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Charitable Gift Annuities: Getting Started

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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 the Plymouth Church Foundation. 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
You
1
Create a gift annuity.
2
Receive an income tax deduction and fixed payments for life.
Charitable Gift Annuity
3
Remainder to the Plymouth Church Foundation after your lifetime.
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In addition to providing a gift to the Plymouth Church Foundation 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.

Gift Calculator 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 the Plymouth Church Foundation 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 Plymouth Church, please contact Jennifer Hines at 515-255-3149, Ext. 19 or jhines@plymouthchurch.com.






Charitable gift annuities may not be available in all states.

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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.


 

Bequest Language


The official bequest language for the Plymouth Church Foundation is:

"I, [name], of [city, state, ZIP], give, devise and bequeath to Plymouth Congregational Church Foundation [written amount or percentage of the estate or description of property] for its unrestricted use and purpose."

Learn more about making a bequest.

"The Foundation is a catalyst enabling us to realize alternate visions, alternate futures."

—Sr. Minister David Ruhe

"The Stepping Stones grant helped start a life-changing ministry."

—Angie Witmer, Minister to Young Adults and Youth

"The Foundation grant meant each choir received new robes—symbolizing they are one voice in the church."

—Sharon Parker-Lenihan, Director of Adult Music and Fine Arts

"Contributing to the Foundation is an act of faith, because with your contribution you plant a tree in whose shade you may never sit."

—Sr. Minister David Ruhe

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