Red Arch Society

At the Saugatuck Center for the Arts we use creativity & art to build community, create connection, and transform lives. 

By supporting the SCA with a planned estate gift, you become part of our Red Arch Society, a group of generous and committed people who are ensuring that the SCA’s bold vision comes to life for future generations.

The SCA’s Red Arch Society supports the transformative work that we do in our community every day; much like in structural engineering where arches are used because they can support a very large mass placed on top of them. The infamous SCA red arches are more than just a beautiful location – they are also the structure that holds our organization together. Under these arches we learn, pause, build, laugh, grow, bond, and play. Under these arches – we transform lives. Becoming a member of the Red Arch Society helps open doors of opportunity for others.

Benefits of membership in the Red Arch Society

The satisfaction of knowing that your gift will help the SCA transform lives for generations to come

Max Matteson + Bud Baty

Members since 2023

Invitations to the annual Red Arch Society Cocktail Reception

Opportunities to share your story in SCA communication vehicles
Jenny
Members since 2023
Listing in Red Arch Society members on our website

Focused Gifts

Many planned gifts are unrestricted, meaning they benefit the entire organization and all of the SCA’s programs. Unrestricted planned gifts provide the SCA with the most flexibility to fulfill our mission and to ensure that funds are available when and where they are most needed.

The SCA also allows you to focus your planned gift to support our core offerings:

  • Performance / Theater
  • Education
  • Exhibitions

Become a Member

If you have questions about leaving behind a lasting gift and becoming a part of the Red Arch Society, please contact Kristin Armstrong, Executive Director. If you have already included the SCA in your estate planning, please contact us so we can be sure to provide you with proper recognition.

Kristin
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Bequests

Here are the most common kinds of bequests with sample language for naming the Saugatuck Center for the Arts as a beneficiary. You may also change your beneficiaries at any time, should your circumstances change.

  • This is a very popular choice for charitable bequests because it ensures that loved ones receive their distribution before any distribution to charity.
  • “I devise the residue of my estate, after the satisfaction of all specific bequests and the payment of all taxes and other costs attending my death, to the Saugatuck Center for the Arts, a not-for profit corporation, Tax ID# 38-3557693, located at 400 Culver Street, Saugatuck, Michigan 49453.”

 

  • A stated sum of money, usually cash, to a beneficiary.
  • “I bequeath the sum of $____ dollars to the Saugatuck Center for the Arts, a not-for-profit corporation, Tax ID# 36-2171729, located at Tax ID# 38-3557693, located at 400 Culver Street, Saugatuck, Michigan 49453.”
  • Enables your bequests to grow as your assets grow.
  • “I bequeath to the Saugatuck Center for the Arts, a not-for-profit corporation, Tax ID# 38-3557693, located at 400 Culver Street, Saugatuck, Michigan 49453, an amount equal to ______ percent of the net value of my estate as finally determined for federal estate tax purposes.”
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  • Assumes you want to leave your entire estate to family and friends. However, in the event that you outlive any of your beneficiaries, it provides an opportunity to designate the SCA to receive that portion of the estate.
  • “In the event that (name of the beneficiary) does not survive me, I designate the Saugatuck Center for the Arts, a not-for-profit corporation, Tax ID# 38-3557693, located at 400 Culver Street, Saugatuck, Michigan 49453, as the devisee of this bequest of (see above for language specific to different types of bequests.)”

Saugatuck Center for the Arts information

  • Legal name: Saugatuck Center for the Arts
  • Legal address: 400 Culver Street, Saugatuck, Michigan 49453
  • Federal tax ID number: 38-3557693