Legacy giving
Secure your legacy, transform tomorrow
YSM is committed to serving Toronto’s most vulnerable for years to come. Legacy gifts are vital to securing YSM’s financial stability and our future, to ensure we can continue serving the community for as long as we’re needed. A bequest in your Will helps ensure our programs continue to make a lasting impact.
Click here to read our Leave a Legacy brochure.
Four ways to make a difference
A legacy gift is a powerful way to leave a meaningful mark on our community. By including YSM in your will, you’ll help us provide lasting support to those in need. Your generosity will help us build a strong financial foundation and create a brighter future for countless individuals and families.
Include YSM in your will
Specify a dollar amount, a percentage of your estate, or the residual assets of your estate after named bequests.
Donate investments or retirement funds
Designate YSM as a beneficiary of investment products in your portfolio.
Get a life insurance policy
Make The Yonge Street Mission the policy beneficiary to ensure your values live on after your passing.
Create a lasting impact
Join Legacy Bridge Builders by sharing your intention to leave a legacy with us.
Additionally, you can contact one of YSM’s legacy partners Advisors with Purpose or Link Charity Canada for free professional estate planning advice, convenient legacy solutions or to attend a no-obligation educational webinar.
Should you have any questions or require additional information, please contact Angela Solomos, Vice-President of Philanthropy
E: asolomos@ysm.ca | C: (416) 929-9614 x 4248.
IMPORTANT NOTE: We encourage donors to consult legal and/or financial advisors to consider all of the relevant issues, as well as tax provisions, in making a planned gift to Yonge Street Mission.
Disclaimer: The information provided on these pages is general in nature and not intended to be a substitute for professional advice. YSM strongly advocates – before making any decisions concerning your estate and/or your charitable donations – you seek advice from your lawyer and/or financial advisor.
In loving memory of Rick Tobias
“No matter what kind of mess somebody is in, they deserve a seat at the table where a little bit of grace and goodness can be served to anybody who walks in the door.”
– Linford Detweiler, Over the Rhine
YSM has created a permanent endowment in memory of former YSM CEO and community advocate Rick Tobias which serves and supports YSM’s priority annual needs in perpetuity.
Support the Grace and Goodness Trust with a legacy (future) gift
The Grace and Goodness Trust will ensure YSM – with your help – is able to continue to serve our struggling Toronto neighbours, for as long as we are needed.
Invest today in the
Grace and Goodness Trust
Make an annual pledge or a one-time investment in the Grace and Goodness Trust, to directly support YSM’s priority annual needs.
Make a tribute gift today,
in Memory of Rick
Your tribute gift to honour the memory of Rick will help YSM to address its immediate, highest priority needs. Make a one-time gift today.
To learn more, or discuss giving options please call Angela Solomos at (416) 929-9614 x 4248, or email asolomos@ysm.ca. Additionally, you can fill out this form and Angela will be in touch.
No matter how you decide to offer your support, please inform Angela, and we will pass along the details of your thoughtful investment in YSM and its future to Rick’s family.