The Lutheran Community Foundation

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.
15. Support the church and supplement your income with a gift annuity
16. Support the endowment and supplement your retirement with a deferred gift annuity.

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