A planned gift to BCDS can bring financial benefits not only to BCDS but also to you. BCDS planned gifts can generate lifelong income, convert low yielding assets into a higher income stream, obtain significant income tax deductions, and reduce or eliminate capital gains and estate taxes.

The Development Office accepts a variety of life-income arrangements, including: 

        • Charitable Lead Trusts
        • Charitable Remainder Trusts
        • Charitable Gift Annuities

We also help donors tailor bequests and structure gifts of assets such as real estate, business interests, and life insurance.

Donors often find that a combination of planned gifts produces the best results. We are happy to meet with you and your financial advisors to design the most advantageous ways of giving for you.

The Beatrice Van Ness Society recognizes all those who have made a bequest provision, a life income gift, or other planned gift commitment to Beaver Country Day School. A renowned painter in the school of American Impressionism, Beatrice Whitney Van Ness (1888-1981) led the art department at Beaver from 1921 to 1949 and was a pioneer in the emerging field of art education. Her life’s work as a practicing artist and as an innovative teacher is reflected today in Beaver’s commitment to the arts as a vital part of a balanced curriculum. Members of the Beatrice Van Ness Society help the school uphold these core values of progressive education through their thoughtful and generous commitments to Beaver’s future.

**We would appreciate learning of your gift intentions for Beaver so that we may include you in the list of Beatrice Van Ness Society members. However, should you wish to remain anonymous we will honor that request.

For more information about any of these planned giving vehicles, contact:

Karen Hill, Director of Development
Beaver Country Day School
791 Hammond Street
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467-2300
Tel: (617) 738-2746
Fax: (617) 738-2701
E-mail: khill@bcdschool.org