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Planned Giving: Legacy Society

Planned GivingPlanned giving is a way for you to contribute money to IPTV while simultaneously realizing some of your estate and financial planning goals. The Iowa Public Television Foundation offers a variety of arrangements to meet your situation.

Every person who has included the IPTV Foundation in their estate plans is a member of the IPTV Friends Legacy Society. These gifts vary widely in size, form and purpose, but each in its way adds strength to IPTV.

To let us know you have included IPTV in your plans, please download the Friends Legacy Society Member Form in Word or PDF format. Or you may e-mail your information to our Major and Planned Giving Department.

Qualifying gifts include*:

Members of the Legacy Society receive special benefits, including:

  • Invitations to special events
  • VIP Tour of IPTV Studio (upon request)
  • Borrowing privileges with IPTV’s video lending library
  • Lifetime subscription to Advance
  • Visions Newsletter
  • Recognition of your gift (unless anonymity is preferred)
  • The satisfaction of knowing you have made a significant contribution to the future of IPTV.

* There are many variations of the planned gifts listed, each unique to the donor. Please contact our Major and Planned Gifts Department for personalized information. All information will be kept confidential.

How Legacy Gifts Are Used

Annual support from members, like you, keeps IPTV on the air from day to day and year to year. A gift through your will or living trust and other planned gifts go an important step further. They provide the foundation of IPTV long-term financial security, thus ensuring that public television will be enjoyed by generations to come. All planned gifts (including bequests, life income agreements, and gifts of retirement plans), unless otherwise designated, are added to our Endowment Fund.

The Endowment Fund is invested strategically to preserve forever its principal value. Income generated each year by the endowment Fund supports IPTV’s programs and operations. As our endowment grows, it will provide an ever-expanding source of stable funding to keep IPTV creative and strong.

IPTV prefers unrestricted gifts to the Endowment Fund as they provide us with the most flexibility as to how your gift will some day by used. We do understand, though, that you may want your gift used in a specific way. IPTV wants to honor your wishes. Our planned giving staff would be pleased to work with you and your advisor(s) to meet your wishes and develop or review any bequest language you desire.