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In-Kind
Donations
Choose Friendship at Work
Through Donor Choice "Donor choice" means exactly what it says
as a donor
your have the right to choose who will benefit from your workplace campaign gift. If you
work for the federal or state government or if your workplace participates in a United Way
campaign, you can designate all or part of your gift to Friendship Ventures, which will
appear in one of three ways in the campaign brochure:
1. Friendship
Ventures: The parent agency that oversees all services and programs, and operates Camp
Friendship and Eden Wood Center.
2. Children's Disability
Service Association: A nationally recognized division of Friendship Ventures that
supports services for children with disabilities. Your donation will be put to immediate
use helping our most needy and impoverished children.
3. Friendship
Foundation:
An endowment foundation that exclusively supports Friendship Ventures. If you have friends
or relatives who work for the federal or state government, or in corporations that allow
"donor choice", encourage them to support Friendship Ventures. If your company
does not allow donor choice, please ask them to consider making it an option for future
campaigns.
Invest in the Future of
Friendship
Friendship Foundation is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization that encourages and manages
planned charitable gifts on behalf of Friendship Ventures. Since its inception in 1992,
the Foundation has secured approximately $750,000 in endowed funds.
With the guidance of
certified financial and legal advisors, the Foundation has developed several charitable
giving options for those who want to support the future of Friendship Ventures, including
Charitable gift annuities Charitable remainder trusts Pooled income funds These options
allow you to invest in the future of Friendship Ventures, while getting personal
satisfaction from your gift during your lifetime. You may also be able to earn income, an
immediate tax deduction and financial benefits related to inheritance and capital gains
taxes.
You can also support the
Foundation through Bequests Gifts of life insurance Gifts of assets Contact us to find out more about Friendship Foundation and
planned charitable giving.
Options for Charitable
Giving
A charitable gift annuity pays you and other beneficiaries a fixed annual income for life
based on your ages and the amount of the gift. Friendship Foundation receives the
remainder of the annuity when all beneficiaries are deceased.
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A pooled income fund is a
trust that pools your gift with those from other donors. Friendship Foundation manages the
fund, receives the principal, and pays life-income interest based on an annual rate of
return the fund earns.
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A charitable remainder trust
provides regularly scheduled payments to you, your spouse, or someone else, for life or a
specified number of years. As the designated beneficiary, Friendship Foundation receives
all the remaining funds at the end of that period. Assets can be used to establish gift
annuities, remainder trusts, or pooled income funds - or can be given outright to
Friendship Foundation.
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Assets suitable for
charitable gifts can include stocks and bonds, life insurance policies, residential or
commercial property, and highly appreciated assets such as vintage cars or antiques.
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A testamentary bequest in a
will is one of the easiest planned gifts to arrange. You can also use a bequest to
establish a lasting memorial to someone you wish to honor. You can name Friendship
Foundation or Friendship Ventures as beneficiary of all or a portion of your life
insurance policy.
Disclaimer
We believe the information provided here to be correct under existing law. Nevertheless,
you should consult your own tax and financial advisor concerning the specific effects of
your contributions under federal and applicable state laws.
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