Planned Giving | Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana

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Create your legacy with a planned gift

The first planned gift in the Girl Scout Movement came from our founder, Juliette Gordon Low. After converting the carriage house of her home into the first Girl Scout national headquarters, she gifted the property to Girl Scouts in her will. Carry on her legacy and make Girl Scouts a beneficiary of your estate plans when you become a member of the Juliette Gordon Low Society.

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Planned giving is a way of supporting non-profits and charities that allows philanthropic individuals to donate more than they normally could, given their current income or financial situation. Some planned gifts offer the donor a life-long income. Others use estate and tax planning techniques to maximize the gift and minimize its impact on the donor's estate. Most result in significant tax benefits.

Planned gifts can include bequests through wills or living trusts, charitable remainder trusts, and gift annuities. You can also name our council as a full or partial beneficiary to a life insurance policy or retirement account. Our council can also help plan for gifts of real estate, personal property, and securities.

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Making a planned gift to Girl Scouts can include naming Girl Scouts as the beneficiary of any of the following:

Will
Retirement plan
Charitable gift annuity

Living trust
Donor-advised fund
Life insurance policy
Charitable remainder trust
Charitable lead trust

Remainder gift of real estate
Any other gift that benefits Girl Scouts in the future

Contact Chief Development Officer Tonya Schweitzer, 502-413-2855, to learn more about the Juliette Gordon Low Society and other planned giving options. She will work with your attorney or tax advisor to create a plan that suits your personal circumstances.

If you have already included Girl Scouts in your estate plans, please contact Tonya Schweitzer to join the Juliette Gordon Low Society so we may recognize your support and say thank you. To learn more about planned giving through GSUSA, please visit legacy.girlscouts.org.

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We recommend consulting your attorney or financial advisor. You can establish a new will or trust, or simply amend the existing document. Please use the legal name of our organization (Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana Inc.). This sample language may be helpful:

I give Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana Inc., a 501 (c) (3) corporation with Tax ID# 61-0444698, having its principal office at 2115 Lexington Road, Louisville, KY 40206, $_____________ to be used for its general purposes.

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We wish to express our gratitude to the following individuals and families who are committed to keeping Girl Scout traditions alive for generations to come through their participation in the Juliette Gordon Low Society.

For more information or a complete list of membership benefits, please contact Chief Development Officer Tonya Schweitzer, 502-413-2855.

Anonymous	Estate of Barbara Anne Bruce
Lisa and David Actor	Estate of Ann B. Campbell
Erik and Eva Andersen Girl Scout Movement-Wide Challenge Planned Gift	Alfred C. & Gladys M. Carter Charitable Trust
Dianne Belk and Lawrence Calder Girl Scout Movement-Wide Challenge Planned Gift	Estate of Lewis D. and Jean Cole
Vivian Blade	Estate of Bettie Coulter Cox
Christina Boyle	Barbara Custer Memorial Fund
Ria Chandler	Estate of Jane C. Duerr
Cecelia Cloos	Estate of Hallie Embery
Ann Coffey	Estate of Josephine Feldman
Jessica Cohagen	Estate of Marcella L Glanz
Meg Crosier	Estate of Dale Grimsley
Anna Easter	T. Walter Hardy, Jr. Charitable Trust
Ginny Edwards	Estate of Jane M. Heidtmann
Maggie Elder	Estate of Betty Holmes
Fran Fach	Ervin G. Houchens Charitable Trust
Beth Freibert	Walter Jacobs Charitable Trust
Suzy Gessner	Joe McCarroll Charitable Trust
Phyllis Gilman	Estate of Marie Louise Mendelsohn Jenkins
Tara Halcomb	Estate of Alice Paige Mewhinney
Mary Haylee Hancock	Estate of Dr. Marcella S. Modisett
Sharon Handy	Estate of Cissy Musselman
Judy Hunter	Estate of Donald Muster
Lillette and Terry Krise	Estate of Kenneth C. Owens
Terri Massey	Estate of Frances T. Peters
Sharon Mathis-Satterly	Estate of Mary Gray Ralph
Margaret Moorman	Estate of Linda L. Rodman
Kerry L Morris	Estate of Louise J. Samuel
Nancy Northrop	Estate of Natalie Scharre
Judi Petty	Alton J. Schneider Foundation
Susan Ragsdale	Estate of Katherine Schwartz
Colleen Reeve	Estate of Rosemary Redens Schwartzel
Faline Hill Rodman	Estate of Cynthia A. Shaw
Cindy Rosch	Estate of Virginia C. Steineker
Gail P and Kurt E Ruga	Zella Switzer
Mary Sue Ryan	Martha Jean Willard Trust
Terri Sanders
Tonya Schweitzer
Joyce Seymour
Elizabeth Sheppard
Pamela Silverman
Dusty June Siravo and Simon Bitz
Andrea Sukow
Cynthia Torp
Lora L. Tucker
Rosie Turner
Christine Vaughan
Amy Welch
Cynthia Weller
Sue Whiddon
Martha "Marty" Woelfel

As a Juliette Gordon Low Society member, you will be recognized as a member of the Society, receive invitations to special events hosted by Girl Scouts, get updates about the work of Girl Scouts, and know that your gift will impact girls for generations to come. You will also be recognized in our annual report and will receive a special thank you memento.

Create Your Legacy

Become a member of the Juliette Gordon Low Society by making a planned gift today.

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