Support Colorado Springs World Affairs Council
It is through the donations of generous supporters like you that allow us to fulfill our mission to create and sustain study, discussion, and public participation in international relations. We hope to help prepare this and the next generation to be more informed citizens of a global power and more effective participants in a global marketplace. All donations will be acknowledged by the Colorado Springs World Affairs Council, a 503(c)(3) organization.
Do you have a specific appropriation request?
The general fund, pays speaker fees, administration and all expenses that the CSWAC incurs to ensure you have quality programming. |
Additional Ways You Can Help:1. Ask your company if they match gifts. 2. Make a planned gift. |
Speaker Series Sponsorships
To bring outstanding speakers to our members costs money over and above what our membership fees cover. Most often, outstanding speakers require honoraria and expenses. If you believe, as we do, that knowledge is power, then please consider sponsoring an event, a specific speaker, a program or student activity.
Ways to Join Colorado Springs World Affairs Council’s Legacy Society
Colorado Springs World Affairs Council is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. You can leave a gift to Colorado Springs World Affairs Council in your will, revocable or living trust, or other estate planning documents, by designating a specific amount of a share of your estate to benefit Colorado Springs World Affairs Council . We suggest you specify gifts using the following information:
Gifts to: Colorado Springs World Affairs Council, a Colorado non-profit corporation
Federal EIN: 74- 2144723
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 608, Colorado Springs, CO
- Bequests: Designate Colorado Springs World Affairs Council to receive a gift from your estate—a transfer of cash, securities, or other property made through your will or trust.
- Beneficiary designations: Designate Colorado Springs World Affairs Council as a beneficiary for a retirement plan (e.g., IRA), or life insurance policy or to receive assets in an account (typically a bank or brokerage account) on your death.
- Charitable gift annuities: Designate Colorado Springs World Affairs Council to receive a transfer of cash or securities in exchange for a contract to pay you or your designee an annuity for life.
- Charitable remainder trusts: Designate Colorado Springs World Affairs Council as the organization to receive the remaining trust assets at the end of the term of the trust.
- Charitable lead trusts: Designate Colorado Springs World Affairs Council to receive annual payments and the principal reverts to you or to your designated beneficiaries at the end of the trust term.
- Retained life estates/real estate: Give your personal residence (a house, cabin or farm) to Colorado Springs World Affairs Council and continue to live there rent-free for the rest of your life or a term of years.
- Gifts of stock: Designate Colorado Springs World Affairs Council as a beneficiary via a gift of stock, or other securities, such as bonds or mutual funds.
- Life insurance policy: Designate Colorado Springs World Affairs Council as the beneficiary of a life insurance policy or transfer a life insurance policy to Colorado Springs World Affairs Council .
- Retirement plan/accounts: Designate Colorado Springs World Affairs Council as a beneficiary of your IRA account, or, make a charitable roll-over gift to Colorado Springs World Affairs Council from your IRA while you are alive.
- Memorial Funds: Commit to listing Colorado Springs World Affairs Council as a possible designation for donations in your memory.
- Charitable Distributions: Include a letter to your executor(s) with directions to include Colorado Springs World Affairs Council in the list of charitable distributions.
- Donor-Advised Funds: Designate Colorado Springs World Affairs Council to receive any remaining funds from your fund.
If you have any questions or would like to learn more about making a bequest, please call Executive Director, Karen Burghart, at 719-579-8443 or email
The information on this web site is not intended as legal or tax advice. You should consult an attorney or tax advisor for such advise.