Preserving Bogus Basin For Future Generations
We can’t imagine the Treasure Valley without Bogus Basin, a beloved community resource since 1942. Together, we can ensure that Bogus Basin remains at the forefront of mountain recreation and education.
You can join a special group of donors who choose to include Bogus Basin in their will or long-term plans because their lives have been indelibly touched by their experiences and memories of the mountain.
When you include a gift to Bogus Basin in your will, trust, retirement, life insurance or other legacy plan, you become a member of the 1942 Society.
Please let us know if you’ve included a gift for Bogus Basin in your will or retirement plan or other gift. We welcome you to join the 1942 Society, a group of people like you who have included Bogus Basin in their long-term plans.
Find the Right Way to Give
Become a member of the 1942 society
- Ensure the vitality and permanence of Bogus Basin as a year-round outdoor recreation area and help provide education opportunities for Treasure valley residents
- Play a crucial role in the longstanding history of Bogus Basin and its growing community
- Increase your spendable income, eliminate or reduce capital gains taxes, and benefit from federal and state estate tax savings through charitable giving
Leave a Gift in Will or Trust
Name Bogus Basin in your will or trust and reduce your estate taxes while supporting our mission in ways you may not have been able to during your lifetime. It’s simple to arrange, and will ensure your gift supports what is most important to you.
Life Insurance
Many people find in later years they don’t need all the insurance they did when they were younger, making a gift of life insurance an inexpensive way to support their favorite cause. Consider listing Bogus Basin as a beneficiary on your current policy or purchasing a new policy to donate and leverage your gift.
Retirement Funds
Retirement assets are some of the most tax efficient assets to transfer to charity upon your passing. While gifting to your heirs may result in taxation of 50-60% of your assets, Bogus Basin is not taxed – so more of your hard-earned assets can support your community.
“We need places like Bogus Basin to exist in perpetuity so that future generations can find those lifetime connections with friends & family while enjoying outdoor activities. Bogus connects us to our natural world. Giving to the endowment ensures that this special place will remain available to the community.”
About Bogus Basin Bogus Basin Mountain Recreation Area is a 501(C)(3) organization dedicated to engaging the community to provide accessible, affordable, and fun year-round mountain recreation and education. Opened in 1942, Bogus Basin offers 2,600 acres of daytime skiable terrain and 200 acres for night skiing, seven chairlifts and three people-mover carpets, and an 800-foot tubing hill. The Nordic Center offers 37 kilometers of groomed trails for skiing and snowshoeing. Environmental education and community outreach programs, primarily youth, serve over 20,000 individuals annually. Summer activities include The Glade Runner Mountain Coaster, The Mine Shaft Challenge Course, mountain biking, events, hiking and chairlift service for hike and bike transport. Bogus Basin is located 16.5 miles north of Boise, Idaho, and operates under a special use permit with the Boise National Forest. www.bogusbasin.org