Boston Latin School students are among the most gifted and highest achievers in the world. Our mission, as it always has been, is to ensure that these exceptional young people receive a vibrant, rigorous education that challenges, inspires, and supports the whole student in mind, spirit, and body encouraging all to reach their highest potential.
Many types of planned gifts support this mission and preserve the future of BLS. With your gift, you will become part of The 1635 Society, a growing group of alumni, friends, and supporters who are making a difference at Latin School.
We invite you to join us. Please consider a confidential, no-obligation conversation to start this journey with us.
Through a provision in your written and executed will, you can make a gift in the form of cash, securities, real estate, or personal property. There are many types of bequests. Choose the one that best fits your needs and intentions.
Naming the BLSA as the beneficiary of a qualified retirement plan asset such as a 401(k), 403(b), IRA, Keogh, profit-sharing pension plan, or other donor-advised funds, will accomplish a charitable goal while realizing significant tax savings.
You can turn underperforming assets (stock, cash in a savings account, CDs, savings bonds, etc.) into a gift to the BLSA that provides income to you. Your Charitable Gift Annuity will give you quarterly, fixed payments for life and tax benefits, too.
When you donate appreciated stocks, bonds, or mutual fund shares instead of cash, you'll receive charitable deductions at full, fair market value while reducing capital gains impact.
If you're 70 ½ or older, you can make a gift directly from your IRA to the BLSA. While there is no charitable deduction for a rollover gift, you do avoid the income tax on the donated portion of your required minimum distribution.
Like stock, the fair market value of gifts of appreciated assets such as real estate, artwork, and other well curated collections, can be deducted from your income tax today and reduce your estate taxes in the future.
The 1635 Society — named for the year of our school's founding — honors those individuals who have included the BLSA in their estate plans. By arranging for such deferred gifts, alumni, parents, and friends of Latin School play a vital role in securing the future of the nation's oldest, public educational institution. We hope you'll join us in honoring BLS's history with a gift to support its future.
Despite living in Atlanta, Joel Forman ’60 still proudly wears his Boston Latin sweatshirt.
It has sparked conversations with strangers, and reminds him of his own time at BLS. Perhaps the most significant tribute Joel has made to Latin School is a planned gift. He created a trust from which he makes disbursements to the BLSA, and has included Boston Latin School in his will. “Where do I start?” he says. “The education I got at Latin School was better than anywhere else. It put me on the right path. I like that there is a diverse student body and diverse program offerings. That’s something to support.” Joel believes that everyone should be considering a gift to the BLSA. “If you haven’t thought about a will or determination of your assets, do it now — and be sure to include Latin School.”
Marybeth Oskowski
Senior Director of Development
Boston Latin School Association
300 Fenway, Suite A375
Boston, MA 02115
oskowski@blsa.org