Leave Your Mark… Create a Lasting Legacy
Many people establish legacy funds at our Community Foundation while they are alive; others make provisions for an end-of-life gift as part of their will or estate plans. Legacy gifts provide ongoing funding for something you care about for years to come.
Thinking about your charitable legacy
As you think about your own charitable legacy, here are some questions you might want to consider: Are there family members (your parents, your spouse or another loved one) you would like to honor and memorialize by setting up a legacy fund in their name to support something near and dear to their hearts?
Is there a group where you are a member (e.g., your church, a service club) or an organization which you would like to support by setting up an endowment to continue providing annual contributions of financial support in your name?
What community organizations or causes have you been involved with – as a client, volunteer, donor or board member – that mattered the most to you? Why is this organization or cause important to you? Would you want to support it in an ongoing way?
Why Choose Western Colorado Community Foundation?
- Commitment to western Colorado – we are a regional, placed-based organization whose board and staff all live in the community.
- Maximum tax benefits – we are a 501(c)(3) public charity offering full charitable tax deductions as allowed by the IRS.
- Complex gifts – we can accept a wide range of assets, from cash and stock to real estate, royalty interests and business holdings.
- Administrative ease – we take care of all legal, tax and accounting reporting so you don’t have to.
- Low fees – our administrative fees are less expensive than establishing a private foundation.
- Community expertise – we conduct research and share our knowledge of community needs and nonprofit organizations with our donors to help them maximize their philanthropic impact.
- Community of donors – you are part of a larger circle of donors who can learn from each other and work together to make a difference.
- Charitable legacy – your donation will be well-managed and used for the purposes you intend, invested over the long-term and benefiting the community for generations.
Ways to Establish a Legacy Endowment
Most common ways to establish a charity in an estate plan are below.
Legacy Society
Our Community Foundation appreciates and recognizes the planning and foresight of scores of individuals and couples who have made provisions to leave a charitable legacy gift to benefit western Colorado and have included WCCF in their will or estate plan. Please let us know about your plans so that we may thank you and keep you up-to-date on our activities. And, if you are comfortable, we’d like to recognize you as a member of our Legacy Society.
Thank you!
Liane Abrams
Douglas E. Aden and
Lorraine L. Jensen
John and Denise Ahern
Dale and Donna Albertson
Dave Armlovich
Dee Blue
Elaine and Jim Brett
Bill and Rouene Brown
Lynn (Gus) Brownson
Bernie and Mary Beth
Buescher
David Butler
Ed and Barb Chamberlin
Rod and Nina Christ
LuLu Colby
Anita Cox and Bill Ekstrand
Bob and Kate Denning
Anne Devine and Ray
Cozzens
Mike and Mary Doring
Norman Dorsey
Rich and Martie Edwards
Ron Eichhorn
Suzi and Jerry Evans
Adele Filener
William and Kathleen Frey
Elizabeth Fulton
Jan and Mike Gage
Richard Gamble
John and Jan Haines
Cheryl and Gordon
Hebenstreit
Steven Hilbert and Phyllis
Stephens
Tom and Sue Hillhouse
Quincy Hines
Laura Horan
Laura and Doug Johnston
Samuel and Lana Kevan
Don and Shirley Kramer
Edwin Krebs
John Lorentzen
Sheila Maki
Joan Marasco
John and Jan Mayerik
Dennis and Alice McCary
Kathleen A. McGinley
Richard Moore and Sharon
Riegel
Dave and Crystal Murphy
Avon E. and Shirley F. Myers
Karen Nicholson
Doug and Becky Noble
Brian and Joyce Olson
Tanya Pappas
John and Verda Patterson
Wendell (Del) and Nancy Petty
Gary and Kathy Pfeufer
Gregg and Sandy Pietak
Dennis and Peggy Pretti
Tony and Sally Prinster
Bill and Wanda Putnam
Charlie Quimby and
Susan Cushman
Fred and Sam Rainguet
Grace Roberts
Kay Sather
Will Selden
Verne and Diana Smith
Roger and Sharon Sollenbarger
Charlie and Vicci Spencer
Linda Spencer
Thelma Starner
Katie and Doug Steele
Helen Stenmark
Jim and Melissa Sullivan
Hal, Mary, and Norma Sundin
Pamela Szédelyi
Gary and Susan Timm
Robin T. Tolan
Steve and Wendy Vanderhoof
Joe Virgona and Mary Mastin
Jack and Lorraine Walker
Steve and Lenna Watson
Lynn Wegener and Karen Combs
Bill Welch and Laurae
Fortner-Welch
Jeff Wendland and Ellen Miller
Anne Wenzel and David Miller
George Wheeler
Jim and Debbie Widdows
Harry Willson
Nancy T. Wilson
F.A. Wise and Susan E. Treece
Arlena Wood
In Remembrance
Michelle Alford
Tilman and Pat Bishop
John Breckinridge
Genevieve Clough
Bruce Dixson
Matilda W. Fischer
Norman Carl Flohr
Peggy Foster
Evelyn Haley
Tom Huerkamp
Anita Johnson
Eric S. Johnson
Russel and Dorothy
Johnson
Frances L. Klodt
Ken Kriz
Stan and Pam Lochrie
Harley and Marion
Maddock
Charles David McKean
Carol Minion
Virginia Reed Moore
Mardell Niles
Frank and Josephine
Prinster
Joe and Del Prinster
Jane Quimby
Perry Rashleigh
Robert Ringstrand
Dorothy Ross
Al and Jean
Schiesswohl
Robert Shales
LaVerne Starbuck
Ellen Jo Waldeck
Dixie Lew Williams
Felicie Williams
Dave and Mary Wood
Jeremiah Yeakel
These are individuals who have informed WCCF of their intentions. We do not mean to omit any names. If you have made plans for a future gift and would like to be recognized as a member of our Legacy Society or would like more information about planning a charitable legacy gift, please call (970) 243-3767.