Making a Planned Gift to The Ark

The Ark’s intimate, state-of-the-art listening room has been a favorite of artists and audience members since 1965. You can make a lasting gift to support The Ark into the future while providing you and your beneficiaries with significant tax benefits.

What is a planned gift?

A planned gift is an opportunity for you to take care of your heirs and continue your support of charitable organizations, like The Ark, through your financial and estate planning.   Having a carefully crafted estate plan ensures that the assets you’ve accumulated will be distributed according to your wishes rather than being allocated by probate court.

You can easily support The Ark during your lifetime through outright gifts and Qualified Charitable Distributions (sometimes called IRA Rollovers).  You can continue your generosity for generations to come through a provision in your will or trust or through beneficiary designations of other assets such as bank accounts, brokerage accounts, life insurance, donor advised funds, and other financial accounts.

What are the benefits?

Planned gifts can:

  • Help leave the philanthropic legacy you want
  • Assure that heirs and charities benefit from your estate as you intend
  • Help protect and manage your assets
  • Provide significant tax benefits to you and your heirs
  • Be recognized as part of the The Dave and Linda Siglin Heritage Society

The Ark’s Planned Giving Options Include:

David and Linda Siglin Heritage Society

A planned gift is an easy and meaningful way to make a lasting and significant impact on The Ark and help ensure the music will be enjoyed by future generations. Supporters who have made a commitment to provide for The Ark in their estate plans are recognized as members of The David and Linda Siglin Heritage Society. For 40 years, former Program Director Dave Siglin and his wife Linda were instrumental in shaping The Ark into the renowned music community it is today. The Society named for them honors those who, by making a planned gift, demonstrate a similar enduring commitment to building community around the enriching experience of live music at The Ark.

The Siglin Heritage Society:

  • Is for anyone who designates The Ark as a beneficiary in their will or estate plan.
  • Does not require a minimum gift. Every gift makes a difference.
  • Provides recognition, if desired, in our Annual Report and The Ark newsletter. You can remain anonymous if you wish.

 

Next steps

  • Always consult a financial advisor or attorney about a will and other planned giving options and their benefits. We recommend that you encourage your advisors to talk with our development office to assure we understand your plans.
  • Call our development office (contact info below) if you would like to discuss inclusion of The Ark in your estate plan.
  • Or, if you have already included The Ark in your estate plans, let us know; we would like to acknowledge and show our appreciation for you as a member of The Siglin Heritage Society!

With your help, The Ark will be welcoming music devotees through its doors for many, many generations to come!

For more information on The Ark’s Planned Giving Program, contact:

Deb Kern – Development Director
The Ark
316 S. Main Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
(734)761-1800, ext. 125