About Us

 Gestalt Pastoral Care’s vision is to facilitate the healing and growth of individuals to become all that God has envisioned, now and in the future, in marginalized as well as world communities.  The Endowment Fund, established in 2019, is designed to fund capital needs, outreach ministries, grants, new ministries and one-time projects (local, national and international) which are not covered by the operating budget. 

 By designating Gestalt Pastoral Care’s Endowment Fund as a beneficiary in your will, trust, IRA or other estate plan document, as well as through special gifts during your lifetime, you can help assure the future of Gestalt Pastoral Care, and bring this Healing Ministry to future generations. 

 Your gift can create a personal legacy to support Gestalt Pastoral Care’s ministry of service.  It will continue your commitment to your faith, demonstrate thanksgiving for the love and nurturing provided by the Gestalt Pastoral Care community, and possibly reduce estate taxes for your heirs.   

• In memory of family members and friends
• In gratitude for a child’s birth, graduation or wedding
• In gratitude for recovery from an illness
• In gratitude for other blessings in your life
• In gratitude for some special service provided by the Gestalt Pastoral Care team.

• Cash or check
• Stock or Retirement Accounts
• Will or Living Trust
• Life insurance policies
• Real estate
• Tangible personal property
• Charitable Gift Annuity or Charitable Remainder Trust:  Set one up now to receive a lifetime income and, at the same time, provide a gift to the Endowment Fund at the end of the trust term.
• Life Estate Reserved:  Give your home or vacation home to the Endowment Fund but live in it for the rest of your life.
• Contingent Beneficiary.  Name the Endowment Fund a contingent Beneficiary to receive a gift in the event that another heir predeceases you.

 The Society Members are those persons who have made the Endowment Fund a beneficiary in their estate plans. It’s simple to join! Ask us! 

Membership is automatic upon notifying Gestalt Pastoral Care of the planned bequest.

 To make an unrestricted gift to the Endowment Fund, consult your attorney, and ask that language like the following be used in your will, codicil or trust:

" I give, devise, and bequeath unto the Rev. Tilda Norberg Endowment Fund of Gestalt Pastoral Care Associates, Inc.  a 501-c (3) not-for-profit organization located in Staten Island, NY: 

1. all of my residuary estate; or

2. a portion of my residuary estate equal to ___% thereof; or 

3. the following described property of _____; or

4. the sum of $______."