PLANNED GIVING
Through outright donations or “planned gifts”, you can support organizations that make an important difference in your community. Typically, donors give to make a difference, leave a legacy or to leverage other’s gifts. Gifts of all sizes are important, and what better way to support the people or organization that you believe in? Charitable giving is not only for the wealthy!

Planned giving can also be an effective way to control the distribution of one’s estate in a way that makes the most sense for that individual, their family, and the organizations they wish to continue to support. Some people who feel strongly about an organization choose to leave it an endowment to cover the annual gifts that they will no longer making.  Many donors choose to leave 90% of their assets to their family and heirs, giving the last 10% to the organizations that were meaningful to them.

FUNDING THE FUTURE OF THE JONES CENTER
Donations to The Jones Center are important source of revenue, and are key to the Center’s ability to continue its important education and recreation programs in the Northwest Arkansas community.  Planned gifts are an excellent way to leave a legacy that will help assure the future for The Jones Center.

If you do plan to include The Jones Center in your estate, please consider joining our Ed Austin Legacy Society so that we can thank you for your gift. Inspired by Ed Austin Naberhaus, the first supporter to make a significant planned gift to the Center, Ed Austin was a strong believer in enriching and improving the lives of others.

Click on the "A Philanthropist and his Legacy" link below, to read more about this amazing story of an ordinary man with an extraordinary heart.

BEQUESTS IN A LIVING TRUST OR WILL  
The easiest and most popular way to make a planned gift is through a bequest in your will or living trust. Bequests allow individuals to make significant gifts that they may not have been able to make during their lifetime. Bequests can also generate significant estate tax deductions. When you make a charitable bequest, you retain ownership of your property during your lifetime and have the flexibility to change your living trust or will if your circumstances or family needs change. If you do choose to include The Jones Center in your will, please make sure you that you correctly identify The Jones Center by name. Download sample language here.

For for additional ways to make a planned gift, click on the "Stategies for Planned Gifts" link below.