Other Ways to Give

Donors considering a Planned Gift want to leave their assets to charities that have a long history and demonstrate accountability by using donated funds prudently. Since 1989, PROLIFE Across AMERICA has been dedicated to changing hearts and saving babies’ lives. We are committed to bringing positive, persuasive messages, offering information and alternatives – including adoption – and post abortion assistance to those in need. You can be assured your bequest will be used wisely, given our history of putting over 90% of donations directly toward Media Education.

Some ways to donate through a Planned Gift:

• Wills and Bequests – You provide for a future gift to a charity by including a provision in your will or trust. Bequests provide you with continued control of your assets during your lifetime and can provide tax benefits to your estates and heirs.
• Life Insurance – There are two options:
  1. You can transfer ownership of the policy to the organization either paid-in-full or for which you continue making premium
     payments. The transfer is a present donation for which a charitable deduction may be taken.
  2. You can designate the organization as a beneficiary of the proceeds of the policy.
• Named Beneficiary Designations (Financial Accounts, IRAs/Qualified Retirement Funds) – Provide for a future gift to a charity by naming the charity as a beneficiary of your financial accounts or retirement funds. You continue to use the account as long as you need to while potentially lowering estate taxes.

Donors who have already made a Planned Gift to PROLIFE Across AMERICA or choose to make a new Planned Gift in one of the ways above have the option of being enrolled in our Culture of Life Legacy Society. Please let us know of your plans by completing the Declaration of Support form.

For more information about Estate and Planned Giving, please call 612-781-0410 or email plannedgiving@prolifeacrossamerica.org.

Benefits of Planned Giving:

• You can build your own legacy while securing your future and providing for your family.
• Planned Giving effectively manages the distribution of your assets by supporting your favorite charities into the future and helps ensure a charity’s ongoing financial health.
• You can retain flexibility to change your plan as warranted or desired in the future.
• Planned Giving helps minimize the tax impact on the planned transfer of your assets.

This information is not intended as legal or tax advice. For such advice, please contact an attorney, tax advisor and/or financial advisor regarding your specific situation.

Creating a Will or Trust is an opportunity to help those people and organizations that mean the most to you and to potentially reduce the tax burden on your heirs. It is a chance to create your vision for the future and to think about the values you hope to pass on to future generations. A will provides for your financial security today while providing a lasting legacy by directing financial assistance to those people who need it and to the organizations that are special to you.

If you die without a will, your property will be taxed and distributed according to the rules and formulas of your state’s laws.

Creating a Will: Meet with an attorney to direct the gifts of your property to those you choose and in a tax-efficient manner.

Already Have a Will? Review your will every couple years to make sure life events like marriages, births, deaths or personal circumstances don’t require you to amend it to reflect your situation today.

Is our mission important to you?

If you include PROLIFE Across AMERICA in your will by specifying the organization will receive a specific dollar amount or a percentage of your estate as a bequest, you:

• Will be providing a lasting contribution that will help us continue to change hearts and save babies’ lives through our Billboards, Radio Ads, and Internet Ads.
• Donors who have already have planned a bequest to PROLIFE Across AMERICA in an existing will or trust or will be making a Planned Gift through a bequest in a Will or Trust have the option of being enrolled in our Culture of Life Legacy Society. Please let us know of your plans by completing the Declaration of Support form.

There are two approaches to use a Life Insurance Policy in your Planned Giving:

1. You can transfer ownership of the policy to the organization either paid-in-full or for which you continue making premium payments by way of donations to the organization.
2. You can designate the organization as a beneficiary of the proceeds of the life insurance policy.

Benefits of a Gift of Life Insurance:

• If transferring ownership, the transfer of the policy is a present donation for which a charitable deduction may be taken and each of your continued premium payments if applicable is considered a charitable contribution deductible to the full extent of the law.
• You can continue to use financial accounts as long as you need them. Even after designating a beneficiary, you can continue to use your account and take distributions or withdrawals as needed.

It provides financial support to the causes you care about. It should reduce the tax impact on your estate.

Each approach is simple to arrange and, if naming an organization as a beneficiary, you can change your designations as often as needed.

How to make a Beneficiary Designation

Contact your insurance agent or provider and ask them how to arrange the transfer of ownership of the policy or ask them to send you a new beneficiary form. Complete the form, sign it and mail it back as directed.

Donors who have already planned a gift to PROLIFE Across AMERICA using Life Insurance or will be making a Planned Gift using Life Insurance have the option of being enrolled in our Culture of Life Legacy Society. Please let us know of your plans by completing the Declaration of Support form.

Benefits of a Gift Through a Beneficiary Designation

• You can continue to use Financial Accounts as long as you need them. Even after designating a beneficiary, you can continue to use your account and take distributions or withdrawals as needed.
• It provides financial support to the causes you care about.
• It is an easy and affordable method to make a gift to support PROLIFE Across AMERICA and it avoids expensive legal fees.
• It should reduce the tax impact on your estate.
• You can change your designations as often as needed.

Types of Accounts That Can Be Transferred to a Beneficiary:

Annuities/Life Insurance
Checking Accounts, Savings Accounts, CDs, Financial Accounts IRAs and Qualified Retirement Funds

Donors who have already planned a gift to PROLIFE Across AMERICA through a Named Beneficiary Designation or will be making a Planned Gift using a Named Beneficiary Designation have the option of being enrolled in our Culture of Life Legacy Society. Please let us know of your plans by completing the Declaration of Support form.

How it works

Contact the broker, banker or insurance agent who helps you with your accounts or the financial institution directly and ask them to send you a new beneficiary form.

Complete the form, sign it and mail it back as directed. Upon your death, your account or proceeds will be distributed to your designated beneficiary or beneficiaries.

IRA Charitable Rollover Gifts

Benefits of IRA Charitable Rollover Gifts:

• If you are age 70½ or older, you may be able to lower your income and taxes on your IRA withdrawals by transferring an amount to PROLIFE Across AMERICA.
• You can avoid taxes on transfers up to $100,000 from your IRA to a charitable organization such as PROLIFE Across AMERICA.
• Satisfy your required minimum distribution (RMD) for the year.
• Make a gift that is not subject to the 50% deduction limits on charitable gifts.
• Reduce your taxable income.
• Support the life-saving work of PROLIFE Across AMERICA.

How an IRA Charitable Rollover Works

• Contact your IRA plan administrator to make a gift from your IRA to PROLIFE Across AMERICA.
• Your gift of the IRA funds will be directly transferred to our organization to help us continue our life-saving work.
• Note that IRA charitable rollover gifts do not qualify for a charity deduction.

If you have questions about an IRA charitable rollover gift, please call 612-781-0410 or email plannedgiving@prolifeacrossamerica.org.

This information is not intended as legal or tax advice. For such advice, please contact an attorney, tax advisor and/or financial advisor regarding your specific situation.

Gifts of Publicly-Traded Securities

Gifts to PROLIFE Across AMERICA of publicly traded stock or other marketable securities can be an effective way to support the life-saving work of the organization and avoid taxation for the donor.

Benefits of Donating Securities

• You can avoid capital gains taxes that would be due upon the sale of the securities if the securities have appreciated in value since they were purchased.
• You can also receive a charitable income tax deduction usually equivalent to the fair market value of the securities under IRS guidelines.
• You can support the life-saving mission of PROLIFE Across AMERICA today.

How it Works

We usually receive the securities directly through your brokerage account by electronic transfer or, if not, by certified mail. PROLIFE Across AMERICA typically sells the securities immediately and applies the proceeds to our Media Mission, unless directed otherwise by the donor.

Please see your tax advisor for current rules involved in valuing your gift.

If you have questions about non-cash gifts, please call 612-781-0410 or email plannedgiving@prolifeacrossamerica.org.

This information is not intended as legal or tax advice. For such advice, please contact an attorney, tax advisor and/or financial advisor regarding your specific situation.

Corporate Matching

Many businesses match employee donations to charitable organizations. If your employer has a matching gift program, you can double your gift to PROLIFE Across AMERICA! Contact your employer’s HR department to inquire about matching your gift. Then, contact us at 612-781-0410 to get started.