Your Gift to the Woodstock Foundation and the Billings Farm & Museum

General Contribution

Your financial support will enable The Woodstock Foundation and Billings Farm & Museum to develop teaching materials, restore buildings, tend livestock, care for collections, maintain landscapes, expand library holdings, and carry out the countless other tasks necessary to operate the museum and working dairy farm.

Making a Planned Gift

Billings Farm's Legacy can be Your Legacy

You know what Billings Farm's irreplaceable animals, objects, buildings, and landscapes mean to you, and how they bring history to life for thousands of visitors each year. You can help to preserve this heritage by entering into a planned giving program. This can be as simple as naming The Woodstock Foundation and Billings Farm & Museum in your will, or starting a program of giving now which might include more sophisticated techniques in the future.

By including The Woodstock Foundation and the Billings Farm & Museum in your charity plan, you can help to ensure that future generations experience this rich legacy. Exploring the working farm. Discovering the fascinating history of life on hill farms in Vermont. Learning nineteenth century cooking tricks and trials in the 1890 Farmhouse. Like no other local resource, this historic site provides insight into our past, present, and future.

If you or your financial advisor would like information on naming The Woodstock Foundation and the Billings Farm & Museum in your will or other planned giving opportunities, please contact:

Marian Koetsier, our Administrative Officer, at 802-457-2355, ext. 12 or send an email to: mkoetsier@billingsfarm.org

Establishing a Named Endowment Fund

Help Secure the Future of Billings Farm & Museum

Named endowment funds are a meaningful way to honor a loved one, celebrate a family's commitment to history, or recognize the contribution of a foundation or corporation. Such funds provide crucial financial support, in perpetuity, for Billings Farm & Museum's important work.

Income generated by named endowments can be applied to general operations or targeted to a specific use, such as the presentation of a school education program, the care of a garden, or the preservation of a historic structure. Recognition options vary depending on amount of the principal and the nature of the use. To discuss a named endowment opportunity tailored to your particular interests, please contact:

Marian Koetsier at 802-457-2355, ext. 12 or email: mkoetsier@billingsfarm.org