I want to make a will. Where do I start?
The first consideration is the complexity of your estate and family situation:
If your estate is fairly straightforward and simple, you can make a will online for free through a site like freewill.com.
If you have a business, multiple properties, trusts and sophisticated tax instruments, a complex group of beneficiaries, or any factors that could cause conflict, confusion, or a court date you may want to begin by talking to an estate lawyer or certified financial planner first.
This primer from the American Bar Association offers a more in depth introduction to wills.
I want to include KDNK in my will. How do I do that?
The most common methods are to identify a specific sum or percentage of your estate and use language like this to include KDNK:
"I give the sum of $__________ to Carbondale Community Access Radio, located at 76 S. 2nd Street, Carbondale, CO 81623, with the Federal Tax ID No.74-2224605, to be used for its general charitable purposes." For Fixed Dollar Amounts (General Bequest)
"I give ______% of my total estate to Carbondale Community Access Radio, located at 76 S. 2nd Street, Carbondale, CO 81623, with the Federal Tax ID No. 74-2224605, to be used for its general charitable purposes." For Percentage of Estate (Percentage Bequest)
If you would like to give specific property or stocks to KDNK that may require further professional involvement. If you contact KDNK staff, we can work with you to furnish any necessary information or find the answers to your questions.
Why make a will?
- Ensure long-term support for the causes you care about, such as KDNK
- Take care of those you love
- Make an enduring impact
- Have peace of mind
- Avoid conflicts & legal headaches down the road
- It’s easier than you think to get started
- Allows you to make planned gifts without affecting your current finances
How do legacy gifts support KDNK?
Legacy and planned gifts are an important part of KDNK’s long-term success and help us make progress within the four pillars of the station’s strategic plan: community, creativity, inclusion & resilience. In general, larger gifts offer opportunities for enhanced program & staff cultivation, capital projects & technology renewal, and rainy-day resilience.
Examples of what legacy gifts support:
Program & Staff Cultivation:
- Enhancing news gathering and reporting capacity
- Initiatives for better staff retention & development
- Innovations in programming
- Improved volunteer support and development
- Improved program sharing across different media formats
Capital projects & renewal:
- Technology upkeep of KDNK’s FM radio network
- Digital & streaming technology adoption & support
- Improvements to in-studio technologies
- Improvements to live-remote broadcast capabilities
- Additions to studio and production space capacity; enhanced educational space for AZYEP
- Practical facility upgrades for better office, studio, meeting, music library, class, event & outdoor space functionality
Rainy-Day resilience:
- Rainy-day funding for better organizational stability through uncertainty
- Better emergency preparedness & planning
- Green initiatives, efficiency & solarization
Let KDNK know about your plans!
If you've already included KDNK in your estate plans, we hope you'll let us know. We'd love to thank you and welcome you to the KDNK Legacy Circle. Sharing your plans is completely optional, but it helps us honor your generosity and plan for the future.