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Volunteers In Medicine HHI Ways To Give

Ways To Give

Strategic and personal charitable gifting offers you significant opportunities to reduce current and future tax obligations, generate income, and see the value of your legacy for the people or charities of your choice. Charitable gifting is generally tax-deductible and special tax advantages apply to gifting appreciated assets. There are a variety of gifting strategies that can help you lower your tax liability today, as well as allow you to remove highly appreciated assets and future appreciation from your estate. The following list may help you and your financial advisor determine what is best for your personal situation:

 

Legacy Society – Planned Giving

Make an impact…leave a lasting legacy. Planned giving opportunities encompass current outright gifts such as gifts of stock, expectancy gifts including bequests and IRA/retirement plan designations, as well as deferred gifts including charitable gift annuities and charitable remainder trusts. The Legacy Society recognizes supporters who continue the Volunteers in Medicine mission by naming Volunteers in Medicine Clinic in their will or other estate plans.

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The Heritage Classic Foundation

The matching funds provided by the Heritage Classic Foundation, a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization, are generated by the proceeds of operating the RBC Heritage Presented by Boeing, South Carolina’s only PGA TOUR golf tournament. The Heritage Foundation has donated $47.5 million to people in need. Please visit their website to participate in Birdies for Charity and Champions Fore Charity.

 

AmazonSmile

When you shop AmazonSmile, you’ll find the exact same shopping experience as Amazon.com, with the added benefit that AmazonSmile will donate 0.5% of your eligible purchases to VIM Clinic! All you need to do is link us to your account. AmazonSmile is a simple way for you to support VIM Clinic every time you shop on Amazon, at no cost to you! Just remember to start shopping on smile.amazon.com!

 

Kroger Community Rewards

Participate in the Kroger Community Rewards program by linking VIM Clinic to your Kroger Shopper’s Card. When you make a purchase, all you have to do is swipe your Shopper’s Card, and Kroger will donate a percentage to VIM Clinic. This program makes fundraising easy by donating to local organizations based on the shopping you do every day.

 

Vehicle Donation Program

VIM Clinic accepts cars, trucks, RVs – almost any vehicle – and uses the proceeds to continue its mission. Information and the online donor form are available at https://vimclinic.careasy.org/home or call toll-free at (866) 789-8464.

 

Donor-Advised Funds

A donor-advised fund is a flexible tool for charitable giving, operating much like your own personal or family foundation. You can contribute to your fund when it is most convenient and then recommend gifts over time to nonprofit organizations or a choice. You select a fund name and then are able to enjoy making grants to organizations committed to causes you care about. This type of fund does not require a large initial investment. You can open a donor-advised fund with as little as $1,000. You can also involve your children to share in a family tradition of giving.

 

Charitable Remainder Trusts

A charitable remainder trust (CRT) is a tax-exempt, irrevocable trust funded with contributions of cash and/or appreciated assets. If you contribute highly appreciated stock, the trustee may sell the shares tax-free and reinvest the proceeds to create a diversified portfolio. CRTs can be structured to provide a payment stream to you during your lifetime and to distribute the trust assets to charity at a later date.

 

Charitable Gift Annuities

A charitable gift annuity is a way for you to receive a guaranteed income for life and an immediate income tax deduction while leaving a legacy to the charitable causes of your choice. When you transfer funds to a gift annuity, you receive a fixed stream of income for life. After paying the lifetime annuity to you and your spouse, if so chosen. The remaining principal is transferred to a named charity or fund to accomplish your specific charitable goals. You can begin to receive income immediately from this annuity, or you can defer it to a later time. The tax advantages of both a current and deferred annuity are two-fold. First, you receive an immediate income tax charitable deduction when you create your annuity. This is based on your age and annuity payout rate. Second, a portion of the payments you receive may be treated either as a tax-free return of principal or long-term capital gains. These tax advantages increase the net income you receive.

 

Charitable Lead Trust

A charitable lead trust allows a donor to support a charity for a specified period of time, and then pass the remaining assets to a non-charitable beneficiary, such as a family member. Once set up, the trust uses those assets to make distributions to a designated charity during your lifetime or for any other specified period of time. At the end of the trust period, the principal reverts either to you or to any designated beneficiaries. This is a wonderful tool if you are in a “peak earning period” with your career and want to support a charity now while at the same time preparing for your retirement.

 

Gifts of Stock  (view here)

Volunteers in Medicine can help turn your investment gains into giving opportunities. Many people with stock or shares in mutual funds see the value of their investments increase over the years. But how do you turn an investment into cash without losing a significant portion of gains to taxes? One solution: to donate all or a portion of their investment to charity.

To transfer stock or mutual fund shares, please contact the Development Office at VIM Clinic at (843) 689-6612 for information on stock or mutual fund share transfers. We will be happy to work with your financial advisor.

Many kind donors support VIM Clinic through one of the above plans. We are grateful to those who include us in their plans for retirement and beyond. Let us know if we can answer any questions regarding donations to Volunteers in Medicine Clinic of Hilton Head Island.

Our special thanks to Berkely Arrants at Merrill Lynch and The Community Foundation of the Lowcountry for their help with this information.

 

To Donate By Check

Please make your check payable to:
Volunteers in Medicine Clinic

Mailing Address:
PO Box 23858
Hilton Head Island, SC 29925

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Donor Privacy

To ensure privacy, all information concerning donors, including names and addresses, names of beneficiaries, nature and worth of estates, etc. will be kept confidential by Volunteers in Medicine Hilton Head unless the donor grants permission to use selective information for purposes of referral or testimonial.

 

Volunteers in Medicine Hilton Head Island does not sell, rent, or lend names and addresses including email addresses of our donors to any outside individuals, businesses or organizations. Mailing lists will not be available to outside organizations. The annual report and donor walls are public information and only provide giving levels.