You Can Make a Difference
We are so happy you’re interested in getting involved with our work here at NYEF. There are so many ways for you to help, and we truly appreciate each and every effort. By lending your support, you’ll become a valuable part of our Mission and help to strengthen our operations. Remember your support helps us support the teacher housing initiative, Connect! Grants and mental health in our schools and affiliated programs.
Help provide sustainable support for Gardiner Public Schools.
Donate now to support NYEF’s mission to build sustainable support and enhance innovative educational opportunities for students, teachers, and community members in partnership with Gardiner Public Schools.
Your donation will support one of our three main program areas: NYEF’s teacher housing initiative, Connect! Grants, Mental Health Initiative.
Monthly donations create stability. They ensure that NYEF's important programming can continue to flourish through the years.
Your monthly donation will help fill educational gaps through our Connect! Grants program, provide mental health resources for GPS students, and provide affordable housing for GPS teachers and staff, ensuring the school's ability to hire and retain exceptional educators.
A small monthly donation goes a long way in helping to better the lives of students at Gardiner Public Schools.
Do you have someone special you would like to honor or remember? Please consider making a donation in their honor. Fill our our special tribute form and we will notify the friend/family about the donation.
Is it your birthday? Do you have someone special you want to remember who always made a difference? How about creating a Facebook Fundraiser. Choose NYEF, set a goal, and share with your friends and family.
Creating a philanthropic legacy through North Yellowstone Education Foundation allows you to support Gardiner School long into the future. In the process you can realize financial, tax and estate planning benefits.
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Bequests
A bequest to a fund at the North Yellowstone Education Foundation is an enduring way to ensure that the charitable causes that have become important to you and your family over the years continue to be supported beyond your lifetime. Bequests can be made by will or revocable trust.
Deferred Charitable Gift Annuity
This option allows donors to transfer a gift to the North Yellowstone Education Foundation through the Montana Qualified (Endowment) Tax Credit.
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Retained Life Estate
You can deed real estate to charity, save taxes now with a current deduction and enjoy the property for the rest of your life. The North Yellowstone Education Foundation can help transform your property’s value into a legacy to benefit your community and meet charitable intents, while allowing you to realize financial and tax benefits. Proceeds from the eventual sale of the real estate will help leave your legacy and carry out your charitable intentions.
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Retirement Plans
Naming the North Yellowstone Education Foundation as a beneficiary of your retirement funds—such as IRA, 401(k) or 403(b)—is a straightforward and effective way to benefit the community. This type of planned giving may reduce significant, often unanticipated, tax payments. The North Yellowstone Education Foundation can receive these types of assets free of estate and income tax.
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Life Insurance
The North Yellowstone Education Foundation can be named as the beneficiary of a life insurance policy. Even more advantageous, a donor can transfer ownership of a life insurance policy to the Community Foundation, receiving a charitable contribution for the lesser of the policy’s basis or its cash surrender value. Subsequent premium payments on the policy are also tax-deductible.
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Please Allow Us to Thank You
​We respectfully ask that you remember the North Yellowstone Education Foundation in your will or estate plan. If you do create a bequest to the Foundation, please let us know so that we may be permitted to properly thank you.