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 Lucille Jones
Lucille Jones didn’t think she was too young to make
plans for leaving a lasting legacy to the community when she turned
50, so she included a bequest to the DCF in her will.
Lucille decided it made a lot of sense to put the
“Lucille Jones Fund at DCF” in her will, rather than listing
specific charities. She likes the idea that she can indicate to the
DCF what the focus of her giving is today, then as circumstances
change, make changes in her fund’s beneficiaries. “Organizations
change, environments change – what you hope to accomplish may not
happen,” she observed. She knows the Foundation will use its best
judgment to carry out her wishes.
Lucille first learned about the DCF when she was
treasurer of Friends of Rockwood. She helped the organization start
a nonprofit endowment fund at the Foundation when she realized that
other nonprofits trusted the DCF with their funds. “I felt it was a
better way to invest our assets,” she said. As a Senior Financial
Consultant at DuPont at the time, Lucille also was impressed with
the caliber of the members of the DCF Investment Committee.
In addition to the flexibility and solid investment
management provided by the DCF, Lucille appreciates the DCF’s focus
on “our community.” In addition to her work with Friends of
Rockwood, her community involvement includes being a lay reader at
Church of the Ascension. Among her community interests are more
effective approaches to teaching and humane treatment of animals.
By creating the Lucille Jones Fund, a deferred fund
at the DCF, Lucille is making certain that she will have a lasting
impact on the community.
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