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Consider a Donation of Retirement Assets
Take advantage of this tax-smart gift opportunity. Download our FREE guide Make the Most of Your Retirement Plan Assets: Avoid Double Taxation and Support Our Work.
View My GuideRetirement plan assets are a great way to support the work at MultiCare because they not only help support our patients and their families, but they also can provide tax relief for your loved ones.
Money in an employee retirement plan, IRA or tax-sheltered annuity has yet to be taxed. When a distribution is made from your retirement plan account to a beneficiary, that person will owe federal income tax.
Consider leaving your loved ones less heavily taxed assets and leaving your retirement plan assets to MultiCare to support our work. As nonprofit organizations, we are tax-exempt and will receive the full amount of what you designate to us from your plan. You can take advantage of this gift opportunity in the following ways:
Name us a beneficiary of your plan. This requires you to update your beneficiary designation form through your plan administrator. Here you can designate MultiCare as the primary beneficiary for a percentage or specific amount. You can also make us the contingent beneficiary so that we will receive the balance of your plan only if your primary beneficiary doesn't survive you.
With the IRA Charitable Rollover, if you are 70½ years old or older, you can take advantage of a simple way to help those we serve and receive tax benefits in return. You can give up to $100,000 from your IRA directly to a qualified charity such as MultiCare without having to pay income taxes on the money.
Fund a testamentary charitable remainder trust. When you fund a charitable remainder trust with your heavily taxed retirement plan assets, the trust will receive the proceeds of your plan. The trust typically pays income to one or more named beneficiaries for life or for a set term of up to 20 years, after which the remaining assets in the trust would go to support MultiCare. This gift provides excellent tax and income benefits for you while supporting your family and our work.
Designate a donor advised fund. When retirement plan assets pass to your heirs, distributions are taxed as ordinary income. This income tax burden can be substantial, greatly reducing the value of the intended gift. Instead, you can designate your donor advised fund as the beneficiary of all or a portion of your retirement plan assets. Your fund receives the full amount of the gift and bypasses any federal taxes.
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Make Your Annual Gift Last Forever
Each year we rely on your gift, along with many others, to help us meet our goals and make a difference in the lives of others. To ensure that our programs and funding do not suffer, please take time now to consider leaving an endowed gift—a generous statement that will truly last forever.
| If your annual gift is: | Perpetuate it by giving:* |
| $100 | $2,500 |
| $250 | $6,250 |
| $500 | $12,500 |
| $1,000 | $25,000 |
| $2,500 | $62,500 |
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$5,000 |
$125,000 |
*At a 4 percent endowment spending level, 25 times an annual gift amount equals an endowed perpetual gift.