Leave a Legacy

Planning for the future and creating the legacy you wish to leave has a lasting impact on the Sitka community through parks, trails, and outdoor recreation. Making a gift in your will or living trust, known as a bequest, can guarantee that your legacy endures. Your gift may be a specific dollar amount, a percentage of your estate, or the remainder after all other provisions are specified.

Sitka Recreation Foundation’s federal tax ID number is: 92-3489882

Below is suggested language to use when drafting your bequest.

Sample Language

For an unrestricted gift that allows the Sitka Recreation Foundation to determine how to use the funds based on the most pressing needs, use the following language for your will and/or trust:

“I give to the Sitka Recreation Foundation, a nonprofit corporation currently located at 324 Wachusetts St, Sitka, AK 99835, or its successor thereto, _________ [written amount or percentage of the estate or description of property] for its unrestricted charitable use and purpose.”

To designate your provision for a particular purpose:

“I give to the Sitka Recreation Foundation, a nonprofit corporation currently located at 324 Wachusetts St, Sitka, AK 99835, or its successor thereto, _________ [written amount or percentage of the estate or description of property]. This gift should be used for [state purpose] if and so long as the Sitka Recreation Foundation determines the need exists. If the Sitka Recreation Foundation shall determine at the outset or at a later time that the need does not exist, or no longer exists, or for some reason, it is not possible (or prudent) to administer my gift as originally intended, then the Sitka Recreation Foundation may, in its sole and uncontrolled discretion, direct the use of my bequest for a purpose related as closely as possible to that stated above.”

If you have named the Sitka Recreation Foundation in your will or trust, please let us know so we can ensure that your gift is used according to your wishes. Notifying us of your plans will enable us to plan for the use of your future gift. However, if you prefer to remain anonymous, we will keep your name and gift in strict confidence.

For more information, email info@sitkarecreationfoundation.org