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Charitable Gift Annuities: Getting Started

If you'd like to support our mission and receive steady payments during your retirement years, a charitable gift annuity may be right for you.

How It Works
Through a simple contract, you agree to make a donation of cash, stocks or other assets to Bowie State University. In return, you receive (and someone else, if you choose) a fixed amount each year for the rest of your life.

Charitable Gift Annuity

You

Create a gift annuity.

Receive an income tax deduction and fixed payments for life.

Charitable Gift Annuity

Remainder to Bowie State University after your lifetime.

Bowie State University


	Download a free guide to learn more about charitable gift annuities.

In addition to providing a gift to Bowie State University and receiving fixed payments for life, you also receive these benefits:

Your initial gift is partially income tax–deductible.
Your charitable gift annuity payments are partially income tax–free throughout your estimated life expectancy.
Your payments are not affected by ups and downs in the economy.
The gift annuity can be for one or two people, so your spouse or another loved one can also receive payments for life.
If you use appreciated stock to make a gift, you can usually eliminate capital gains tax on a portion of the gift and spread the rest of the gain over your life expectancy.


	Calculate how a charitable gift annuity could benefit you.

Your Rate
Generally, the older you are at the start of your payments, the higher your payments.

These rates are the maximum rates recommended by the American Council on Gift Annuities and are adjusted periodically.

One Life
Your Age	Rate of Return
50	3.7%
55	4.0%
60	4.4%
65	4.7%
70	5.1%
75	5.8%
80	6.8%
85	7.8%
90+	9.0%

Two Lives
Your Ages	Rate of Return
50/55	3.3%
55/60	3.7%
60/65	4.0%
65/70	4.4%
70/75	4.8%
75/80	5.3%
80/85	6.1%
85/90	7.3%
90/95+	8.8%

Not all organizations offer charitable gift annuities at the above ages and rates. Contact Bowie State University for a personalized illustration or for more information.

Example
Jill, 70, established a $20,000 charitable gift annuity. Based on her age, she was able to receive an annuity rate of 5.1 percent. This means that we will pay her $1,020 each year for the remainder of her life, of which $824 is tax-free to her throughout her life expectancy. She'll also receive a charitable deduction of $7,231 if she itemizes on her income taxes (assumes annual payments and a 1.4 percent charitable midterm federal rate – deductions vary based on income earned). After her lifetime, the remaining amount is used to support our mission.

To learn more about this way to support Bowie State University, please contact The Development Office at 301-860-4301 or giftadmin@bowiestate.edu.

Charitable gift annuities may not be available in all states.

The information on this website is not intended as legal or tax advice. For legal or tax advice, please consult an attorney. Figures cited in examples are for hypothetical purposes only and are subject to change. References to estate and income taxes apply to federal taxes only. State income/estate taxes or state law may impact your results.

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