The Lutheran Community Foundation

19 Ways to Do Planned Giving Right

They’ve got a great reputation for planned giving at First Presbyterian Church in Bethlehem, PA. So how do they do it?  Check out the full story on Presbyterian Endowment.Org: Planned Giving - They Do it Right. more... |

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IRA Rollover: Additional Opportunity to Grow Endowment

President Obama signed into law the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 on Friday, December 17, 2010.

This new tax legislation contains a unique giving option for those who wish to help grow your endowment fund, through the extension of the IRA Rollover provision.

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Conference Call: Connecting our Most Closely Held Values to Giving

Donor conference call with Paul Schervish
Charitable giving expert Paul Schervish talks to three donors to find out how our past and present life experiences, and key blessings and values are connected to charitable giving.

Download and listen audio from the conference call
(Click here, or right-click and "Save a Copy" to listen)

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Custom Web Page to Promote Gifts to Your Endowment

Link from your organization's website to a web page promoting planned gifts to support your endowment fund at the LCF.  Request your custom page here. more... |

Building Endowment with Planned Gifts Webinar

PGCalc will offer a 90-minute interactive Webinar on "Building Endowment with Planned Gifts," Thursday, December 17th at 2:30 p.m. Eastern. more... |

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Endowment Fundraising Webinar - Dec. 17th

The next ALDE webinar, "Endowment Fundraising ... OR How to Raise It When You're Not Going to Spend It," will be held Thursday, December 17, beginning at 10:30 a.m. Central Time.  The presentation will be given by Jill Pranger, ACFRE. more... |

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Increasing Bequests to Your Organization Through Effective Marketing

PG Calc offers this feature article on marketing bequests in their October 2009 newsletter.

http://www.pgcalc.com/about/featuredarticleoct09.htm

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Bequest Tool Kit

The LCF Bequest Tool Kit is designed to help you grow these planned gifts. It includes sample bequest language, sample letters to potential donors, sample newsletter articles, follow-up postcards and more.  more... |

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New Research Sheds Light on Bequest Giving

In a report from the Association of Fundraising Professionals confernece this spring, Paula Wasley lays out the details of three new studies that offer insights into which donors are most likely to remember charities in their wills, and why for The Chronicle of Philanthropy.

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Information Sheet - Giving to Your Endowment

Download this handy sheet to help promote planned giving to your endowment fund, or request copies to be sent to you. more... |

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