Gift Planning

• Charitable Bequests
• Retirement Account Designation
• Charitable Gift Annuity - Immediate
• Life Insurance

Charitable Bequests

You can leave a legacy to A Christian Ministry in the National Parks in your will or trust. Giving by bequest costs nothing now, yet it may give you a great deal of satisfaction to know that your gift will live on in the future.

How bequests work

• You can provide now for a future gift to ACMNP.
• Your will or trust directs assets to your heirs and ACMNP. 

Benefits of bequests

• Your assets remain in your control during your lifetime.
• You can modify your bequest if your circumstances change.
• You can have the satisfaction now of knowing that your legacy will support ACMNP.

Submit your bequest intention now!

Please email dschaack@acmnp.com, or call us at (303) 220-2808 or toll-free at (800) 786-3450 for assistance.

Retirement Account Designation

If you are going to make a charitable bequest, it is usually better to transfer your taxable assets such as 401(k) or IRS subject without you or your heirs incurring any federal income tax.

 How retirement account designations work

• Persons who are age 70-1/2 or older can make direct distributions from traditional or Roth IRAs to ACMNP.
• These transfers must be made directly to ACMNP.
• Any balance left in your plan when you pass away is passed to ACMNP.

Benefits to retirement account designations

• You will not incur any federal income tax on the withdrawn amount.
• You can continue to take withdrawals during your lifetime. Withdrawals of up to $100,000 are eligible to be exempt from tax.
• Beneficiaries can change depending on your circumstances.

 Please email dschaack@acmnp.com, or call us at (303) 220-2808 or toll-free at (800) 786-3450 for assistance.

Charitable Gift Annuity - Immediate

A charitable gift annuity is a way to make a gift to ACMNP and still receive an income for yourself or others. It is a contract signed by you and ACMNP, in return for a transfer of cash or other property. A charitable gift annuity agrees to pay a fixed sum of money to up to two people.

How charitable gift annuities work

• Transfer securities to ACMNP.
• ACMNP pays you a fixed income for life.
• The principal passes to ACMNP when the contract ends.
• A charitable gift annuity may be funded with a gift of $10,000 or more.

Benefits to charitable gift annuities

• You receive an immediate income tax deduction for your gift.
• You can exclude part of future payments from your taxable income.
• Payments are backed by a reserve and the assets of ACMNP.
• You can have the satisfaction of making a significant gift that benefits you now and ACMNP later.

Please email dschaack@acmnp.com, or call us at (303) 220-2808 or toll-free at (800) 786-3450 for assistance.

Life Insurance 

Life insurance can be a particularly versatile and valuable asset to give to ACMNP. A gift of life insurance can allow a donor to make a more substantial contribution than would otherwise be possible.

How donating life insurance works

• The transfer is simple; all that is required to complete the transfer is a change of ownership form.
• Your paid-up life insurance policy is transferred to ACMNP.
• ACMNP elects to cash in the policy now or to keep the policy.

Benefits to donating life insurance

• The greatest advantage of a gift of life insurance is that a donor can make a substantially larger gift to charity by using life insurance than by giving in any other way.
• ACMNP donors may elect to receive an immediate income tax deduction for the cash surrender value of the policy.

Please email dschaack@acmnp.com, or call us at (303) 220-2808 or toll-free at (800) 786-3450 for assistance.