Some types of planned gifts give back to the donor by combining a charitable gift with a life income for you and/or other designated individuals. These attractive plans can help you make a substantial gift for the eventual benefit of RAW while providing for your personal financial needs in the present. They offer significant tax advantages and, depending on the asset contributed, may even increase your cash flow.

Through a gift of appreciated securities, you can receive one of the most significant breaks from the IRS. It's easy to transfer stock through a broker to RAW. Notify us of the stock name, the number of shares, and the date you are having the stock transferred. To process the transaction, we will provide you or your broker with the appropriate DTC number. Your gift will be credited on the day it is received and will be valued at its mean stock market value on that day.

Please contact Kit Jenkins at 781-593-5515, extension 203 for more information

When you include RAW in your will, you will be supporting our kids long after you're gone. This is the simplest type of planned gift and one of the easiest to implement. A bequest may specify a dollar amount, a particular asset, or a percentage of your estate. A bequest to RAW can be as simple as a sentence or two in your will or living trust agreement.

The charitable gift annuity is the oldest, simplest, and most popular life income gift. In exchange for a contribution of cash, marketable securities, or certain other assets, RAW contractually agrees to pay a specified life annuity to you and/or another beneficiary.

A charitable remainder trust is a planned giving instrument in which property is irrevocably transferred under a trust agreement. Income (and, in some cases, principal) from the trust is paid to you and/or other beneficiaries for life or a term of years. RAW then receives the remaining trust assets.

Through a charitable lead trust you can support RAW while significantly reducing gift and estate taxes in passing assets to your children or grandchildren. As an alternative, a trust can be set up to provide you a tax deduction in the year of the donation while allowing you to recover the asset at a later predetermined date.

If your company has a matching gift program, you may be able to increase or even double the value of your gift to RAW. Check with your employer's Human Resources office to determine if your company has a matching gift program.