The following articles can be used in your organization’s newsletter or bulletin to promote giving to your endowment fund at the Lutheran Community Foundation:
1) I would like to give money to our church, but how can I make sure that the gift will be lasting?
2) What is an endowment fund? Why do we need one?
3) Is there a way to make a gift to benefit the church while remaining anonymous?
4) Is it possible to provide for the church and other charities through one gift?
5) What is planned giving?
6) Do I need a will?
7) How can life insurance be used to benefit the church?
8) I would like to make a large gift to the church, but I also need an income during my lifetime. What can I do?
9) I would like to give my home to the church, but continue to live in it during my lifetime. Is that possible?
10) Can I receive a charitable tax deduction for giving gifts of securities?
11) Making a gift with appreciated assets.
12) Can I leave the remaining balance of my qualified retirement plan to benefit the church?
13) Endowment Funds: Current actions with future impact.
14) Gift planner expertise available for endowment gifts.
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