October Is Estate Planning Awareness Month 

Whatever your stage in life, planning for the people and the things you will leave behind is a good idea. Creating an estate plan is the best way to prepare and protect your family, ensuring that you continue to support the people you love and the causes you care about.  

Some benefits of planning your estate include: 

• Ensuring your assets go exactly where you want them to go
• Providing for any special needs your loved ones may have
• Minimizing possible estate taxes and probate fees
• Providing for friends, pets and organizations you care about

While estate planning can entail some difficult choices and means confronting uncomfortable issues, it does provide a sense of relief and peace of mind when it is done. You’ll know that you have done your best to plan and provide for yourself and for loved ones, as well as for the causes you’ve cared about during your lifetime. There is great satisfaction in knowing what your legacy on earth will be. 

That legacy could include sustaining public media in central Illinois for years to come by including WTVP in your estate plans. A planned gift of any size makes a difference and there are many ways to give:   

• Bequests
• Charitable Remainder Trusts
• Gift Annuities
• Lead Trusts
• Life Insurance
• Retirement Plans and Beneficiary Designations
• Wills and Living Trusts

If you’re working with a financial advisor, they will need to know WTVP’s legal entity name is Illinois Valley Public Telecommunications Corporation and our tax ID is 23-7041401.  

Those who have included WTVP in their estate plans become part of WTVP’s Legacy Society and are recognized on our donor wall and in the Program Guide. If you have included WTVP in your plans, please let us know—we’d like to recognize you. You can contact our Development Team by email at development@wtpv.org, by phone at 309.495.0547 or by filling out a short form.

You can learn more about all of WTVP's planned giving options by visiting our Planned Giving page.