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Legacy Society

The Legacy Society honors those individuals and families that have chosen to include the Foundation in their estate plans or in a planned gift arrangement. Their generosity will not only benefit future generations but will also help build awareness of what is possible through charitable giving vehicles. Gifts received through an individual's planned giving instrument help build our endowment, assuring a strong and sustaining future for the community.  

If you have included the Nevada Community Foundation in your estate plans, please let us know so that we may acknowledge and thank you.

Here are the current members* of the Legacy Society: 

Anonymous (3)
Leonard and Audrey Albertini
Doug Beckley
Philip & Elizabeth Block
Joanne Blystone
Alden Briggs*
Hortense Briggs
Susan Byerley
James & Margaret Calegory
Susan Foregard Campbell
Robert E. Clark
Moe Dalitz*
Estelle Disselhorst
Robert Gall
Virginia Gang
Lou Gamage
Lloyd Gronberg
Gary & Carolyn Jan Hanna
Ernest Happold*

Kenneth & Jodi Huff
Gard & Florence Jameson
John Krakauer
Donald & Kathleen Klinkner
Franklin Koch*
Duncan & Irene Lee Allen & Lynn Landers
John & Bonita Madden
George & Priscilla Messenger
William M. Moore*
Rosanne Moss
Richard Ogden
George & Debbie Pietro
Rita S. Rapoza, Ph.D.
Elaine & Dale Roesener
Pete & Inez Salcido
Mary Lulu Schweitz
Charles & Lenke Tarr*
George Von Tobel*
Gary & Paula Waite
Edwin F. Wiegand*

(*) realized gift

Designated Fund

Donors to small, new nonprofits find Designated Funds an efficient way to ensure that their dollars are professionally managed. The Nevada Community Foundation will provide you with the grant monitoring and professional management you are looking for. If the original charitable organization(s) ceases to exist, changes its mission or types of services, the Nevada Community Foundation can still honor your wishes by redirecting grants from your fund to organizations with similar purposes. No matter what, we will ensure that your fund continues to do the work you originally intended.

Benefits of creating a Designated Fund include the following:

  • Assurance that your gift will remain relevant over time
  • Most favorable tax treatment for gifts to your fund
  • Opportunity to name your own fund
  • Recognition for all grants made from your fund