Leave a Legacy
Planned Giving: Leave a Legacy for Mapleton Students
Your Legacy, Their Future
Every gift tells a story, and yours can continue in the lives of Mapleton students for generations to come.
A legacy gift to the Mapleton Education Foundation is a meaningful way to carry forward your values, your connection to our community, and your belief in the power of education. Whether you choose to give today through your IRA or include MEF in your future plans, your generosity can help open doors for students long into the future.
Your legacy can help a student step onto a college campus, discover a new passion, experience learning beyond the classroom, or benefit from an educator's creative idea.
Because the impact you make today can become opportunity for generations.
Ways to Create Your Legacy
There is no single way to make a legacy gift. The right choice depends on your goals, your family, and your financial circumstances.
You may choose to:
- Include the Mapleton Education Foundation in your will or trust
- Name MEF as a beneficiary of a retirement account
- Name MEF as a beneficiary of a life insurance policy
- Make a gift from your IRA through a Qualified Charitable Distribution
- Make a specific gift to support scholarships, classroom innovation, student experiences, or another area that is meaningful to you
Some gifts create opportunities for students today. Others help ensure those opportunities continue for generations.
A Gift That Keeps Opening Doors
For many Mapleton retirees and longtime supporters, giving back is about more than making a donation. It is a way to continue being part of the community they helped build.
If you are age 70½ or older, you may be able to make a gift directly from your IRA to the Mapleton Education Foundation through a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD).
For some donors, this is a meaningful way to use retirement funds they are already required to withdraw while supporting opportunities for Mapleton students today.
If you are required to take a Required Minimum Distribution (RMD), an eligible QCD may count toward all or part of that requirement and may provide tax benefits.
Careers end, but your impact on Mapleton students can last for generations.
How to Make an IRA Gift
Contact your IRA administrator or financial advisor and ask about making a Qualified Charitable Distribution directly to the Mapleton Education Foundation.
You may be asked to provide:
Mapleton Education Foundation
7350 Broadway
Denver, CO 80221
Federal Tax ID (EIN): 84-1205807
If possible, please ask your IRA administrator to include your name with the gift so we can properly acknowledge your generosity.
We encourage you to speak with your financial or tax advisor to determine whether an IRA charitable gift is right for you.
Include MEF in Your Will or Trust
A gift through your will or trust can make a lasting difference without changing the resources available to you during your lifetime.
You may choose to leave the Mapleton Education Foundation:
- A specific dollar amount
- A percentage of your estate
- A portion of what remains after gifts to family and loved ones have been made
- A gift designated for a particular scholarship, program, or area of interest
Your attorney can help you determine the language that best reflects your wishes.
Sample Language for a Will
I give to the Mapleton Education Foundation, a Colorado nonprofit organization, Federal Tax ID 84-1205807, the sum of $________, ______ percent of my estate, or ______ percent of the residue of my estate, to support the charitable purposes of the Foundation.
If you would like your gift to support a specific program or purpose, we encourage you to talk with us as you make your plans. This helps ensure that your wishes can be honored well into the future.
Designate MEF as a Beneficiary
Retirement accounts and life insurance policies can provide another simple way to create a future gift.
In many cases, you can name the Mapleton Education Foundation as a full or partial beneficiary by completing a beneficiary designation form with your financial institution, retirement plan administrator, or insurance provider.
You may be able to change that designation at any time without revising your will.
To designate MEF as a beneficiary:
- Contact your plan, account, or policy administrator
- Request or complete a beneficiary designation form
- Name the Mapleton Education Foundation as a full or partial beneficiary
- Use MEF's Federal Tax ID: 84-1205807
Your provider may also request:
Mapleton Education Foundation
7350 Broadway
Denver, CO 80221
You may choose to designate only a portion of an account or policy, allowing you to provide for both your loved ones and future generations of Mapleton students.
How Mapleton Students Benefit
Every legacy gift is different, but each one has the potential to create opportunity.
Your gift may help:
- Fund scholarships for college, trade school, or certification programs
- Support innovative ideas from Mapleton educators
- Provide experiences that take learning beyond the classroom
- Remove barriers that may stand between a student and an opportunity
- Strengthen programs that help students discover their talents, interests, and possibilities
A gift does not have to be large to be meaningful. Together, legacy gifts help ensure that future Mapleton students continue to have opportunities to learn, explore, dream, and grow.
Your Legacy Is Already Part of Mapleton
Legacy giving is about more than what you leave behind. It is about carrying forward the relationships, values, and opportunities that matter to you.
Whether you spent your career in our schools, raised your family here, graduated from Mapleton, volunteered, served, gave, or simply believe in what is possible for our students, you are part of the Mapleton story.
Your legacy can help write what comes next.
Let's Start a Conversation
You do not need to have all the answers before reaching out.
If you are considering a gift to the Mapleton Education Foundation through your IRA, will, trust, retirement account, life insurance policy, or other long-term plans, we would be honored to talk with you about what matters most to you.
A conversation does not create an obligation. It simply gives us an opportunity to listen, answer questions, and help you explore the possibilities.
Mapleton Education Foundation
7350 Broadway
Denver, CO 80221
303.853.1033
MEF@mapleton.us
The Mapleton Education Foundation does not provide legal, tax, or financial advice. We encourage donors to consult with their attorney, financial advisor, IRA administrator, or tax professional when considering a charitable gift.
