Making a Legacy Gift with YOSA

Planning for the future and creating the legacy you wish to leave is one of the most effective ways to ensure a lasting impact. Making a gift in your will or living trust, known as a bequest, can guarantee that your legacy endures.

Your gift may be a specific dollar amount, a percentage of your estate or a remainder after all other provisions are specified.

Making a Legacy Gift with YOSA

Planning for the future and creating the legacy you wish to leave is one of the most effective ways to ensure a lasting impact. Making a gift in your will or living trust, known as a bequest, can guarantee that your legacy endures.

Your gift may be a specific dollar amount, a percentage of your estate or a remainder after all other provisions are specified.

Official Name: Youth Orchestras of San Antonio

Federal Tax ID Number: 74-1926713

Legal Address: 106 Auditorium Circle, Ste. 130, San Antonio, TX 78205

If you have named Youth Orchestras of San Antonio (YOSA) in your will or trust, please let us know so that we can ensure that your gift is used according to your wishes. Notifying us of your plans will enable us to plan for the use of your future gift. However, if you prefer to remain anonymous, we will keep your name and gift in strict confidence.

Please contact our Director of Development, Amy House, at (210) 737-0097 or ahouse@yosa.org for more information.

  • For an unrestricted gift that allows Youth Orchestras of San Antonio (YOSA) to determine how best to use the funds based on the most pressing needs, use the following language for your will and/or trust:

    “I give Youth Orchestras of San Antonio (YOSA), a nonprofit corporation currently located at 106 Auditorium Circle, Suite 130, San Antonio, Texas 78205, or its successor thereto, _______________ [written amount or percentage of the estate or description of property] for its unrestricted charitable use and purpose.”

  • Use the following language for your will and/or trust:

    “I give Youth Orchestras of San Antonio (YOSA), a nonprofit corporation currently located at 106 Auditorium Circle, Ste 130, San Antonio, Texas 78205, or its successor thereto, ______________[written amount or percentage of the estate or description of property]. This gift should be used for (state purpose) if and so long as Youth Orchestras of San Antonio determines that the need exists. If Youth Orchestras of San Antonio shall determine at the outset or at a later time that the need does not exist, or no longer exists or for some reason it is not possible (or prudent) to administer my gift as originally intended, then Youth Orchestras of San Antonio may, in its sole and uncontrolled discretion, direct the use of my bequest for a purpose related as closely as possible to that stated above.”

  • If you are the executor, trustee, or personal representative currently responsible for administering a decedent’s planned gifts in which Youth Orchestras of San Antonio has been named, please forward documents and communications to:

    Youth Orchestras of San Antonio

    Attn: Planned Giving Department

    106 Auditorium Circle, Ste. 130 San Antonio, Texas 78205

    Tax ID: #74-1926713

Gift Vehicles

Bequests

A provision in your will that directs a gift to our organization.

Appreciated Securities

Donating stocks or bonds that have increased in value since you acquired them.

Life Insurance Gifts

Making our organization the beneficiary of a policy you no longer need.

Gifts of Retirement Plans

Naming our organization as a beneficiary of your 401(k), 403(b), or IRA

IRA Beneficiary Designations

A form from your retirement plan administrator that names our organization to receive funds after your lifetime.