The Eastern West Virginia Community Foundation is delighted to work with Professional Advisors to help donors create the lasting legacy they desire. If you are an accountant, attorney, or financial planner, with a donor who is considering making a charitable gift, we encourage you to speak with them about the Community Foundation then contact us with questions, or to schedule a meeting. We are here to discuss how we can help your clients establish a fund to benefit their favorite nonprofit organizations or charitable causes this year, and 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 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 Bequest Wording document which will provide ideas that can help your attorney, CPA, or financial advisor.
To discuss creating your personal legacy, please contact 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.
Helen Jackson Bowser
Walter and Mary Jo Ziler Brown
Linda Case
David and Dana DeJarnett
Jerry L. Derflinger
Richard S. Durham
Solomon Fine
Patrick and Leigh Fleming
G. Scott Funkhouser
Conrad C. and MaryAnn Hammann
Eleanor Heishman
Ruth Heishman
Fred and Denise Hollida
John and Eleanor Houyoux
Floyd E. Jacques
George Karos
James E. Keel
J.Philip and Doris L. Kesecker
Frank and Kitty Koepping
Arthur H. Miller
C. David and Barbara L. Miller
Don and Amy Owen
Buzz and Lisa Poland
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
Myrtle J. Schneiderhan
Elizabeth Shade
Lester A. and Janet I. Smith
Jane P. Snyder
William L. and Bonnie M. Stubblefield
Michael Barry Tallent
Paul and Lisa Welch
Michael and Susan Hawkens Whalton
John S. Wharton
Helen Mae Wolford
Gretchen Wurzburg
Robert B. Yoe