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Planned Giving
Leave a legacy. Making a donation through a planned gift is a great way to create a legacy of support for Special Olympics Virginia, while providing for your own future.
Visit our Special Olympics gift planning Web site for information on the most common ways to leave your legacy with Special Olympics Virginia.
The effect of your gift will go well beyond the ball fields and playing courts. Your influence will extend into classrooms, family rooms and work environments where our athletes – because of their participation in Special Olympics – have become more effective and productive family members, employees and students. Your contribution can significantly advance our mission around the globe.
Making charitable contributions is an art – a creative process that adapts to the changing needs and wishes of the donor. Planned or legacy giving is an increasingly popular way for individuals to make charitable gifts, enabling a donor to arrange charitable contributions in ways that maximize his or her personal objectives. Indeed, there are a variety of plans designed to ensure a gift will be put to the best possible use and fit the donor's financial needs and objectives. We are pleased to outline several opportunities to consider as you plan your own charitable gifts:
- Gifts of stocks
- Bequests
- Charitable gift annuities
- Charitable remainder trusts
- Life insurance
- Real estate
We encourage you to consult with your own tax and legal advisors regarding the tax implications of particular gifts. To learn more about ways you can create a legacy of support for Special Olympics Virginia, go to our planned giving site, or contact Roy Zeidman, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Development, 804.726.3022 or 800.932.4653 x 3022, or Connie Grandmason, Director of Bequests & Estate Gifts, toll-free at 866.690.3951 or cgrandmason@specialolympics.org.
The Champion’s Society
In the Olympic tradition of excellence and grandeur, Champion’s Society members are the guardians who protect our athletes’ future. By providing for Special Olympics in their estate and financial plans today, members of the Champion’s Society guarantee the long-term success of Special Olympics and its athletes.
Members of The Champion’s Society have provided for Special Olympics in their estate or financial plans. Anyone who provides for Special Olympics Virginia, or a local Area program in their plans, regardless of the size of the gift, becomes a member of The Champion’s Society. She the Champion’s Society page for more information.
