Bequests are...
Affordable
Making a bequest won’t reduce your current income or the assets that you rely on today for your financial security. Bequests are made from your “capital assets” that remain after they have finished serving you during your lifetime. Those capital assets might include:
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People who may feel limited in their ability to support the Conservatory during their lifetimes often find a bequest is an ideal way to make a more significant expression of their feelings for the Conservatory and the contribution it makes to the people of our community.
Easy to do
It can be as simple as including a statement like this in your will:
| “ I give the sum of $XXX to the South Shore Conservatory of Music, Inc., of Hingham, MA, such sum to be added to the Conservatory’s unrestricted endowment, the income from such gift to be used by the Conservatory to support its programs.” |
Alternatively, you may be more comfortable with a form of bequest that provides
“the lesser of $XXX or YY% of my residual estate.”
Enduring
A bequest gives you the satisfaction of leaving a personal legacy – knowing that your gift will be a lasting statement of your belief in the Conservatory, and will benefit many future generations to come.
Tax-wise
Charitable bequests to qualified organizations like the Conservatory are fully deductible from your taxable estate.
Revocable
Remember, you can revise your will at any time in the event of unexpected changes in your life circumstances.
And…You will be eligible for The Encore Society
Recently a group of dedicated Conservatory friends came together to found The Encore Society to encourage our donors to assure that their affection, appreciation, and support for the work of the Conservatory will continue in perpetuity, by remembering the Conservatory in their wills and estate plans.
Won’t you please consider following their forward-thinking example by making a provision in your will that makes it possible for the support you provide each year during your lifetime to endure in perpetual “encore” annual gifts from you?
To learn more about becoming an Encore Society member, please call Laura Carleton at 781-749-7565 ext 14, or send an email to l.carleton@sscmusic.org.