Providing a Healthy Future for the Senior Community

Rianda House Sterling Silver Society honors those who have made a commitment to establish a legacy of giving to the Rianda House Senior Activities Center. Your legacy will last forever, benefiting Rianda House’s current and future capacity to support seniors in our community.

You are eligible for membership in the Sterling Silver Society when you make a planned gift commitment or pledge in a will or trust and/or name Rianda House as a beneficiary of your retirement plan or life insurance policy.

We are very proud of the quality of programs that we provide and are thrilled that we have dedicated broad-based community support. Rianda House offers the open door life sustaining programming and warm hospitality appreciated by so many of our mature citizens. Thank you for your commitment to the Rianda House Sterling Silver Society – Welcome!

Your Financial Support Makes the Critical Difference

As the only Up Valley senior center dedicated solely to serving the needs of active adults (age 55+), Rianda House offers a diverse menu of health, wellness and cultural activities that improve the quality-of-life for mature adults and allow them to safely live independently for as long as possible. Rianda House incorporates best practices programming through collaborations with over 25 outside organizations
as well as utilizing the on-site skills of local healthcare, exercise, and recreation professionals.

Your financial support allows seniors to participate in low to no-cost classes and events which makes a critical difference when many retirees are living on fixed or limited incomes. Our participant research surveys indicate that a significant percentage of our participants are living on or below the Napa County Poverty Index of $22,000/year income – a level that makes it difficult to afford discretionary spending on life-affirming activities.

Providing for Rianda House’s secure financial future is a thoughtful gift that ensures that our seniors and their families will always have an open door to health, wellness and life-long education in the heart of our community.

The Spotlight Shines on Special Gifts

To acknowledge your decision, Sterling Silver Society members will be recognized in Rianda House annual report and receive an invitation to an annual Sterling Silver Society appreciation celebration. Naming opportunities within the Rianda House facility are also available.

To become a member of the Rianda House Sterling Silver Society, contact Rianda House to complete the membership form and select your gift commitment(s).

Donors can choose to remember Rianda House with a planned gift through a bequest in a will or a provision in a living trust. You can name Rianda House as a beneficiary with a simple addition to an existing will. We received our first bequests, a lump sum from June Harmon and a quarterly remittance from Madeleine Murray, that are supporting the good works of Rianda House still today.

Supporting Rianda House in this manner allows you to maintain control of your funds during your lifetime and reduces or eliminates estate taxes.

Consider supporting Rianda House by making a gift that names Rianda House as a beneficiary or contingent beneficiary of your current life insurance policy. The benefit Rianda House receives from your insurance will be excluded from your taxable estate.

This option allows you to obtain an immediate income tax charitable deduction equivalent to either the policy’s cash surrender value or replacement value. If additional premiums are due, you can deduct those payments as charitable contributions each year.*

We welcome gifts of real estate that may include a house, land, condominium, vacation house, apartment building, commercial building or agricultural farm. Real estate can be donated now as an outright gift or later as a testamentary gift. It can also be used to fund a charitable remainder trust and provide income to you or others designated by you.*

Rianda House has a meaningful history of accepting gifts of real estate. After all, our building was originally Jean Rianda’s home that she bequeathed to create a senior center for the Up Valley community!

Using a retained life estate arrangement for your home, you may contribute your personal residence but continue to reside there for the remainder of your lifetime as a “Life Estate Gift.”

Rianda House can be named as a beneficiary of your pension fund or other retirement plan. When assets in these plans are left to a person(s) other than a spouse, the assets may be taxed heavily in your estate and incur significant taxes when they are withdrawn.

Avoid these taxes by naming Rianda House as your beneficiary. In some cases, the combined tax liability is a large percentage of a retirement account’s value, so donating to Rianda House in this manner has a mutual benefit.* As a tax-exempt organization, Rianda House can utilize the full value of a pension fund or retirement account to support its work with Up Valley seniors.

Have you already included Rianda House in your estate plan?
Let us know so we can extend our thanks!

Many companies offer matching gift programs and/or workplace campaigns to encourage employees to contribute to charitable organizations. Some provide matching funds to support employee volunteer hours. Most of these programs match contributions dollar for dollar, and some will even double or triple the amount of your gift. Contact your employer’s Human Resource Department for more information.

The Silver Star Club is our monthly gift program. It is an easy and affordable way to make a difference at Rianda House all year long. Each month, your credit or debit card will be charged in your designated amount. Not only will you help save the environment, but you are ensuring the continued effectiveness of our programs with your ongoing support. At the end of the year, you will receive one tax receipt for your annual contributions.

Contact Rianda House to join the Silver Star Club!

Outright gifts of cash (which include gifts made by check or credit card) enable the donor to claim a charitable deduction for the full value of the gift.*
Contact Rianda House to donate.

By making a stock gift, you gain the satisfaction of supporting the mature adults of Rianda House, while bypassing capital gains taxes and receiving substantial income tax deductions*. To conduct a stock transfer, please contact Julie Spencer, Executive Director at (707) 963-8555 or [email protected].

Make your contribution in memory of a loved one or in honor of a birthday, special occasion, or speedy recovery. With a tribute gift, you touch the hearts of people you love and improve the life of a senior because of your support.

Please contact Rianda House to make a personalize tribute donation.

Commemorative bricks form Rianda House’s front entrance sidewalk. Herald a special occasion, salute a special person, or remember a loved one by buying a brick engraved with your message. Bricks are available in two sizes. Click here to open the order form and print it.

Rianda House hosts several exciting fundraising events, dinners and concerts throughout the year.

Event volunteers, corporate sponsors, and event participants each play a vital role in the success of these events. If your organization or business would like to partner with Rianda House, or if you would like to receive our monthly Calendar of Events, contact Sally Sanford, Operations Assistant at (707) 963-8555 or [email protected]