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The Legacy Society
Deciding to leave a gift to your community through your will is one of the most important decisions you will make. Perhaps you view your community as an extension of your family and wish to benefit future generations, or maybe you have a strong desire to support a specific need or cause that has been important to you. Whatever your charitable interest, The Central Susquehanna Community Foundation ensures that your legacy will forever be preserved and carried out as you intended.
Legacy or "Planned" giving can take many forms; some planned gifts can even provide an income during your lifetime. Other planned gifts, like designation through your will, life insurance, or retirement plan assets are easily put in place. The Foundation can help by providing you options on planned giving for you to discuss with your legal or financial advisors. our bequest can take many forms. It can be designated to benefit one particular nonprofit organization, or it can be divided among several. Preferably, you will design your contribution so that it leaves a lasting legacy. Examples of permanent funds that can be established using your contribution are designated beneficiary funds, scholarship funds, field-of-interest funds, field-of-interest funds, or unrestricted funds.
Your gift through The Central Susquehanna Community Foundation can be designated to benefit one particular nonprofit organization, or it can be divided among several. You may wish to design your contribution to create a named fund, a lasting and recongnizable legacy. Examples of permanent funds that can be established using your contribution are designated beneficiary funds, scholarship funds, field-of-interest funds, or general charitable purpose funds.
The Legacy Society is made up of all those who have notified us that they have included the Foundation in their estate planning, regardless of the amount or the type of fund intended. This can include bequests, insurance policies, annuities, trusts, and other planned gifts that will benefit the Foundation’s efforts and support organizations in your community.
We thank each and every member of the Legacy Society for making a gift of a lifetime to support their community's needs. Members of the Legacy Society have the special satisfaction that comes with knowing that they are helping to make the world a better place, by providing much needed resources for our community’s future. Their decision is one that will continue to make a difference in perpetuity, helping future generations to take care of those less fortunate and to ensure continued opportunities in areas such as education, the arts, health and human services, religion, and youth and children.
Through the Legacy Society of The Central Susquehanna Community Foundation, your thoughtful and generous decision will be duly recognized and by so doing, it will encourage others to give as well. Of course, if you would prefer to remain anonymous, we will certainly honor that request.
We hope that you have taken, or that you will take, the action necessary to become a member of the Legacy Society and thereby leave a legacy of caring for your community.
All you need to do is to share this important decision with us by completing a simple form. To receive a copy of the form by mail or for more information, please send an e-mail message to dschuck@csgiving.org or call the foundation office at 1.866.454.6692. We look forward to welcoming you to the Legacy Society.
The Foundation honors and thanks our current Legacy Society members:
C Kenneth Battram, Robert Buehner, Jr., John & Janice DeFinnis, Eric DeWald, Charles M. & Nancy C. Eves, Fritz Heinemann, Dale & Ferne Krothe, Edna McBride, Deborah Force-Moore, Holly Morrison, William Shultz, Patricia Torsella, Albert J. & Stephanie J. Steward, and Freddie Bittenbender.
