Gifts That Give

Your gift to The Village Network will continue to help more youth with emotional and behavioral challenges as a result of childhood physical and emotional trauma.


Cash

If you want to make a gift today and maximize your charitable deduction, you’ll want to consider a cash gift. Cash is the simplest donation and provides immediate benefits. Gifts of cash include currency, personal checks, money orders, credit cards and wire transfers.

Appreciated Securities
Double your benefits! You transfer securities to The Village Network. The Village Network sells your securities and uses the proceeds for its programs. What are your benefits? You receive immediate gift credit and income tax deduction for the fair market value of the securities on the date of transfer, no matter what you originally paid for them. You pay no capital gains tax on the securities you donate. You can direct your gift to the Caring Family Fund or restrict the gift. You can have the satisfaction of making a significant gift now.

Insurance
Life Insurance makes it possible to contribute a meaningful and perpetual gift to The Village Network. As a donor, you can make a larger gift than maybe thought possible by naming The Village Network as owner and beneficiary of a new life insurance policy. Additionally, policies that were not used for their original purpose can make excellent gifts and you can deduct the replacement value of the policy.

Charitable IRA
An IRA is another way to make a charitable gift. Typically the beneficiary tax on the asset. When transferred to a tax-exempt charitable organization, in most cases taxes are not required to be paid.

Bequest by Will
A simple way to support The Village Network is to establish or add to a fund through a bequest in your will. The Village Network can provide sample language to your attorney.

Charitable Remainder Trust
A charitable remainder trust allows you to make a gift without the loss of income, while continuing to receive current income tax deductions allowable for a future gift. Your gift value is based on current market value without triggering a taxable capital gain and offers an income at a desired percentage without regard to current investment return.

Charitable Lead Trust
With a loan of assets, the assets transferred to the trust are eventually returned to the donor, or more typically the donor’s children. Income is paid to The Village Network annually while the assets are in trust. These trusts can be created during a lifetime or at death, with significant savings in gift or estate taxes possible because of your “temporary” gift to The Village Network.

Charitable Gift Annuity
A gift annuity is a life annuity for one or two lives issued in exchange for gift property, with The Village Network guaranteeing the annuity payment to the annuitant(s). The donor receives a charitable tax deduction for the value of the remainder of the gift. The basis is recovered tax-free over the donor’s lifetime and The Village Network receives the capital gift when the income ends.