Foundation

Planned Giving

A legacy gift to Vita Living is an investment that provides endless support to the mission of Vita Living and ensures vulnerable people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities have a home in the community regardless of their challenges or financial status. Sustaining gifts help VL to invest in permanent housing and long-term programs.

All individuals who have documented a legacy gift are inducted as sustaining members of the Vita Living Creative Caring Society. Benefits include:

  • Recognition on our Society donor wall.
  • Acknowledgment in materials at our annual Pearls of Wisdom Dinner.
  • Potential income and/or estate tax benefits.
  • Knowledge that your investment is sustaining the future of Vita Living.

Types of Planned Gifts

  • Including Vita Living in your will.
  • Designating us a beneficiary of your retirement plan like a 401k, 403b, or IRA.
  • Naming Vita Living as the beneficiary of your fully funded life insurance policy.
  • Transferring stocks, bonds, or shares of mutual funds for the benefit of Vita Living

Thank you for thoughtfully considering a gift. We hope you will join us as a sustaining member. If you are interested, please contact Richard Graber, Chief Development Officer, at rgraber@vitaliving.org to get started.

The information on this website is intended to provide general information that we hope will be helpful to you in your tax, estate, and charitable planning. It is not intended as legal advice and should not be relied upon as legal advice. For advice or assistance with your particular situation, you should consult an attorney, CPA, financial adviser or other professional adviser.

About the Foundation

The Vita Living Foundation (VLF), a 506 nonprofit, was established in 2002 for the sole purpose of supporting Vita Living, Inc. (VLI), the nonprofit that directly serves our 400 clients with intellectual and other disabilities and operates our 20 group homes.
VLF serves as VLI’s endowment, distributing 5% of its value each year to VLI to support operations. Further, VLF serves as the mechanism for The Legacy Society, a group of donors who have made bequests and other estate gifts to grow the endowment, thus positioning VLI to continue its operations for many years in the future.
Recently, Joseph Cooper stepped down from his role as CEO of VLF to assume a new role as Executive Director of The Vita Living Foundation.
Feel free to reach out to Joe at 713-292-1806 or via email at jcooper@vitaliving.org to learn how you can become part of the Legacy Society at Vita Living.