Because YouthZone relies primarily on the generosity of agencies and individuals, our success depends on you! The YouthZone Foundation is a way in which you can sustain the future of YouthZone programs and make an impact on the kids in your community. The YouthZone Foundation is a 501(c)3 charitable organization and your contribution is tax deductible as provided by the IRS.
What is the difference between giving to YouthZone and the YouthZone Foundation: When you donate to YouthZone general operating your funds support salaries, programs, and administrative costs. These funds are generally spent every year to cover the cost of operating the organization. When you donate to the YouthZone Foundation your contribution will help build the endowment fund, sustaining YouthZone into the future. The fund is supervised and evaluated by the YouthZone Foundation Board under the guidelines of an investment policy. Each year 5% of the fund is donated to YouthZone.
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Legacy Club
: Recognizing Commitments to the Endowment FundBequests and other planned gifts to the YouthZone Foundation are so important to the future of YouthZone that we have established a recognition program, “The Legacy Club”. What is an endowment fund…More Information
The Legacy Club is designed to recognize and continue to honor those who have made provisions for a future gift through a bequest, life insurance, annuity, or trust agreement or an outright gift to the endowment fund. We have the great pleasure of inviting our many friends and supporters to become members of the Legacy Club. Many have made provisions for a future gift for the YouthZone Foundation and are therefore eligible for membership.
There are no dues or other obligations, each member of the Legacy Club will be invited as our guest to an annual recognition event to allow us an opportunity to thank those for their future gift. Legacy Club Member’s will be listed in our Annual Report. If you have already arranged for a future gift, we would like to know about it. If not, we invite you to consider a bequest or other future gift provision. For more information about the Legacy Club, wills and bequests, sample clauses, gifts of life insurance, or other future provisions, please click here. You may call Debbie Wilde at (970)945-9300 or our
planned giving specialist will be happy to visit with you to explain more fully each of these gift plans and to assist you in meeting your financial needs and desire
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BEQUESTS
There are ways you can help others today without ever jeopardizing your personal financial security. One easy way is by making a bequest in your will that specifies a dollar amount or a percentage of your estate to benefit the YouthZone Foundation. Leave your legacy by making a gift in your will to friends, family and charitable organizations. A bequest is one of the simplest ways to remember those you care about most. More About Bequests
LIFE INSURANCE
Many people today use life insurance as a way to make significant gifts to their favorite charitable organizations. We often find that these gifts can be very significant, low cost and also receive very favorable tax treatment. Ownership of existing or new policies on your life can be transferred to the YouthZone Foundation with the YouthZone Foundation receiving the death benefits. Certain income tax deductions are allowed. Percentage designations or contingency designations are also common. More About Giving Through Life Insurance
RETAINED LIFE ESTATE
One of your valued possessions, your home, can become a valued gift to us even while you are still living in it, and even if you want your spouse or other survivor to live there for life. This arrangement is called a retained life estate. More About Retained Life Estate
RETIREMENT ASSETS
Retirement assets may be expensive for heirs to inherit. Naming the YouthZone Foundation as the beneficiary or percentage beneficiary of your retirement fund may provide a significant tax savings to your estate. More About Giving Through Retirement Plans
CHARITABLE REMAINDER TRUST
In the right circumstances, this plan can increase your income, reduce your taxes, unlock appreciated investments, rid you of investment worries and ultimately provide very important support. When you create a charitable remainder trust, you irrevocably transfer money, securities or other assets to a trust that will then pay you an income for life or for a period of years. If you wish, the trust also can pay an income to another beneficiary of your choice. At the death of the surviving beneficiary, the remaining principal in the trust goes to the YouthZone Foundation. More About Charitable Remainder Trustt
CHARITABLE REMAINDER LEAD TRUST
If your goal is to provide an inheritance for your children or grandchildren, but you would also like to make a significant charitable gift through your estate, find out how a charitable lead trust can help you satisfy both objectives. It's a charitable lead trust that can provide a significant charitable gift through your estate and provide an inheritance to your children or grandchildren.
More About Charitable Lead Trust
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