Goals and Benefits

Your Goals

Your Strategy

Your Benefits

Maximize your deduction; minimize the gift details Use cash to make your gift to Stuart Claim your deduction against a larger portion of your adjusted gross income, and make an immediate impact on Stuart
Afford a larger gift to Stuart — 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 Stuart '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 Stuart — and thus afford a larger gift Create a charitable gift annuity or a charitable remainder trust Diversify and increase yield without capital gains tax.

Receive income for your lifetime / Receive a charitable deduction
Tap one of the most valuable assets in your portfolio to make a gift to Stuart Use real estate to make your gift to Stuart 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 Stuart 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
Locate an overlooked asset that you can easily give to Stuart Name Stuart 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 Stuart