Goals and Benefits

What would you like your gifts to accomplish? How do you hope to reach your planning goals? As Christians, we realize that planning must be a spiritual process before it becomes a mechanical one. That honoring God and using Godly Planning Principles are foundational to the planning process. And, that tax savings and tax avoidance are excellent benefits to a good steward. We hope the chart below will help you identify the right tools to direct your strategy while you impact the Great Commission through your relationship with In Touch.

Your Goals

Your Strategy

Your Benefits

Outright Gifts

Maximize your deduction; minimize the gift details

Use cash to make your gift to InTouch

Claim your deduction against a larger portion of your adjusted gross income and make an immediate impact on InTouch

Afford a larger gift to InTouch — and avoid capital gains liability

Give appreciated stock 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

Tap one of the most valuable assets in your portfolio to make a gift to InTouch

Use real estate to make your gift to InTouch

Avoid capital gains tax, receive an income tax deduction — and have the option of a gift that doesn't affect your lifestyle

Avoid capital gains liability on the transfer of a business or partnership interest

Contribute the partnership interest or closely-held stock to InTouch

Avoid capital gain liability, receive an income tax deduction, and utilize a gift asset you may have overlooked

Estate Gifts

Make a future gift to InTouch 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

Locate an overlooked asset that you can easily give to InTouch

Name "InTouch 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 InTouch

Gifts in Partnership With Us

Retain income benefits from the assets you give to InTouch — thus afford a larger gift

Create a charitable gift annuity or a charitable remainder annuity trust or unitrust

Receive income for your lifetime; receive a charitable deduction; diversify your holdings

Reduce high tax liability now; gain additional income later

Establish a deferred gift annuity

A larger deduction and a higher income rate than other life-income gifts offer

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 InTouch 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

Some gifting options have minimum age and contribution guidelines to help you be wise stewards. Contact us for more information about your particular situation. We look forward to being of service to you.

In Touch Foundation
3836 DeKalb Technology Parkway
Atlanta,GA 30340
800-967-2200 | Fax: 770-936-6396
Foundation@InTouch.org

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