Make an impact while planning for your future
We also offer the ability to create a free Revocable Living Trust
Everybody needs a will
Whether you’re 18 or 108, everyone should have a will in place. People use wills to choose who gets their property, name guardians for minor children, provide a plan for pets, and more.
Through your will, you can leave a part of your estate to a charitable fund at Blue Mountain Community Foundation. This fund will exist forever to support your community and help ensure it thrives long into the future. During the Foundation’s Raise the Blues Campaign, you can receive a $20,000 match for including a charitable fund in your estate plans.
Why give in your will?
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Common gifted assets in wills and trusts
- Financial accounts
- Real estate
- Vehicles
- Brokerage accounts
- Crypto and NFTs
- Personal property
Make your will online – for free!
Blue Mountain Community Foundation has partnered with FreeWill to offer an online estate planning tool that makes it easy and cost-free to make your plan. In as little as 20 minutes, you can help support our mission for future generations.
We also offer the ability to create a free Revocable Living Trust
Popular resources
Sample bequest language for your will or trust
This language may help you and your attorney as you consider a gift that will meet your financial and personal goals.
Sample codicil
When it’s time to update your will, you can use a codicil—an addition or supplement that explains or modifies your existing will.
Your Bequest Will Help Your Community Forever
The Raise the Blues and Raise Up Umatilla Campaigns are building community endowment funds that will help your community thrive forever. Bequests – gifts made from your estate when you die – will be placed in funds that make grants or scholarships to support your local community’s highest needs, forever. Please pay forward the gifts your community gave you by donating 5% or more of your estate.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Here is a document that includes frequently asked questions about Raise the Blues and Raise Up Umatilla County: Raise-the-Blues-FAQs-2024-0505.pdf
Yes! Gifts of any size are deeply appreciated. Many people choose to leave a percentage of their estate, which scales up or down with your estate size. If you pledge to leave $100,000 or 5% of your estate to support your community through a Forever Fund, anonymous donors will add $20,000 to that Fund this year. This is true even if everything you own is valued at only $50,000 so that 5% of your estate is $2,500. That amount will still create a $20,000 gift for your community today!
Yes! Knowing in advance about your intentions is quite helpful to our staff, but you are always welcome to not share your gift.
We’ve partnered with FreeWill to help you make a will or trust at no cost to you. You can use this to complete your plans, or you may choose to use the same tools to get your affairs in order before visiting an attorney (who is likely to have a fee associated with finalizing your plans). If you have a complicated estate, you should hire an attorney.
If you have any questions about your estate and what planned giving or charitable giving tools might work well for you, feel free to contact Blue Mountain Community Foundation’s CEO, Kol Medina. He is an attorney who can talk to you about this, confidentially and with no charge.
Yes. You are always free to revise or update your estate plans.
Yes! FreeWill will never share your personal information without your permission.
We’re here to help you meet your goals!
Our team would be happy to speak with you in confidence about your giving goals, with no obligation.
Already included us in your estate plan? Let us know
More ways to make an impact
Beneficiary designations
Gifting assets not covered by your will — like 401(k) or IRA accounts — may help your heirs avoid unwanted taxes, even if you’re below the estate tax threshold.
Popular tax-smart gifts
Many people are increasingly choosing to give non-cash assets, so they can have a bigger impact at less cost to them.
Gifts that pay you back
Give assets while providing yourself or others with income for a period of time or distributions at a later date.