Planned Giving

JULY 8, 2025

Creating a last will and testament is crucial for ensuring that your assets are distributed according to your wishes after you pass away. These laws vary by state but generally follow a similar structure to ensure that the deceased’s assets are passed on to their closest relatives.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The need for local pest control, insurance, copier lease, or related services may change, therefore you should re-evaluate annually. Buy in Bulk – How many of us buy small quantities of office supplies at the local dollar store to “get us through until the next donation?” Fact: there are currently over 2.7

Budget

Blackbaud

APRIL 8, 2024

Many don’t cover operating costs or have a small allotment for indirect costs such as salaries, insurance, and utilities. A lot of individual donations, like ones that come through your organization’s website or through the Annual Fund, are often unrestricted. Many grants, especially federal and state grants, are restricted.

Funding

The NonProfit Times

AUGUST 8, 2024

By Paul Clolery Nonprofit employees with 403(b) retirement plans would be able to participate in collective investment trusts (CITs), if new federal legislation passes and is signed into law. ” If passed and signed into law, it would make available a tax credit of up to $5,000 for the three years of a retirement plan’s operation.

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Qgiv

APRIL 15, 2024

One way your donors can help you extend your impact is through legacy giving. Legacy giving is a committed donation a donor plans to leave to a nonprofit organization as part of their estate after they’ve passed away. Here’s a look at seven of the most common types of legacy gifts: Bequests through wills and estate plans.

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The Fundraising Coach

OCTOBER 20, 2023

This is completed either by setting aside a donation to be given after the donor passes away or by giving a gift during their lifetime that continues to grow following the donor’s passing. Life insurance: Donors can list your organization as a beneficiary on their life insurance policy.

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Center for Major Gifts

JUNE 16, 2024

While these words, though seen frequently, are valid, rarely are they fulfilled more meaningfully than through a gift of real estate to the nonprofit you cherish most. Words such as “impact,” “difference,” and “change” are often used to describe a charitable gift. You bypass the selling process and make your impact immediately.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Cash equivalent in-kind contributions, including stocks, bonds, or insurance beneficiaries, can also be considered a type of good, as they can be converted to cash depending on your organization’s policies. If you’re looking for resources to pass on to the people your cause helps, you can create a list of goods you need to collect.

Donation

Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

Have your local wine expert guide you all through the different wines via livestream to complete the experience. For students who need an extra boost to make it through their classes, offer an online tutoring service as a fundraiser for your school. Virtual peer-to-peer run/walk/ride. Online networking event. Online tutoring.

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Greater Giving

MARCH 28, 2023

To get the ball rolling, find an insured company that can provide the equipment, staff, and expertise to ensure that golf balls can be launched safely. Each team buys one ball and passes it from player to player through the course. It’s tournament time! Here are fun golf tournament ideas to make more revenue.

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Peak Proposals

APRIL 3, 2023

If the template requires changes to its formulas or other features, you can find tutorials on how to do so through videos found on YouTube, posted by Microsoft and Google, or offered by LinkedIn Learning and other course platforms. Assigning one person to be the lead for the entire proposal is not necessarily a bad thing.

Budget

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Renting an event facility may be more expensive, but you will feel confident that they have the right insurance and that many logistical details like parking and accessibility will be covered. Share this on your website, through email, on social media, in your newsletter, and anywhere else you can think of. Or a karaoke party?

Policies

Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 7, 2021

You either get a credit card donation through your organization’s website or you receive personal checks from donors sent to your organization’s office or P.O. Third-party donations: Gifts that pass through third-party platforms such as Benevity can be addressed through a simple procedure. Now you’re off the hook.

Donation

Penelope Burk

MARCH 31, 2021

My deep gratitude, which I express through giving, continues to this day. . & About forty years ago, I was living through a cold winter in a house with no insulation. My father passed away after a battle with dementia. It made my day…and made me eager to give again. It belongs to the Lord and I am its steward.

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Planned Giving

APRIL 17, 2024

These include gifts of equity, life insurance, real estate, personal property, or cash. Another example is a bequest — which can be as simple as informing your financial institution through a designation form that you would like all or a portion of your estate left to your favorite charity. You are the change-maker. What can John do?

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Planned Giving

OCTOBER 7, 2023

An entire generation of older, more generous parishioners is passing. What happens when those parishioners pass away? Who’s going to pass the collection plate, much less leave something in it? The stock market looks like a roller coaster. Fewer people are in the pews, and fewer dollars are in the collection basket.

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Planned Giving

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

When the phrase estate planning comes up, you might picture prolonged sessions in a lawyers office, surrounded by heaps of paperwork and bewildering legal terms. However, modern online tools have simplified this process, making it more accessible and budget-friendly than ever before. Guardianship : You can appoint a guardian for your minor children.

Insurance

Get Fully Funded

JULY 21, 2022

Planned gifts are most commonly put into place when a donor works through the estate planning process. While there are lots of different kinds of planned gifts, like trusts, annuities, stock, and life insurance, the most common planned gifts are bequests, where someone simply leaves your nonprofit in their will. Planned Giving 101.

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Planned Giving

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Estate planning is a crucial step in ensuring that your assets and wishes are handled according to your preferences after your passing. Beneficiary designations on accounts like life insurance, retirement plans, and bank accounts supersede wills. A will is the cornerstone of any estate plan.

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Planned Giving

JULY 29, 2024

However, this essential procedure plays a critical role in ensuring that a loved one’s wishes are honored after they pass away. The church courts handled probate issues, ensuring that the deceased’s soul was cared for through proper distribution of their estate. Assets that must go through probate are known as probate assets.

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Planned Giving

JANUARY 14, 2025

When a person passes away, their will undergoes a legal procedure known as probate, which often turns it into a public record. Probate is the legal process through which a deceased persons will is validated and their assets are distributed according to their wishes. Understanding Probate What Is Probate? When Does a Will Become Public?

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Center for Major Gifts

AUGUST 19, 2024

This guide will take you through the essentials of estate planning, highlighting its importance, timing, and the key elements you need to consider. It, along with an advance directive and a durable power of attorney for healthcare, ensures your wishes are followed through by a designated person.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

It’s helpful to be present at the venue and to go through a visualization exercise with key staff or volunteers. From parking and check-in, all the way through the main event and checkout, it’s important to take time to think through what your safe event should look like! Let’s pretend you’ve got your venue selected. Here we go!

Contracts

Planned Giving

DECEMBER 10, 2024

In this comprehensive guide, we will walk you through the process of how to obtain a death certificate, explain its importance, and provide detailed information on its various uses. Creating a will is a thoughtful step to ensure your affairs are in order and can be done through various means.

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