Southeast Alaska Land Trust Legacy Fund
A Gift From the Past – A Promise for the Future
THE PROMISE OF PERPETUITY
Help the Southeast Alaska Land Trust keep our promise of conserving land forever with your gift toward the Legacy Fund.
Your gift to the Southeast Alaska Land Trust Legacy Fund will create an unending stream of annual income that will allow us to continue our critical land conservation work.
The first parcel ever to be conserved by the Southeast Alaska Land Trust – the Jensen-Olson Arboretum, in Juneau.
Establishing the Legacy Fund
In 1995, Sam Skaggs, a resident of Juneau, envisioned a non-profit, community organization that would help landowners in Southeast Alaska take action to ensure that the natural values of their lands remain in place.
With this vision and the support of a half dozen volunteers, Deborah Marshall established the Southeast Alaska Land Trust as a member-supported, nonprofit 501(c)(3), tax-exempt organization on September 18, 1995. The Southeast Alaska Land Trust signed and recorded its first conservation easement in December of 1998.
Twenty-one years later, in 2016, the Southeast Alaska Land Trust established the Legacy Fund to ensure that this vision endures.
The Legacy Fund was established with proceeds from a bequest from the estate of Marjory and Edgar Huizer, two Juneau locals who had a passion for recreation and Southeast Alaska. The Legacy Fund ensures that the Huizer’s final contribution has a lasting impact, and will support the Southeast Alaska Land Trusts mission and land conservation efforts in perpetuity.
Marjory and Edgar Huizer left a bequest to the Southeast Alaska Land Trust which helped establish the Legacy Fund.
The Legacy Fund will go toward:
- Costs related to establishing and maintaining conservation properties
- General operations
How is the Fund managed?
SEALT established the Southeast Alaska Land Trust Legacy Fund with private, charitable donations to ensure income for general operations. Funds donated to the Legacy Fund are invested by a financial firm, so our money is always working for us and growing.
Have questions?
We would love to talk to you about the Southeast Alaska Land Trust Legacy Fund. Please contact us by phone or email at: (907) 586-3100 or info@sealt.org.