Legacy Fund

Vermont Lutheran Church and Cemetery was built on a scenic hilltop. It is a historic treasure, a place for worship and community activities. The beautiful Cemetery is regularly visited by families far and wide. The Legacy Fund was established to provide for the future maintenance of our Church and Cemetery and develop and maintain the Legacy Prairie & Woodland. A gift now or a commitment in your will means your support will be continued long after your death.

You can also become a Friend of the Legacy Prairie and Woodland by making a contribution to support the costs of maintaining, further developing, and preserving the property.

Time to Build a Legacy

Become a member of the Legacy Fund. Members of the Legacy Fund come from all walks of life and are united by a desire to preserve our beautiful Church and Cemetery.

Vermont Lutheran Church owns and maintains a cemetery, historic church building and Gathering Place with a hilltop viewscape, as well as the 105 acre Legacy Prairie & Woodland. Christian stewardship involves the faithful management of all the gifts God has given us, including accumulated, inherited and appreciated resources. Therefore, we created the Legacy Fund to encourage, receive and administer these gifts.

Our goal is to generate and maintain a Legacy Fund of $1 million or more.

Through receipt of bequests, grants and/or gifts, contributions and investment growth the Legacy Fund will serve several very important purposes now and into the future:

  • Provide funds to expand the cemetery as needed; and,

  • Provide funds to purchase additional property; and,

  • Provide funds for the costs to develop and maintain the Prairie & Woodland in a manner that maximizes its natural beauty and preserves its ecological importance; and,

  • Provide funds to pay for promotion of the Prairie & Woodland through means such as billboards, banners, newspaper ads, etc.; and,

  • With the Church Council's approval, provide funds for such professional or legal counseling on investments and legal or financial matters as it deems to be in the best interest of the Legacy Fund and the congregation; and

  • Provide funds to pay property taxes on the portion of the adjacent land subject to taxes.

Any legacy member whose contribution totals $1,000 or more will be recognized with a brass plate on a prominently displayed plaque. Annual meeting reports will include all the names of those individuals who made a contribution of any amount that year.

Types of Planned Gifts

  • Current Outright Gift

  • Bequest by Will; provide a written statement in a donor's will or trust directing that a percentage or a specific dollar amount of the estate be given; possible tax reduction of estate and inheritance taxes.

  • Life Insurance Gift; assignment of policy to church or church holds policy on donor's life; possible tax deduction of the premiums and cash value of policy.

  • Retirement Assets; give tax-deferred assets to the church as a beneficiary at death; church receives assets without paying deferred taxes.

Check with your attorney that bequests are handled properly.

 

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