A planned gift can support future generations of Blue Ridge Community College students while helping you achieve your personal financial and philanthropic goals.
Planned giving allows you to arrange a future gift through your will, retirement plan, life insurance, charitable trust, or another financial strategy. Depending on the option you choose, you may retain full use and control of your assets during your lifetime.
Your gift will support scholarships, programs, and student success at Blue Ridge Community College for years to come.
Since 1969, Blue Ridge Community College has been transforming lives through education. When you include Blue Ridge in your will or estate plan, you become a member of the 1969 Legacy Circle—a community of forward-thinking donors committed to ensuring this impact continues for generations.
Legacy Circle members help provide scholarships, advance innovative programs, and ensure students have the resources they need to succeed, creating lasting opportunity for students and our community.
A personalized welcome package
A commemorative 1969 Legacy Circle pin
Invitation to the President’s 1969 Legacy Circle reception
Recognition on the official 1969 Legacy Circle webpage
Adding a charitable bequest to your will or trust is one of the easiest ways to create a lasting legacy. You retain full control of your assets during your lifetime while designating a future gift to support students and programs at Blue Ridge Community College.
After consulting with your attorney, you may direct a gift to:
Blue Ridge Community College Educational Foundation, Inc.
A North Carolina nonprofit corporation located in Flat Rock, North Carolina.
Designate a specific dollar amount or asset.
Sample language:
“I give and bequeath the sum of $___ to Blue Ridge Community College Educational Foundation, Inc., to be used for its general charitable purposes.”
Leave a percentage of your estate after other obligations are met.
Sample language:
“I devise and bequeath ___% of my residuary estate to Blue Ridge Community College Educational Foundation, Inc., to support its educational and charitable mission.”
Direct your gift to a scholarship, program, or area of greatest need.
Sample language:
“I give and bequeath $___ to Blue Ridge Community College Educational Foundation, Inc., to be used for the following purpose: _____.”
A charitable gift annuity allows you to make a meaningful gift while receiving fixed payments for life. In exchange for a gift of cash or securities, the Blue Ridge Community College Educational Foundation provides guaranteed income payments to you and, optionally, a loved one.
After your lifetime, the remaining balance supports scholarships, programs, and student success at Blue Ridge.
Retirement accounts are often among the most tax-efficient assets to leave to charity. By naming the Blue Ridge Community College Educational Foundation as a beneficiary of your retirement plan, you can make a significant future gift while potentially reducing the tax burden on your heirs.
This option simply requires completing a beneficiary designation form with your plan administrator.
Avoid income taxes heirs may owe on retirement accounts
Simple beneficiary designation—no will changes required
Maximizes the impact of your charitable legacy
Donating appreciated securities is a tax-efficient way to support Blue Ridge Community College students while strengthening workforce development across Western North Carolina.
When you give appreciated securities directly to the Educational Foundation, you may:
Avoid paying capital gains tax on the appreciated value
Receive a charitable deduction for the full fair market value (if held more than one year)
Increase the impact of your gift compared to giving cash
Gifts may support scholarships, workforce training programs, endowments, or areas of greatest need
For gifts of appreciated securities
Because every financial situation is unique, we encourage you to consult with your attorney, financial advisor, or tax professional before making a gift of appreciated securities. When you’re ready, the Educational Foundation can provide the transfer instructions needed for you or your broker to complete your gift.
Charitable trusts allow you to support students while also providing income for yourself or your loved ones.
Provides income to you or your beneficiaries for a period of time, with the remaining funds supporting the Educational Foundation.
Provides support to the Educational Foundation for a set period of time, with the remaining assets eventually returning to your heirs.
Income for you or your loved ones
Potential estate and income tax advantages
Significant future support for your students and programs
Life insurance can be an affordable way to make a significant future gift. You may:
Turn a modest premium into a significant future gift
Possible charitable tax deduction
Flexible and easy to arrange
A donor-advised fund allows you to make a charitable contribution, receive an immediate tax deduction, and recommend grants to organizations you care about over time.
You may also name the Foundation as a successor beneficiary of your donor-advised fund, creating a lasting source of support for students.
Immediate charitable tax deduction
Flexible giving over time
Ability to support multiple organizations
Simple and convenient
Planned gifts are unique to each individual and family. Our Educational Foundation team is happy to work with you and your professional advisors to explore giving options, provide transfer instructions, and answer questions about supporting Blue Ridge Community College through your estate or financial plans.
Whether you’re beginning to explore planned giving or have already included the Educational Foundation in your plans, we’re here to help.
180 West Campus Drive
Flat Rock, NC 28731
Suggested legal wording and our nonprofit identification information are available upon request. The Foundation encourages all donors to consult with a licensed North Carolina attorney or tax professional when creating or modifying an estate plan.
