Planned Giving
To help you structure your planned gift, you
should consult with an attorney, financial planner, accountant
or
insurance
agent. They will make sure you get the maximum tax and
legal benefits allowed for your gift. Whatever you decide
to give,
and however you decide to structure the gift, the most
important thing is to feel good about doing it.
Honor a Loved One
 Make
a memorial donation in honor of a family member or friend.
A memorial donation is a thoughtful way to express sympathy
for the loss of a special person. Make a gift in honor of
family members, coworkers, or friends for their birthdays,
anniversaries, graduations, or because they finally kicked
the smoking habit.
In times of celebration or sadness, your expression of caring
will have a lasting impact on our community. Tribute gifts
will be acknowledged to the family of the deceased, or to
your honored one, without disclosing the amount of the tax-deductible
gift.
Make an
online donation now to honor a love one.
Bequests
 A charitable bequest supports our nonprofit programs and
can reduce your Estate tax liability, thus benefiting your
heirs.
You might think you have to be wealthy to have an
Estate or to donate to the American Lung Association of
Oregon. This is not true. An Estate is simply any property,
money,
or personal belongings you may have at the time of your
death. Anyone can arrange to leave a Charitable Gift from
his or
her Estate, regardless of its size. Learn more.
Charitable Gift Annuities
A charitable gift annuity is a legal contract under which
an individual, in exchange for his or her gift to charity,
will receive fixed payments for life. The charity uses the
interest and part of the principal to make payments to the
individual or "annuitant." Gift annuities can also
be arranged to provide annuity payments for two lives as well.
The amount of the annuity payment depends upon the ages (s)
of the individual (s) receiving the annuity and the amount
of the gift. .
Gift annuities are most attractive to senior persons primarily
because the payments are fixed and guaranteed. The annuity
amount will not change regardless of current investment or
market conditions and, therefore, offers many attractive benefits
for the security-minded individual. In the current low interest
rate environment, the gift annuity is an excellent way to
increase one's income, especially for the senior person. A
gift annuity is certainly worth investigating if one's objectives
include receiving guaranteed, dependable payments for life,
substantially reducing income tax, increasing or shoring up
retirement income and making a gift to a favorite charity.
Since a gift annuity is actually a combination of a gift
to charity and an annuity, the donor may claim a charitable
donation on his or her income tax return in the year the gift
is made. This deduction actually reduces the cost of the gift
annuity because of the tax savings received from the deduction. Learn more
For more information contact
info@lungoregon.org
or call 503-718-6151.
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