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LCF Endowment Funds

Newsletter / Bulletin Insert Copy - IRA Rollover

Promote giving to your endowment with an article in your next newsletter, or with a bulletin insert explaining the IRA Rollover opportunity.
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National Survey Reveals Lucrative, Untapped Group of Bequest Prospects

Recently, The Stelter Company combined forces with the nationally renowned research firm Selzer & Company Inc. to provide groundbreaking research into who names charities in their wills, when and why. Their discovery? The audience that most gift planners target today may represent only the tip of the iceberg.

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LCF Endowment Funds

Bailout Package includes Extension of IRA Rollover Provision

As you are most likely aware, the President signed the historic $700 billion economic bailout plan Friday, October 3rd.  While the primary purpose of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 was to authorize government purchase of mortgaged-backed securities, the Act also contains some incentives for charitable giving. From a gift-planning perspective, the most important was the extension of the IRA charitable rollover, which was first included in the 2006 Pension Protection Act and expired at the end of 2007.  The rollover has now been extended through the end of 2009.


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Resources

Starting a Planned Giving Program

Is starting a planned giving program a priority item on your organization's strategic plan? Has it been on your plan for more than two years? What are you waiting for?


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Religious Fundraising Resources

This web site is intended as a starting point for people who are interested in raising money for their churches, synagogues, etc. or religious organizations:

http://www.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/4relfund.htm


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