Create Your Wolf Trap Legacy

CREATE YOUR WOLF TRAP LEGACY

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CATHERINE FILENE SHOUSE

LEGACY CIRCLE

TH E P OWE R O F O N E — TH E STR E N GTH O F MAN Y Catherine Filene Shouse’s act of forwardthinking philanthropy gave America its first and only national park for the performing arts, creating a magnificent home for arts and education experiences for millions of people she would never know. It took a dynamic visionary to create Wolf Trap. It will take all of us to carry it forward.

Mrs. Shouse and acclaimed pianist Van Cliburn look at the Architect’s plans for the Filene Center in 1967.

Preserve the experience you love for future generations by including a gift to Wolf Trap Foundation in your estate plan. You will enjoy recognition in the Catherine Filene Shouse Legacy Circle and join other thoughtful individuals in helping to inspire, educate, and enrich the human spirit through the performing arts for years to come.

MAGNIFICENT PERFORMANCES Ensure that more than 400,000 patrons are enriched by high-quality entertainment, featuring artists both emerging and legendary across all genres at three unique venues each year— The Filene Center, The Barns, and Children’s Theatre-in-the-Woods.

LEADERSHIP IN EDUCATION Extend pioneering Wolf Trap Education opportunities to more than 80,000 children, students, teachers, and families across the country annually through nationally recognized programs, including the Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts, Internships, and Community Programs.

REALIZE YOUR IMPACT

THE FUTURE OF OPERA Empower the finest emerging artists to launch professional careers through Wolf Trap Opera (WTO), a premier competitive training program for more than 45 years. Guarantee WTO alumni continue to strengthen the art form and elevate audience experiences at opera houses around the world.

NAM E WO LF TR AP FOU N DATION AS A B EN EFIC IARY

BY WILL OR TRUST Retain your assets now and use them to benefit Wolf Trap in the future.

A simple yet special statement, a bequest by will or trust allocates a percentage of your estate or set dollar amount to Wolf Trap Foundation, enabling you to: • Maintain complete flexibility and control of your assets during your lifetime • Provide clear instructions of your wishes and refine them in later years if desired • Establish a personal legacy of future support Your bequest language can be brief.

Sample bequest language: “I devise and bequeath [percentage of my estate or residue, specific dollar amount, or property] to Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts, Vienna, Virginia, Tax ID #23-7011544.”

BY DESIGNATION FORM Use a straightforward beneficiary designation form for an easy and inexpensive way to name Wolf Trap Foundation to receive all or a percentage of your retirement assets.

Other financial accounts, donor advised funds, and life insurance can also be transferred to Wolf Trap Foundation by beneficiary designation form, allowing you to: • C ontinue to use your financial resources throughout your lifetime • Preserve your option to modify beneficiary designations at any time • Maximize your tax-wise opportunities for gifting to heirs and charity Request a beneficiary designation form from your retirement plan administrator, financial institution, or insurance agent and add Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts, Tax ID #23-7011544, as a charitable beneficiary.

Not intended as tax, legal, or financial advice. Wolf Trap Foundation recommends seeking professional counsel.

Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts | 1645 Trap Road, Vienna, VA 22182 A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization | Tax ID #23-7011544

A Wolf Trap Institute Teaching Artist and a classroom teacher partner to bring the curriculum alive through the arts.

ENJOY LEGACY CIRCLE RECOGNITION

BY CREATING A FUTURE GIFT TO WOLF TRAP FOUNDATION When you establish a legacy gift for Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts by will, trust, or beneficiary designation form, you: • S ecure benefits for yourself—including possible estate and personal tax advantages • Retain financial flexibility for the future—including use of your assets throughout your lifetime • Enjoy membership in the Catherine Filene Shouse Legacy Circle—including special recognition and an annual celebratory event with Wolf Trap Foundation leadership • E xperience the personal satisfaction of expressing your plans to benefit future generations If you have already included Wolf Trap Foundation in your estate plan, please let us know so we can thank you and welcome you to the Legacy Circle.

Your powerful statement will ensure the Wolf Trap experience thrives for millions of people in the years to come.

Additional gift planning arrangements are available. To have a conversation about your role in Wolf Trap’s future—confidentially and without obligation—contact the Planned Giving Office at 703.255.1930 or legacycircle@wolftrap.org.

FO R M O R E I N FO R M ATI O N “Wolf Trap can grow in scope and meaningfulness to the extent of one’s imagination and support.”

—Catherine Filene Shouse, Wolf Trap Founder

Planned Giving Office Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts 1645 Trap Road, Vienna, VA 22182 | 703.255.1930 legacycircle@wolftrap.org | wolftrap.org/legacy A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization | Tax ID #23-7011544 Photos by: Scott Suchman, Teddy Wolff