Legacy | October 2025

According to Keith Anderson, a financial advisor and Foundation Advisory Trustee, “Estate gifts help ensure the preservation of our cultural treasures for the future, and we encourage others to join us in making this commitment part of their own legacy."

“Four generations of Lenssen Anderson Family have illustrated the importance of estate planning," says Keith.  “I often remind clients that estate planning isn’t just about financial security—it’s about legacy. My own family has supported charitable causes for generations, and I recommend including them in your estate plans as a meaningful way to carry your values forward."

Keith Anderson and Barbara Lenssen offer this simple suggestion: Give your beneficiaries the written instructions to easily carry out your wishes. Their goal in writing an estate plan is very simple—they have completed and delivered to their beneficiaries the following:

    • Will
    • Revocable Living Trust
    • Health Care Directive
    • Instructions to beneficiaries
    • Obituary
    • Charitable Remainder Trust
    • Charitable Gift Annuity

Keith and Barbara have graciously named the Museum of New Mexico Foundation as the beneficiary of a Charitable Remainder Unitrust.

"Our Charitable Remainder Trust is the one repository of our gifts to charities, making it simpler to make disbursements.  In life and after, we have endeavored to include charities that support our priorities. For tax purposes we chose to invest it in an annuity. Our Charitable Gift Annuity will continue after our deaths and be managed by our beneficiaries.”

Interested in creating your own cultural legacy?
To learn more about different ways you can include the Foundation in your estate plans including a Charitable Remainder Trust, contact Laura Sullivan at laura@museumfoundation.org or 505.216.0829, or visit our website to download our estate planning guide.

Together, we can preserve the stories, traditions and artistry that define New Mexico’s rich cultural heritage and the world’s folk arts. Thank you for considering this meaningful way to give.

Photo: Grandma Battin's Garden. Color woodcut. Gustave Baumann, 1927.