Estate Planning

Join viewers like you in ensuring that PBS SoCal's programming and educational outreach remain available to current and future generations by making a gift in your estate plan.

Easy ways to make a planned gift to PBS SoCal

Beneficiary designations
A simple and meaningful way to support PBS SoCal is to designate us as a beneficiary in your will, trust, life insurance policy, or retirement plan.
Our federal tax ID number is: 95-2211661

Below is sample language to use when drafting your bequest.

For an unrestricted gift that allows PBS SoCal to determine how to use the funds based on the most pressing needs, use the following language for your will and/or trust:

"I give to Public Media Group of Southern California, a nonprofit corporation currently located at 2900 West Alameda Ave., Suite 500, Burbank, CA 91505, or its successor thereto, _________ [written amount or percentage of the estate or description of property] for its unrestricted charitable use and purpose."

Additional ways to make a planned gift to PBS SoCal

• Charitable Gift Annuity  
• Real Estate 
• Donor Advised Funds 
• Appreciated Securities 
• Closely Held Stock 
• Retirement Plan Assets 

Next Steps

• Contact us at 747-201-5473 or plannedgiving@pbssocal.org for additional information or to chat more about the different options for including PBS SoCal in your will or estate plan. 
• Seek the advice of your financial or legal advisor. 
• If you include PBS SoCal in your plans, please use our legal name and federal tax ID. 
• Legal name: Public Media Group of Southern California 
• Federal tax ID number: 95-2211661 

Your generosity brings the best in public media to millions of viewers in six Southern California counties.

Please allow us to show our gratitude by letting us know you have included a gift to PBS SoCal in your future plans, or if you would like to do so.