Planned Giving and Estate Planning
Make a Planned Gift, Make an Estate Plan
Ensure Clarke’s excellence for generations to come with a legacy gift.

Honoring the Past, Investing in the Future
Plan Your Legacy
Clarke honors and recognizes those extraordinary people who have provided for Clarke in their estate plans by means of a bequest, charitable trust, annuity, life insurance policies, retirement plans and other vehicles.
If you have included Clarke in your estate plans, please let us know. We would like to thank you for your generosity; make sure the purpose of your gift is understood and documented.
Planned giving includes leaving a bequest in your will, trust or from your retirement plan to provide a continuation of the giving you attended to during your lifetime. After you are gone, you may want to provide a legacy to Clarke to perpetuate funds needed to continue the mission initiated many years ago. And the gift may be tax deductible!
Meet Legacy Donors






My attorney suggested that I might enjoy the act of giving my legacy gift today. Becoming a member of the John Clarke Legacy Society has been a very satisfying experience. My mother-in-law, Marion Wood, was a teacher at Clarke for many years and my gift honors her dedication to teaching children who are deaf or hard of hearing.






She taught people by how she lived, even in how she left her estate. The best we can do is be receptive to these lessons.






To her, Clarke saved her. She loved it there. Once she got there she blossomed.






Make a Planned Gift, Make a Difference
For more information on these meaningful gifts, please contact develop@clarkeschools.org or 413.584.3450.
Our Stories
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Clarke Student’s Mentoring Experience Published by Forbes Blog
Mercy, a youth leader and Clarke mainstream student, shares her experiences as a student with a disability and discusses the value of mentoring on a Forbes blog.


Clarke’s Listening Walk at the Zoo Returned to Philadelphia
The event brought together 500+ students, alums, families and friends after a two-year hiatus, and raised more than $62,000.


Current Events & Anti-Racist Resources for Educators
Visit clarkeschools.org/antiracism for additional resources.