Goals & Benefits
There are many ways to support American Rivers. These options will help you achieve different goals.
Your Goal |
Your Strategy |
Your Benefits |
|---|---|---|
Make an important impact to American Rivers that doesn't cost you anything during your lifetime, but that is priceless as part of the legacy that you leave behind. |
Include a gift from your will or trust (cash, specific property, or a share of the estate). |
A great way to provide resources that help American Rivers. |
Avoid capital gains liability and take an income tax deduction. |
Use appreciated property instead of cash to make your gift. |
Buy low and give high — while avoiding capital gains tax. |
Leave more of your estate to your heirs. |
Name American Rivers as beneficiary of your retirement plan, and leave less-taxed assets to family. |
Eliminate income tax on retirement plan assets, and free up other property to pass to your heirs. |
Continue to receive benefits back from the assets you give to American Rivers — and thus multiply your gift. |
Create a life-income plan like a charitable gift annuity, charitable remainder annuity trust or charitable remainder unitrust. |
Receive income for your lifetime, receive a charitable deduction, and diversify your holdings. |
Reduce high tax liability now; gain additional income later. |
Establish a deferred gift annuity. |
Receive a larger deduction and a higher income rate than an immediate payment annuity. |
Create a long-term gift that won't draw funds from your estate. |
Create a new life insurance policy, or donate a paid-up policy of coverage you no longer need. |
Increase your ability to make a significant gift to American Rivers. |
Reduce gift and estate taxes and leave more of your assets to your heirs. |
Create a charitable lead trust to pay income to American Rivers for a fixed time, then pay the remainder to your heirs. |
Reduce gift and estate taxes and freeze the taxable value of growing assets before they pass to your family. |
Use our interactive Plan-a-Gift™ to determine what type of planned gift might best suit your goals, assets and age.
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