Legacy Society

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 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 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 serves as a guidepost for family and friends, thereby establishing a simple way for loved ones to support nonprofit organizations and charitable causes which 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. For more information and sample wording to help craft a legacy gift within your estate plan, download our EWVCF Bequest Wording document which will provide ideas that can help your attorney, CPA, or financial advisor.

Many of our Legacy Society Members in Shepherdstown, Harpers Ferry, and Charles Town are building endowment in their home county by contributing to our unrestricted Jefferson County Community Impact Fund.  For more information about the remarkable transfer of wealth that will take place in Jefferson County during the coming 10 years download our Jefferson County Keep5Local flyer.

Residents of Martinsburg, Hedgesville, Inwood, and other Berkeley County towns are contributing to our Berkeley County Community Impact Fund. For more information about the transfer of wealth study that was undertaken in Berkeley County and our Keep5Local campaign please down load the Berkeley County Keep5Local flyer

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.