Planned Giving & Legacy Gifts

For more information or to connect and make arrangements for your gift, please contact our Partnerships & Fund Development team. Thank you for making LAMP a part of your life!

Planned Giving | Legacy Gifts

More and more Canadians are discovering estate planning as another way to give to their charities of choice. A legacy gift is a gift with lasting meaning – at LAMP that means a gift that awards future generations with music. Leaving a legacy gift is an incredibly valuable way to help LAMP continue to grow, engage with the community, and help to ensure the world’s most gifted artists of our time are able to access the faculty and programming essential to successfully launch their careers. It will be a lasting statement of your generosity and something you and your family will be proud of. Giving can also reduce your taxes, add to your income, and increase benefits to your estate and its beneficiaries. There is no dollar amount tied to legacy giving - they are not just for the wealthy or the elderly.

Choosing to leave a legacy from the heart brings meaning, dignity and purpose to a life well lived. Your legacy gift gives you a way to be part of the charitable and community work that is most meaningful to you, whether that is with LAMP or with one of the many other charitable organizations seeking donations. Your gift allows these important causes to be well supported now and long after you are gone. The most common way to do this is by leaving a gift in your Will however there are many options available to you and the decision of which legacy gift is right for you is just as important as your decision to leave a legacy.

Ways to Create Your Legacy

  1. Leave a gift in your Will. You can set an exact dollar amount or choose to leave a percentage of your estate.

  2. Name LAMP as a beneficiary to mutual funds or publicly traded stocks.

  3. Name LAMP as a beneficiary of your RRSP or pension plan.

  4. Name LAMP as the beneficiary of a new or existing life insurance policy.

Ask your financial or estate planning advisor to include charitable giving as part of your financial plan and to include it in their advice to other clients, too.

When arranging a gift to LAMP it is important to use our full legal name and charitable registration number:

Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance (Rossini Opera Festival Nova Scotia) | Charity Registration Number: 819121484RR0001