Undesignated gifts go into the Single Parent Scholarship Fund to help low-income single parents realize their dream of a college or technical school education. SPSF/BC accepts cash, checks and publicly traded stock.

• A gift of $550 will fund a part-time student for one semester
• A gift of $1000 will fund a full-time student for one semester

Any amount is appreciated and will be combined with other gifts to create scholarships!

Many companies match the individual gifts of their employees, retirees and directors. Check with your Human Resources Department to see if your company has this program.

Request the required form and fill it in. Send it along with your gift to Single Parent Scholarship Fund. We'll take it from there - process the gift and documentation of the matching gift. It's that easy!

We appreciate your support and your additional effort on our behalf.

Whether supported through an outright gift or a planned gift, scholarships are made possible through the generosity and commitment of individuals like you. A planned gift to the Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Benton County helps ensure that low-income students will always be able to receive a helping hand.

Bequest: By designating the Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Benton County as a beneficiary, you can leave a set amount or a percentage of your estate to build the endowment to help future generations of single parents. You can also designate your gift to support current scholarships or student programs.

Gift of Life Insurance: If you have a paid up life-insurance policy that you no longer need, consider donating it to SPSF/BC.

Charitable Remainder Trust: Transfer highly appreciated assets (property or stock) and/or IRA assets to this trust and it will provide a life income to the beneficiary, and then an eventual gift to SPSF/BC.

Charitable Lead Trust: Individuals with very large estates can use a charitable lead trust to benefit SPSF/BC and pass principal to family members with little or no tax penalty.

Legacy gifts are used to increase the Endowment unless the donor otherwise specifies.

To discuss a possible legacy gift, contact us at 479.254.8550.

If you have highly appreciated stock that you would like to give as a gift, you can save on capital gains taxation while earning a charitable deduction on your income taxes.

Stock can be given to make an annual gift to fund current scholarships or can be used to make a legacy gift that will provide funding for future generations of single parents seeking to earn a college or technical school degree.

Contact your broker for their instructions on how to transfer your stock to the Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Benton County.

Memorial and tribute gifts provide a special opportunity to let family and friends know they are being remembered. Memorial gifts are a thoughtful and caring way to express your sympathy. Tribute gifts honor special people on their anniversary, birthday, graduation, wedding or other special occasion.

When you give an honor or memorial gift, the individual or family will receive a card notifying them of your thoughtfulness. This card will not disclose the amount of your gift. When $500 or more is given in memory of a single person within one year, this individual is recognized in the annual memorial brochure. All memorial and honor gifts go toward the endowment unless otherwise specified.

When sending memorial or honor gifts, please note whether the gift is in memory or in honor of someone and to whom we should send the acknowledgement card. Please provide both the name and address. You will receive a receipt for your contribution.

These gifts provide the gift of hope for a bright future to a single parent family. Please make all gifts payable to: Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Benton County.