You have the ability to make a lasting impact on your home state through a planned gift. This type of charitable planning lets you support the protection on West Virginia’s special places far into the future, while providing tax and other benefits to you.
- Name the West Virginia Land Trust as a beneficiary of your will or living trust
- Name the West Virginia Land Trust as a beneficiary of your qualified retirement plan (IRA, 403(b), 401(k)
- Name the West Virginia Land Trust as a beneficiary of your life insurance policy
How it Works:
Name the West Virginia Land Trust in your will, living trust, or a beneficiary of your plans. You may designate your gift for a particular purpose that is important to you, or allow us to use the gift where the need is greatest at the time it matures. You may also indicate a set amount, a percentage or the remaining balance to benefit the West Virginia Land Trust.
Benefits:
- Your assets remain in your control during your lifetime
- You can modify your gift at any time to address changing circumstances
- You can direct your gift to a particular purpose (be sure to check with us to ensure your gift can be used as intended)
- Under current federal tax law there is no upper limit on the estate tax deduction for your charitable gifts
Please let us know if you have designated the West Virginia Land Trust in your will, so we can thank you while you are alive!