacy Fund will diminish in value unless others include us in their estate planning.