Planned Giving

In October 2019 St. Patrick's Cathedral launched an exciting new planned giving opportunity. We have partnered with FreeWill, an online platform which allows people to easily prepare and create a will, free of charge, to support those causes you love. 

At the core of St. Patrick’s Cathedral is our mission of standing the test of time as a beacon of hope, faith, and inspiration for so many here and beyond. Our story is your story, and through your commitment and generosity, generations past, present, and future have been inexorably linked to the beauty of God’s message realized in the community we have built in the heart of New York City.

To learn more about how you can begin this process and include St. Patrick's in your will please click here. 

We hope you find these new tools to help you make plans for the future and give back to the St. Patrick’s Cathedral community helpful on your journey through God.

FreeWill is an innovative online resource that allows donors to write a legally valid will and give directly from their IRAs.

FreeWill offers two tools that make it easy to both plan ahead and give back to the Cathedral responsibly. Regardless of how old you are, or what your ability to donate to the Cathedral might be, these tools can provide a necessary resource for you and your family.

1. A will-writing tool, where you can write a legally valid will online in less than 25 minutes – completely for free. FreeWill also makes it easy to begin your legacy with St. Patrick’s Cathedral, and the programs that matter to you the most. Regardless of whether or not you make a bequest to St. Patrick’s Cathedral, the tool is free for you and your family to start planning ahead.Start writing your will with FreeWill today! 
2. Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCDs), which are tax-free gifts directly from an IRA. If you are 70.5 or older, and you have a traditional IRA, this is the smartest way to give back to St. Patrick’s, because the gifts are always tax free, regardless of whether or not you itemize deductions on your tax returns. Make a QCD to St. Patrick’s Cathedral today!