Your Goal | Your Gift | How to Make the Gift | Your Benefits |
Make a quick and easy gift | Outright gift | Donate cash, securities or personal property | Income tax deduction; avoidance of any capital gains tax |
Make a revocable gift during your lifetime | Living trust | Name UPUMC beneficiary of assets in a living trust | Control of trust for lifetime; possible estate tax savings |
Defer a gift until after your lifetime | Bequest in will | Name UPUMC in your will | A donation exempt from federal estate taxes |
Make a large gift with little cost to yourself | Life insurance gift | Give a policy with UPUMC as owner and beneficiary | Current income tax deduction; possible future deductions |
Avoid the twofold taxation on retirement plan assets | Retirement plan gift | Name UPUMC as beneficiary of the remainder of the assets after your lifetime | Avoidance of heavily taxed gift to heirs, allowing less costly gifts |
Avoid capital gains tax on the sale of a home or other real estate | Real estate gift | Donate the property to UPUMC, or sell it to us at a bargain price | Immediate income tax deduction and avoidance of capital gains tax |
Give your personal residence or farm, but continue to live there | Retained life estate | Designate the ownership of your home to UPUMC, but retain occupancy | Charitable income tax deduction and lifetime use of home |
Secure a fixed and often increased income | Charitable remainder annuity trust | Create a charitable trust that pays you a set income annually | Immediate income tax deduction and fixed income for life |
Create a hedge against inflation over the long term | Charitable remainder unitrust | Create a trust that pays a percentage of the trust’s assets, valued annually | Immediate income tax deduction, annual income for life that has potential to increase |
Supplement income with fixed annual payments | Charitable gift annuity | Enter a contract with UPUMC, in which we’ll pay you fixed payments annually | Current and future savings on income taxes; fixed payments for life |