CAROL BISSELL TRUESDELL LEGACY FUND
The Carol Bissell Truesdell Legacy Fund was established to ensure that we continue to build thriving, connected, and resilient communities for generations to come.
About Carol Bissell Truesdell
The Legacy Fund is named in honor of Carol Bissell Truesdell, one of One Village Partners' founding Board Members. Carol played an integral role in the founding and development of the organization, as well as in the bettering of her local community of Minneapolis. For more than 50 years, Carol created opportunities for those less fortunate, particularly women, to thrive. Her passion for empowering women with financial literacy and business skills has been integral to the formation, expansion, and success of our Nurturing Opportunities for Women program. As a contributor to the Carol Bissell Truesdell Legacy Fund, you honor and recognize the value in supporting communities leading their own change for years to come.
Join the Legacy Fund
Thank you for considering joining the Legacy Fund by making a legacy gift to One Village Partners. There are many ways to make a lasting impact, including the following:
Name One Village Partners in your will or living trust (this is the most common legacy gift vehicle; we have provided sample language for gifts of will below)
Make a distribution from your IRA to One Village Partners (at and beyond the age of 70 1/2, one can distribute up to $100,000 to a nonprofit)
Designate One Village Partners as a beneficiary of your IRA or Pension Plan
Gift Ownership of a Life Insurance Policy to One Village Partners
Legacy Fund Benefits
By joining the Legacy Fund, your gift will support our newly established endowment. The endowment will use its proceeds to ensure that One Village Partners continues its work for future generations.
Notifying us about your generous step to remember One Village Partners is always up to you. If you choose to let us know, we’d love to show our gratitude.
As contributor to the Legacy Fund, you will receive special program updates on our work in Sierra Leone and, with your permission, we would include your name in our Annual Reports and other print and online materials.
Those who join the Legacy Fund in its inaugural year, 2021, will be celebrated and honored as founding contributors.
Sample Language for Gifts of Will
“I give and bequeath to One Village Partners [the sum of ___ Dollars ($___)] [___% of the rest, residue and remainder of my estate], to be used for its general charitable purposes.”
Learn more about how you can make a lasting legacy and maximize your impact.