
BALANCED ROCKS CIRCLE – WHY WE LEFT A LEGACY
Including North Country School in your estate or financial planning is vital to the future of our mission and program.
Annual gifts and capital gifts are, of course, essential and needed at all times. However, planned giving provides another avenue for forward-thinking donors to make a meaningful legacy gift that extends philanthropic influence beyond donors’ lifetimes.
Planned giving is essentially using a non-cash vehicle to make a gift. A planned gift can include the following:
- Leaving a gift to NCS and/or Treetops in your will
- Giving appreciated stock or real estate
- Devising an annuity or remainder trust to provide you or your heirs income and make a gift to this institution
- Making this institution a full or partial beneficiary of your retirement plan or a life insurance policy
Planned gifts are strategic ways to provide for organizations that reflect your values. These gifts can expand your capacity to give and can significantly reduce your tax obligations.
Your planned gift ultimately, unless otherwise directed by our Board of Trustees with the permission of your family after your death, is added to our endowment to strengthen our offerings for children and increase access to our programs.
By making your legacy gift, you become an honored member of our Balanced Rocks Circle (BRC), joining other visionary donors who wish to make an impact now and beyond their lifetimes.
If you have any questions or want more information about making a planned gift, please contact Christie Borden, Director of Advancement, at (518) 837-5402, or email her at .
We ask that you clear all decisions you make about planned and legacy gifts with your financial advisor.
WHY WE LEFT A LEGACY
I think, bottom line, NCS put me in touch with my potential. I left with a deep, visceral sense of myself and the world around me. I can’t thank the faculty enough for nurturing me and planting the seeds of so many important things in my life. The school cultivates mindful young citizens.
I recognize that my experience at NCS was supported by those who gave before me, and it makes me feel good to know that with our planned gift we are supporting the experience of those who come after me.
—Jessica Tuck, NCS 77, and husband Robert Koseff
As my husband, Sam, and I prepared to move from LA to the East Coast, we met with our estate lawyer to ensure we had the proper plans in place for our young daughter. We were advised to consider including a meaningful non-profit in our plans. Sam and I immediately knew Camp Treetops was our meaningful organization.
As a camper, I was encouraged to turn the water off while brushing my teeth, something that is part of my daily routine. Not a day goes by where I don’t think of Treetops. Treetops is unlike anything else in my life, which is why we are thrilled to have recently joined the Balanced Rocks Circle, a group of members who are preserving camp and school for future generations of children.
—Meredith Kovach, CTT 84-85, and husband Sam Eaton
ENDOWMENT
Our endowment is an investment in the future. It gives us the confidence to plan and make strategic, long-term decisions that will allow us to provide future generations with the unique programming that affords every child the opportunity for success.
To promote economic diversity, strong scholarship funding supports nearly 30 percent of campers and students in any given year. In recent years, scholarship assistance to students and campers has amounted to approximately 20 percent of our operating budget.
The generosity of donors makes this commitment possible. But as the demand for financial aid increases, endowment growth to support expanded scholarship funding will help ensure accessibility to the most promising students and campers, regardless of family income.
If our institution is to flourish, so must our children and the exceptional adults who guide them. Please consider donating to the general endowment or to any of the established named funds below.
If you have any questions or want more information about our endowment or any endowment fund, please contact Christie Borden, Director of Advancement, at (518) 837-5402, or email her at .