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Ways To Give
Thank you for your interest in supporting the mission of The Foundation of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo. We encourage you to plan your gift thoughtfully. Consider how your gift can benefit you as well as the Foundation. A gift can take multiple forms and can help you address a variety of personal financial goals.
- Online Giving
Support the work of the Foundation instantly - make an online gift today!
- Outright Gifts
Gifts of cash, securities or other property have an immediate impact on the programs and charitable works that the Foundation supports because they can be used to support a variety of current needs.
- Unrestricted Gifts
When you do not restrict the use of your gift, the Foundation gains crucial flexibility. Unrestricted gifts are used to meet changing or urgent needs of Catholic Education, Catholic Charities, and Christ the King Seminary.
- Matching Gifts
Many corporations have demonstrated their support by matching, or multiplying, their employees' gifts. Before you make a gift, consult your company's personnel office for further information about matching programs.
- Pledges
A pledge is a formal statement of intention to make a gift to the Foundation. It may be followed by an immediate gift, or it may simply confirm your intention to make a gift in the future. Some donors choose to complete their gift pledge by making regular payments over a period of time. This method often allows donors to give more generously than they may have originally considered.
- Gifts of Endowment
A gift for endowment demonstrates your farsighted commitment to the work of the Church. An endowment is a fund that is maintained in perpetuity, and only a portion of the annual investment return is used for the purposes specified by the donor. The rest of the investment yield is returned to principle. Thus, over the years, the fund can grow and hopefully keep pace with inflation. Such endowments, which typically bear the name of the donor or donors, reflect your interests and serve as an enduring testament to your generosity.
- Making a Planned Gift
Planned gifts are gift arrangements that have specific tax advantages and often include lifetime income to a beneficiary or beneficiaries named by the donor. A planned gift maximizes your giving potential and can even allow you to ensure your future financial security or that of a loved one. Click here for further information about making a planned gift.
- Gifts with Retained Interest
This type of gift allows you to hold an interest in that gift for your lifetime or for a specified term of years. After that time, the funds become available to the Foundation. A charitable trust or gift of real estate may fall under this category. When you make your gift, you have the satisfaction of knowing that plans you make today will help to support the Foundation in decades to come.
- Appreciated Securities
A gift of long-term appreciated marketable securities helps you save taxes twice. Such a gift will provide an income-tax charitable deduction and capital gains tax savings.
- Closely Held Securities
Securities in a company that is not publicly traded are known as closely held securities. When a donor makes a gift of these securities to the Foundation, the donor may enjoy tax savings and can even increase income from the donated stock.
- Gifts of Real Estate
When you give a gift of your home or real property to the Foundation, you may claim an income-tax charitable deduction based on the full market value of the gift, avoid capital gains taxes, and eliminate certain costs associated with the transfer of real property.
- Gifts-in-Kind
You may wish to give the Foundation a personal possession of special interest. We can receive a wide variety of such gifts, including rare books,manuscripts, coins, works of art, equipment and other items. To determine the Foundation's interest in the object you would like to give, please contact our office at 847-8370.
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