Planned Giving

Midwest Honor Flight recommends consulting with an attorney, financial planner, or other licensed professional when considering or making changes to your planned giving arrangements. The information below on this website does not constitute legal, tax, or financial advice.

What is Planned Giving?

Planned Giving is providing for a gift to a charitable organization as part of your overall estate plan. Planned Giving can be done in a number of ways including through your will, through a trust or through a beneficiary designation. To determine the method of planned giving that best suits your needs, please consult with an attorney, financial planner or other licensed professional.

Why Consider Planned Giving?

Gifts to Midwest Honor Flight enable us to continue honoring our nation’s Veterans by giving them the opportunity to visit the memorials and monuments dedicated to honoring their service and sacrifice. Planned gifts help ensure that Midwest Honor Flight can continue to exist, not only for this generation of Veterans, but also for generations to come.

How to Include Midwest Honor Flight in Your Planned Giving:

If you would like to name Midwest Honor Flight as a beneficiary of your planned gift, please use the following information:
Midwest Honor Flight - IA & SD
DBA: Midwest Honor Flight
PO Box 22
509 4th Ave NE
​Sioux Center, IA 51250
Tax ID: 82-0995083

Some Ways to Give:

  • Midwest Honor Flight has impacted thousands of Veterans since its founding. After their day of honor, many Veterans confess the day was one of the most meaningful of their life. If you know someone who had a positive experience with Midwest Honor Flight, help us continue to honor them — and other Veterans — by dedicating a memorial gift in their name.

    Designating a gift In Memory of a loved one is as simple as donating via our online form. Click HERE and fill out the donation information. At the bottom of the form you will be able to designate the gift as being In Memory of your loved one and select a gift notification option.

  • Leaving a part of your estate to Midwest Honor Flight in your will or trust will enable us to continue honoring Veterans for years to come. It takes as little as one sentence to add Midwest Honor Flight to your will or living trust. Please see below for examples:

    GENERAL TESTAMENTARY GIFT: SPECIFIC MONETARY AMOUNT: I hereby give and bequeath _______________________ dollars ($__________________) to Midwest Honor Flight, located at 509 4th Ave NE, Sioux Center, IA 51250, or its successors-in-interest, to be used for general purposes.

    GENERAL TESTAMENTARY GIFT: PERCENTAGE OF RESIDUE OF ESTATE: I hereby give and bequeath ________ percent (_____%) of the rest and residue of my estate to Midwest Honor Flight, located at 509 4th Ave NE, Sioux Center, IA 51250, or its successors-in-interest, to be used for general purposes.

  • We understand that not everyone wants to commit to making a gift in their will or estate. That is why many people prefer the increased flexibility that a beneficiary designation provides. With beneficiary designations, you are able to make an impactful contribution to Midwest Honor Flight by using IRAs and other retirement plans, life insurance policies, or annuities.

    It takes only three, simple steps to make this type of gift. Here’s how to name Midwest Honor Flight as a beneficiary:

    Contact your retirement plan administrator, insurance company, bank or financial institution for a change-of-beneficiary form.

    Decide what percentage (1 to 100) you would like us to receive and name us, along with the percentage you chose, on the beneficiary form.

    Return the completed form to your plan administrator, insurance company, bank or financial institution.