At NPR, we don’t use the word legacy loosely. To us, the word legacy embodies the passion and dedication of people who have named NPR in their wills or estates. This is a special group of visionary friends whose foresight and support — at every giving level — will help NPR continue our mission for generations to come.
Like you, these friends have lifelong relationships with NPR and value our independent reporting, cultural programming and local connections. By including NPR in their estate planning, they help ensure NPR’s future while giving back.
Claudia Choi
For Claudia Choi of Los Angeles, California, NPR was once a dreaded childhood punishment — forced to sit up front with the bus driver, listening to NPR's broadcast. She used to sigh with exasperation when she heard the jazzy horns of All Things Considered as a consequence for behaving badly.
Stuart Graff and Rob Chambers
The more than 200 local stations and newsrooms that make up the NPR Network are unique in the American media landscape. We are for the public, by the public. Our journalists are members of their communities. They are on the ground interacting with locals every day, allowing us to foster genuine connections and trust in the communities we serve.
Stuart Graff and Rob Chambers of Phoenix, Arizona had a special moment of connection with their NPR station that helped lead them to their decision to make a planned gift. They first got “hooked” listening to stations WBEZ in Chicago and WHYY in Philadelphia and have developed a lifelong relationship with NPR.
Their most memorable moment was in 2002, one year after their commitment ceremony. They couldn’t be legally married, but WBEZ read the celebration of their first anniversary on air as a membership dedication. (They were $1-a-day members and that was a benefit).
Claire and Monte Montgomery
The connection people have with NPR is special. For longtime supporters Claire and Monte Montgomery, NPR is their home away from home.
They say that the “combination of local programming and content from the Washington mothership always made us feel that we were simultaneously on a grand adventure and safe at home.”
Since NPR’s founding, new technology has allowed our audience to tune into any station from anywhere in the world. You are no longer limited to the signals within range of your radio! On this website or in the NPR app, you can select the station of your choice to catch up on what’s going on at home, in the next city over, or abroad.
Wilson David Callan
The connection people feel to NPR is special; we also hold an important role in the larger news landscape. Legacy donor Wilson David Callan, a software engineer from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, included NPR in his estate plan to preserve the presence of independent journalism in today’s media landscape:
It is thanks to the support of listeners and readers like Claudia, Stuart, Rob, and Wilson that NPR remains independent and freely accessible to all — regardless of ability to pay. If you decide to join them in making a planned gift, your contribution will have a lasting effect, helping sustain independent public journalism for the audiences of tomorrow.
To find out how you can include NPR in your estate plan, please contact the Office of Planned Giving at 202-513-2097 or [email protected] for more information.
Note: Testimonials have been edited for length and clarity.
Donor Recognition: Join the Joan B. Kroc Society
NPR is proud to recognize generous public radio donors with broadcast, digital, and physical recognition. In honor of Joan B. Kroc, whose estate gift to NPR was the largest gift in public radio history, the Joan B. Kroc Legacy Society represents donors who have established a charitable provision for NPR in their estate plans or with a planned gift.
You are eligible for inclusion if you have:
- Provided for NPR in your estate
- Funded a Life Income Agreement
- Named NPR as a beneficiary of your retirement plan or life insurance policy
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