 Your Goals
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Your Strategy |
Your Benefits |
Maximize
your deduction; minimize the gift details. |
Use cash to
make your gift to the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation. |
Claim
your deduction against a larger portion of your adjusted gross income,
and make an immediate impact on the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation. |
Afford
a larger gift to the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation – and avoid capital gains
liability. |
Give appreciated
securities or bonds held over one year. |
Buy
low and give high – make a gift that costs you less than the benefit
it delivers to us, while avoiding capital gains tax. |
Make
a gift for the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation's future that doesn't affect your
cash flow or portfolio now. |
Put
a bequest in your will (cash, specific
property, or a share of the estate residue). |
Today – a
gift that costs you and your family nothing.
Tomorrow – an estate tax deduction. |
Retain
income benefits from the assets you give to the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation – and
thus afford a larger gift.
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Create a charitable gift annuity or a charitable remainder trust
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Receive
income for your lifetime; receive a charitable deduction; diversify your
holdings. |
Reduce
high tax liability now; gain additional income later.
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Establish
a deferred gift annuity. |
A
larger deduction and a higher income rate than our other life-income
gifts offer. |
Tap
one of the most valuable assets in your portfolio to make a gift to the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation. |
Use real
estate to make your gift to the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation. |
Avoid
capital gains tax, receive an income tax deduction – and have the
option of a gift that doesn't affect your lifestyle. |
Reduce
gift and estate taxes and control the timing of passing assets to your
children and grandchildren. |
Create
a charitable lead trust which supports
programs at the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation for a fixed, finite period with
the principal going to your heirs. |
Reduce
gift and estate taxes, and freeze the taxable value of growing assets
before they pass to your family.
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Locate
an overlooked asset that you can easily give to the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation. |
Name the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation as
beneficiary of your retirement plan,
leave other assets to family. |
Eliminate
income tax on retirement plan assets; free up other property to pass
to your heirs. |
Make
an endowment gift from income rather than capital. |
Create
a new life insurance policy, or donate
a paid-up policy whose coverage you no longer need. |
Increase
your ability to make a significant gift to the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation. |
