Legacy Giving

When you become a Foundation for Saline Area Schools sponsor, you’re helping us continue to serve the community and create a better future for our children.

Impact the lives of Saline Area School District students with the life you’ve built! By directing a gift to FSAS, you create a perpetual legacy to enhance education in the district. Bequests and planned gifts of all sizes make a difference in the lives of our students.

Leaving a legacy is simple! Include a charitable bequest in your will or trust or designate the Foundation for Saline Area Schools as a beneficiary of a retirement or investment account or insurance policy. You can positively influence the future of our young students through your gifts of:

  • Stock and Bonds
  • Retirement Assets
  • Cash
  • Insurance Policies
  • Real and Personal Property

Sample Gift Language for your Will or Revocable Living Trust

Please discuss with your attorney to ensure your goals and intentions are accurately reflected. Contact Stacey Rumpsa, Executive Director at stacey@supportfsas.org or 734-401-4085 for more information

Specific or General Bequest:

With a specific or general bequest, you designate that Foundation for Saline Area Schools is to receive a specific dollar amount or property.

“I give, devise, and bequeath to the Foundation for Saline Area Schools, P.O. Box 5 Saline, Michigan 48176, a Michigan nonprofit corporation, or its successor, Federal Tax ID Number 38-2733854, (insert specific dollar amount or property here).”

Residuary Bequest

With a residuary bequest, you designate that Foundation for Saline Area Schools is to receive all (or a portion) of your property, after all debts, taxes, expenses, and all other bequests have been paid.

“I give, devise, and bequeath to the Foundation for Saline Area Schools, P.O. Box 5 Saline, Michigan 48176, a Michigan nonprofit corporation, or its successor, Federal Tax ID Number 38-2733854, all (or a % portion) of the rest, residue and remainder of my estate.”

Contingent Bequest

With a contingent bequest, you ensure that property will pass to Foundation for Saline Area Schools rather than unintended beneficiaries in the event of an unexpected occurrence.

“If (name/s of primary beneficiary/ies) do/does not survive me, or shall die within ninety days from the date of my death, or as a result of a common disaster, then I give, devise, and bequeath to the Foundation for Saline Area Schools, P.O. Box 5 Saline, Michigan 48176, a Michigan nonprofit corporation, or its successor, Federal Tax ID Number 38-2733854, (insert exact dollar amount, description of property, or % portion of residual estate).”