LEGACY GIVING

Create Your Legacy for Trails and Open Lands

Including GVLT in your estate plans allows you to make an impactful gift that protects this place beyond your lifetime. It takes all of us to keep GVLT’s promise of enduring protection of agricultural lands, scenic open views, wildlife habitat, clean water, and trails for generations to come.

Join GVLT’s Lupine Legacy Planned Giving Society.

Already included GVLT in your estate plan?
Let us know today to join the Lupine Legacy Society.

  • For all legal purposes, please refer to our organization as:

    Gallatin Valley Land Trust, P.O. Box 7021, Bozeman, MT 59771

    Tax ID#: 81-0464513

  • A gift through your will or trust is one of the most popular and flexible ways that you can support GVLT’s mission. For an unrestricted gift that allows GVLT to determine how to use the funds based on the most pressing needs, use the following language for your will and/or trust:

    "I give to GVLT, a nonprofit corporation located at P.O. Box 7021, Bozeman, MT 59771, or its successor thereto, _________ [written amount or percentage of the estate or description of property] for its unrestricted charitable use and purpose."

    To designate your provision for a particular purpose or restricted fund, please contact GVLT Director of Development Justin Barth to discuss your options.

  • A charitable gift annuity established with GVLT can provide you with a secure source of fixed payments for life. Contact us to learn more about how an annuity might work for you.

  • A beneficiary designation gift is a simple and affordable way to make a gift to support GVLT. You can designate us as a beneficiary of IRAs and retirement plans, donor-advised funds, investment or bank accounts, or your life insurance policy.

    Start by requesting a change of beneficiary form from your policy administrator or download the form from your provider’s website. Return a copy of the form to GVLT to establish your intentions.

  • We welcome the opportunity to assist you as you create well-crafted estate plans that honor your clients’ philanthropic wishes. Please feel free to contact us directly for information or assistance on a confidential basis.

  • Thank you to our generous Lupine Legacy Planned Giving Society members who have included GVLT in their estate plans! (List current as of 12/31/2023)

    • Anonymous (5 donors)

    • Kathryn Allen and John E. Allen

    • Jayne Van Alstyne

    • Dora and James Anderson

    • Antoinette Anthony

    • Page Armstrong

    • Virginia Arnold

    • Kristen Bailey

    • Anne and James Banks

    • Lonna Braverman

    • Harper Bohr

    • Joyce and Tom Carne

    • Lauren Caselli

    • Bill Cochran

    • Carlye Cook

    • Patricia and Fred Cornelious

    • Laura and Terry Cunningham

    • Page Dabney

    • Sandy and Rod Deyoe

    • Jeffrey Dineen

    • Becky and Mike Ellig

    • Margaret Emerson

    • Brooke Everest

    • Bunny and Jim Gaffney

    • Elin and Doug Hert

    • Ferene and Angel Horvath

    • Karin and Stuart Jennings

    • Moira and Lawrie Lieberman

    • Dean Littlepage

    • Meghann McKenna

    • Gail Miller-Richardson

    • Sue and John Mills

    • Nora Blum and Mark Monn

    • LaVonne and Gerald Nielsen

    • Adrienne Mayor and Josh Ober

    • Patty McKernan and Chip Petrie

    • Penelope Pierce

    • E.J. Porth

    • L. Keith Reed

    • Reuben Rich

    • Mary and John Robbins

    • Rachel and Dave Rockafellow

    • Linda and Bob Shadiow

    • Farwell Smith

    • Lisa and Russ Tuckerman

    • Patricia Simmons and Edward Verry

    • Jenny and Ken Younger

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“We have been supporters of GVLT from the very beginning. It brings us great joy and peace of mind to know that, through our membership in the Lupine Legacy Society, our contribution will continue beyond our lifetimes, enabling future generations of Montanans to access the wild lands and rest their eyes on the rural vistas that have meant so much to us.”

— ADRIENNE MAYOR AND JOSIAH OBER