超越美好愿望影响无穷的意外礼物

露西的遗赠出人意料且不受限制,这与个人即使在生前没有公开支持的情况下,也能对其所珍视的事业产生默默而深远的影响不谋而合。

Jan L. Lane,CAP®,高级慈善顾问

去年,我们收到一封信,通知我们社区基金会是一个信托的部分受益人。 露西-麦克莱恩(Lucy McLean)于 2020 年去世,享年 96 岁,她选择了我们和其他三家慈善机构接受一笔意外的遗赠。 虽然这样的礼物可能是意料之外的,但也并非完全罕见。 事实上,每年都有许多非营利组织收到他们意想不到的遗产捐赠。

露西的天赋最令人惊讶的一点是,她生前很少与我们接触。 尽管露西与我们的交流很少,过去也只送过几件小礼物,但她还是强烈地将如此有意义和持久的遗产托付给了我们。

每当社区基金会收到一笔意想不到的遗赠,我们都会充满感激和惊喜。 捐赠者可能出于各种原因选择不披露其计划,包括匿名和不确定性。 在某些情况下,一旦礼物揭晓,他们之间的联系就会变得一目了然;而在另一些情况下,我们只能猜测他们的捐赠动机。 然而,他们对我们使命的坚定信念始终是显而易见的。

在尤蒂卡长大的露西在美国海关和边境保护局(U.S. Customs and Border Protection)工作,成为第一位被派往美国亚历山大海湾港口(U.S. Port at Alexandria Bay)的女性检查员。 露西和她的姐姐艾伦都没有结婚生子。 三妹弗雷德里克卡晚婚,寡居后搬到德维特与姐妹们同住。 他们一直生活在一起,直到弗雷德里克于 2006 年去世,艾伦也于 2012 年去世。 多年来,露西接受并保管着许多精美的传家宝,其中包括她姐姐们的遗物。

露西的信托最终将社区基金会列为四个慈善受益人之一。 露西似乎选择了支持对她和她的姐妹们都很重要的事业,并尊重她们与纽约中部和莫霍克谷的联系。 5forCNY 鼓励关心纽约中部的人们考虑向当地非营利组织留下持久的捐赠。 露西就是这样做的–直接通过社区基金会和其他非营利组织。

露西对社区基金会的捐赠和其他许多捐赠一样,将为子孙后代提供持久和变革性的支持。 她的部分捐赠用于 5forCNY 基金的捐赠,该基金汇集了慷慨的社区成员为改变现状而捐赠的资金。 该基金将为服务于奥农达加、麦迪逊、奥斯韦戈、卡尤加和科特兰县的组织提供资助。 其余部分将通过露西-麦克莱恩社区基金持续提供支持,以满足该地区的最大需求。

露西的遗赠出人意料且不受限制,这与个人即使在生前没有公开支持的情况下,也能对其所珍视的事业产生默默而深远的影响不谋而合。 在对所有遗留捐赠表示敬意的同时,我们认识到自己有责任继续开展与捐赠者产生深刻共鸣的工作,确保他们的慈善精神通过我们的持续努力得以延续。

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