PassportDiscover the many ways you can create a legacy by supporting Lakeland PBS.
Viewers like you create lasting impact to our communities when you join the Lakeland Legacy Society. Allowing future generations access to local news coverage, unmatched childhood educational programming, preserving stories of arts, culture, history and so much more. Join the Lakeland Legacy Society by making a contribution of $1,000 or more, planning an estate gift, or reach out to our Development Specialist to find out how to maximize your impact.
Making a planned gift or a bequest to Lakeland PBS is easy.
A planned gift to Lakeland PBS is the most powerful way to ensure the future of outstanding public media in north and central Minnesota for years to come.
YOU are the PUBLIC in Public Television!
Simple language can be easily added to include Lakeland PBS as a beneficiary of your retirement plan or life insurance policy. The amount you choose to leave to Lakeland PBS can be expressed as a dollar amount or as a percentage of assets. If you already have a will, estate plan, living trust or insurance and retirement policies in place, you can painlessly add Lakeland PBS to your plans without having to fully redraft the documents.
Through a bequest, you may leave the station a specific dollar amount, specific property (real estate or personal), all or a certain percentage of an estate, or all or a portion of the remainder of an estate after provisions for family members and other beneficiaries have been satisfied. You may stipulate whether the bequest is for the general support of this station or a specific purpose such as a specific type of programming. A bequest may also be made in honor or memory of one or more individuals. In addition to cash and securities, bequests to the station may include real estate, or other property. All outright bequests to the station are exempt from federal estate taxes and there is no limitation on the size of the gift.
You can also contribute appreciated stock to Lakeland PBS. It’s so easy and beneficial to both you and Lakeland PBS! Just connect with your financial advisor and let them know your wishes. If you've held it for more than one year you may take a charitable tax deduction for the market value of the stock, and neither you nor Lakeland PBS will pay capital-gains taxes when the stock is sold.
Ways to Give
When making or revising a will, you really should obtain the assistance of an attorney.
Specific Dollar Amount
“I bequeath the sum of $_______ to Northern Minnesota Public Television dba Lakeland PBS, Bemidji, MN 56601for its general operating purposes (or for a designated purpose).”
Specific Property (Personal Property)
“I bequeath <description of property> to Northern Minnesota Public Television dba Lakeland PBS, Bemidji, MN 56601 for its general operating purposes (or for a designated purpose).”
Specific Property (Real Estate)
“I devise all of my right, title and interest in and to the real property located at <description of property> to Northern Minnesota Public Television dba Lakeland PBS, Bemidji, MN 56601 for its general purposes (or for a designated purpose).”
Percentage of Estate
“I devise and bequeath ____ % of my estate to Northern Minnesota Public Television dba Lakeland PBS, Bemidji, MN 56601 for its general purposes (or for a designated purpose).”
Share of or Entire Residue of Estate
“I devise and bequeath all/or ___% of the remainder of my property to Northern Minnesota Public Television dba Lakeland PBS, Bemidji, MN 56601 for its general purposes (or for a designated purpose).”
Conditional Bequest in Will
Insert conditional language in one or more of the above provisions. For example: “If (one or more individuals) does not survive me, I bequeath the sum of $____ to Northern Minnesota Public Television dba Lakeland PBS, Bemidji, MN 56601 for its general purposes (or for a designated purpose).”
Interested in Planning a Gift to Lakeland PBS?
Download our personal estate planning guide!
Why Leave a Legacy?
Endowment
It is our vision that Lakeland PBS will be recognized as an integral part of the community and that its future will be ensured through growth, technology, community collaborations, and self-sustaining endeavors. One means by which we hope to build long-term support and stability for the station is through growth in the Lakeland PBS Endowment Fund.
Founded by John Yourd, “The Father of Lakeland PBS,” in 2004, our endowment fund has grown by 82% in the past twenty years thanks to the additional gifts of others.
Gifts to the endowment fund can be made through direct or deferred gift arrangements such as cash donations, memorial gifts, bequests in wills, charitable gift annuities, or even by donating long-term appreciated securities. Endowment dollars are strategically invested and managed by Charles Scwabb, preserving their principal values while distributing a portion of the interest earnings to support the station. Only the interest earned from this fund is used to help the station should the need arise.
For more information or to make a contribution, please contact us at 800-292-0922. Or you can pledge online.
In the comments box, simply indicate that your gift is a contribution towards Lakeland PBS’ Endowment Fund.
