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Make a Big Impact With a Future Gift

When you include a parish, school, or other entity in your estate plan, your generosity helps us connect your Catholic faith to streamlined, faith-based opportunities for charitable giving and investing. Thank you for ensuring that a parish, school, or other entity can impact those we serve well into the future.

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Get the legal language to share with your attorney to make a gift in your will or living trust.
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Your Gifts at Work

With the help of our donors, a parish, school, or other entity is making a difference for the parishes, schools, organizations and ministries within the Diocese of Des Moines.

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  • I am most interested in making a gift to a parish, school, or other entity that:

    Allows me to see my gifts in action during my lifetime.
    Leaves a legacy at a parish, school, or other entity and will benefit our mission after my lifetime.