Plan your gift, Maximize your impact!
When it comes to providing for your family, financial planning and stewardship go hand-in-hand!
Planned giving is truly a rewarding and joy-filled process! While gift vehicles and estates do range in complexity, the process is generally simple.
- Document your assets
- Name your beneficiaries
- Determine which planned giving vehicles best suit your situation
- Communicate your plan.
If you have a young family, a basic will may be what you need to get started. If you're further down the road in life, you may be looking for tax advantaged ways to invest in and impact your community.
In most every circumstance, planned gifts provide a mechanism for doing good even as you live the good life God has blessed you with!
What are the primary benefits?
- Planned gifts don't affect your cash flow.
- Planning a gift allows you the benefit of time and strategy.
- Planned gifts maximize your capacity for generosity.
- Planned gifts extend your legacy.
What makes a planned gift "planned"?
A planned gift is a commitment to give charitable assets from an individual's financial or estate plan.
Are there different types of planned gifts?
Yes. The most common planned gift is a bequest in a will. Planned gifts range in complexity and typically fall into three categories:
- Outright gifts of cash or non-cash assets stated as a specific amount or percentage of an estate.
- Gifts that pay income back to the donor
- Gifts that protect a donor's assets
What are the benefits of planned gifts?
- Planned gifts don't affect your cash flow.
- Planning a gift allows you the benefit of time and strategy.
- Planned gifts maximize your capacity for generosity.
- Planned gifts extend your legacy.
Highland Christian School has partnered with the Barnabas Foundation.
Their professional services are free of charge for you when you let them know you are a constituent of Highland Christian School!
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When you give from your non-cash assets:
You can unlock additional tax savings.
You can avoid paying captial gains tax.
You can increase your giving by 20%!
Ready to find out more?
You've worked hard to develop your wealth. We're here to serve you in stewardship. Thanks for considering a planned giving partnership with Highland Christian School and the HCS Foundation!
Jodi Lineburg
Development Director
219-838-0356 x165
Highland Christian School is a registered 501 (c)(3) organization. Our legal name is Association for Christian Instruction d/b/a Highland Christian School. Our EIN is 35-0898393.
Recommended Resources
God and Money
written by Gregory Baumer and John Cortines
A Good Return
written by John Lennox