Create Your Musical Legacy
For more than four decades, Litchfield Performing Arts has transformed lives through music—opening doors, building confidence, and creating pathways to lifelong success.
A legacy gift ensures this work continues—sustainably, intentionally, and for generations to come.
Whether you are planning for the future or making a meaningful investment today, your support helps us:
- Provide life-changing jazz education
- Sustain our commitment to need-based access (no student turned away)
- Preserve and grow programs that shape young artists and leaders
Where Your Legacy Lives
Your gift can be directed to the area that reflects your values and vision:
Endowment Fund
Held at the Northwest CT Community Foundation, our endowment provides long-term financial stability.
Gifts to this fund are invested to generate income in perpetuity—ensuring that Litchfield Jazz thrives for generations.
Fund for Music Education
Also held at the Northwest Connecticut CT Foundation, this fund is dedicated to the future of Litchfield Jazz Camp and our need-based scholarship program.
It sustains one of our most important promises:
no student is turned away due to financial need.
General Fund
Supports the immediate and ongoing work of Litchfield Jazz—our programs, faculty, performances, and community impact.
These gifts power what is happening right now, while helping us adapt and grow for the future.
Ways to Make a Legacy Gift
Planned giving offers flexible, meaningful ways to align your philanthropic goals with your financial planning:
Bequests
Include Litchfield Performing Arts in your will or trust:
- A specific amount
- A percentage of your estate
- A residual gift
A simple provision can create a lasting impact.
Gifts of Assets
Donate:
- Cash or securities
- Real estate
- Retirement assets or other property
These gifts may offer tax advantages while strengthening our long-term sustainability.
Life Insurance
Name Litchfield Performing Arts as a beneficiary of an existing or new policy—often a simple way to make a significant future gift.
Why Legacy Giving Matters
Planned legacy gifts do more than support today’s programs—they:
- Provide financial resilience and stability
- Strengthen our ability to plan strategically for the future
- Expand access to students who might not otherwise have the opportunity
- Ensure that the transformative power of jazz education continues to evolve and reach new generations
Your legacy becomes part of a continuum—one that began in 1981 and continues to shape lives every day.
Let’s Create Something Lasting
We would be honored to work with you to tailor your gift to honor you or your loved one in a way that reflects your values, your story, and your vision for the future of jazz education.
Contact:
Tegan Moll
📞 860-361-6285
✉️ tegan@litchfieldjazzfest.com
We are happy to collaborate with you and your financial advisor to ensure your gift is structured in the way that best meets your goals.