Planned Giving
Thank you for considering a gift to help remember those who served. Whether you would like to give now or after your lifetime, strategic planning allows you to align your charitable giving with your overall financial and estate plans. Many giving plans even offer you financial benefits, so you can be sure you’ll make the greatest impact on T.G.G.F movement while maintaining the future security of you and your loved ones. If you want to help ensure a lasting contribution to preserving the legacy’s of the Greatest Generations, we can help you find a plan that’s right for you.
Look below to learn more about the assets most commonly used to fund a gift.
Cash Donation
Making a donation of cash is as simple as writing a check or authorizing a charge on your credit card. Find out how the The Greatest Generations Foundation or The Greatest Generations Foundation Endowment can put your contribution to work as soon as possible.
Securities
Stock that has increased in value is one of the most popular assets used for charitable giving after it has been held for more than one year. Making a gift of securities to us offers you the chance to help our organization while realizing many important benefits for yourself.
Retirement Plan Assets
Do you have money saved in an employee retirement plan, IRA or tax-sheltered annuity? Each of these retirement plan assets contains income that has yet to be taxed. Your beneficiaries will owe the income tax at your death, totaling up to 35 percent, which may be reason enough to consider giving your loved ones less heavily taxed assets and leaving your retirement plan assets to charity instead.
Savings Bonds
Savings bonds—likely the nation’s most widely held appreciated asset—represent major assets that may have stopped growing and are now collecting dust, just waiting to be put to use. A tax-wise use for your appreciated savings bonds can help support a cause you care about.
Real Estate
Your property opens the door to a unique giving opportunity. From townhomes to farmland, many types of real estate assets can be donated to qualified charitable organizations like ours. You’ll be helping a good cause, enjoying tax benefits and potentially setting up a lifelong stream of income.
Closely Held Stock
A donation of your closely held stock can be a fine way for you to make a sizable charitable contribution while realizing valuable tax benefits.
Life Insurance
Most of us think of life insurance as protection, especially for our loved ones. But it is also a powerful tool you can use to champion our work far into the future. Here’s what you need to know.
Life Insurance Death Benefits
Your need for life insurance changes as time passes, opening a new opportunity for its use. If you no longer need the coverage to protect your loved ones, consider changing your policy’s beneficiary to support our work.