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Planned Giving

A MEANS FOR THE FUTURE

WFSM provides many meaningful ways for investing in the lives of our youth and having a direct impact on their efforts to achieve excellence through music. One of the most honorable and rewarding ways to perpetuate your support can be through a planned gift that touches lives for generations to come.

You already know the tremendous value of music education to our community, region and state. Each one of us can play an important part in supporting music education in Wisconsin while at the same time preserving our own financial resources and accomplishing personal philanthropic goals. Planned giving is the opportunity to be as generous as you would like without compromising your present financial commitments and serving music education in Wisconsin all at the same time.

Your planned gift may take one or more forms: outright gift, life insurance gift, charitable bequests, charitable remainder annuity trust, charitable remainder unitrust, charitable gift annuity, or charitable lead trust. Learn More »

Entrusting WFSM with a planned gift as a way to create a legacy is a major decision. To recognize this commitment and show our appreciation, we welcome you to the Serenade Circle. You will be joining others who share your commitment and passion for music.

“Serenade”: A musical composition and/or performance
in someone’s honor.

Donors giving $50,000 or more may establish a named endowment fund, the annual income from which can be designated in perpetuity to help meet WFSM’s most crucial needs.

Setting aside a planned gift for WFSM is the best way to show your unwavering passion for music.

Thank you for your consideration of a planned gift opportunity, benefiting Wisconsin’s music students. A member of WFSM’s board of trustees or staff is available to work with you and/or your advisor, in confidence and without obligation, to accomplish your planned giving goals.

If you would like additional information or have questions concerning a planned gift to WFSM, please call the Wisconsin Center for Music Education at 608-850-3566 or visit our donation page.

If you have already made a provision for WFSM in your will or estate plans, and would care to share that information with us in confidence, we would appreciate knowing of your generosity and would be pleased to recognize your gift by enrolling you in our Serenade Circle.

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The key to the mystery of a great artist is that for reasons unknown, he will give away his energies and his life just to make sure that one note follows another . . . and leaves us with the feeling that something is right in the world.
~Leonard Bernstein
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Wisconsin Foundation for School Music
Wisconsin Center for Music Education
1005 Quinn Drive
Waunakee, WI 53597
608.850.3566
800.589.9762

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