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All planned gifts and legacy commitments are important to the future
of SCA. They build SCA’s endowment, providing perpetual support
for our programs. They help instill a conservation ethic in each
succeeding generation of volunteers. They help to protect valued
national parks, forests and urban areas.
Most importantly, they reflect the deep and enduring commitment of friends whose spirit continuously inspires our work.
Life Income Gifts
SCA offers a variety of ways that donors can make contributions now
that provide them with a secure and reliable income stream for the rest
of their lives or for a specific period of years, as well as a
charitable income tax deduction for a portion of the commitment in the
year the gift is made.
The most popular of these tools is a
charitable gift annuity, a simple contract with SCA that provides a
predictable payment based on the age of donor beneficiaries.
Rates are determined by the American Council on Gift Annuities and
range from 5.7% (at age 65) to 10.5% (at age 90). Two-life and
deferred gift annuities are also available.
Bequests
If you have established a legacy gift for SCA, please let us know so
that we can welcome you into the Legacy Society. This will give us an
opportunity to thank you appropriately for such a meaningful commitment
and to recognize your gift in our Annual Report.
All legacies
are important to the future of SCA. They build SCA’s endowment,
providing perpetual support for our programs. They help instill a
conservation ethic in each succeeding generation of volunteers.
They help to protect valued national parks, forests and urban
areas. Most importantly, they reflect the deep and enduring
commitment of friends whose spirit continuously inspires our work.
There are many ways to remember SCA in your will. For example,
you can leave a specific dollar amount to SCA, or you can leave a
particular asset in your estate. This can be a security, a piece
of real estate, or a “collectible” such as a work of art. Another
possibility is to name SCA a beneficiary of a percentage of your
estate, or of the residual value of your estate after specific bequests
are made and taxes and expenses paid.
No matter which method
you use, the full value of your bequest to SCA will be deductible for
estate tax purposes. This will reduce the size of your taxable
estate. Your bequest can save substantial estate taxes, since
amounts passing to heirs in excess of $2 million are taxed at a steep
rate of 45%.
While bequests of all sizes are both
welcomed and needed, SCA requests that bequest commitments less than
$25,000 be made as unrestricted bequests intended for the general
purposes of SCA and one that the Board of Directors is free to use as
it deems best.
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For more information about planned giving opportunities, please contact Hugh Montgomery, Director of Planned Giving or download a legacy and gift planning package now.
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