Jane P. Snyder, one of the earliest members of the Eastern West Virginia Community Foundation Legacy Society, established a fund that will award Youth Grants to nonprofit organizations in Jefferson, Berkeley, and Morgan counties this year, and in perpetuity. Ms. Snyder is just one of the dozens of individuals and couples who have planned for the future and are supporting their favorite charities forever with a legacy gift to the Foundation.
Working in concert with donors and their advisors, the Foundation and its affiliates help build an everlasting endowment—Gifts That Touch Lives, Forever.
Legacy Society members are creating charitable endowments tomorrow by making planned gifts today. Recording one’s charitable intentions also serve as a guidepost for family and friends, thereby establishing a simple way for loved ones to support nonprofit organizations and charitable causes that are near and dear to you.
There are various ways to make a planned gift, and we hope you will involve the Foundation in your gift before you make it. A planned gift is an extraordinary way to leave a lasting legacy to honor you, your family, and your community. Often, the Community Foundation will not receive your planned gift for years to come, but we are here to help you plan for the future.
We encourage you to include your attorney, estate planner, and financial advisor in the discussion as you develop your gift plans. It’s the best way to make certain your charitable vision is crystal clear, ensure the tax-deductibility of your gift, and build your legacy.
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To discuss creating your personal legacy, please call the Community Foundation.
Below, we recognize the list of Legacy Society donors who have named the Community Foundation in their will or another form of planned gift. Please consider adding your name to this group by becoming a member of our Legacy Society today.
Marva Barron
Richard Belisle
Helen Jackson Bowser
Walter and Mary Jo Ziler Brown
Robert G. Burke
John and Jacqueline Burkett
Linda Case
David and Dana DeJarnett
Jerry L. Derflinger
Richard S. Durham
Philip W. Fearnow
Solomon Fine
Frank C. Fischer
Patrick and Leigh Fleming
G. Scott Funkhouser
Virginia L. Gibbons
Conrad C. and MaryAnn Hammann
Eleanor Heishman
Ruth Heishman
Fred and Denise Hollida
John and Eleanor Houyoux
Floyd E. Jacques
Thomas and Harriet Weakly Johnson
Diane Johnston
George Karos
James E. Keel
J.Philip and Doris L. Kesecker
Frank and Kitty Koepping
Tia McMillan
Arthur H. Miller
C. David and Barbara L. Miller
Thomas W. Miller
Jeral Ann Milton
M. Elizabeth Oates
Don and Amy Owen
Robert Owens
Elda G. Painter
Buzz and Lisa Poland
Ruth Pritchard
Beth Raps, PhD
Frederick B. Rice
Lacy and Linda Rice
Doug and Joan Roach
Scott and Linda Roach
Steven M. and Tina F. Roach
Jennifer Roberts
Paul Ropp
Dan and Edith Sampson
Myrtle J. Schneiderhan
Stephen W. Sensabaugh
Elizabeth Shade
Lester A. and Janet I. Smith
Jane P. Snyder
William L. and Bonnie M. Stubblefield
Michael Barry Tallent
Brian and Darlene Truman
Terry Lee and Margaret Walker
Paul and Lisa Welch
Michael and Susan Hawkens Whalton
John S. Wharton
Bill and Nancy White
Henry K. Willard II
Helen Mae Wolford
Gretchen Wurzburg
Robert B. Yoe