What To Give
Olympic View Community Foundation can accept a wide variety of assets, including:
Cash: Cash, usually in the form of a check, is an easy and convenient way for you to support worthy causes in the community. Gifts of cash may enable you as a donor to claim a tax deduction, based upon your filing status, taxable income, and current IRS tax deduction guidelines for charitable donations.
Securities: Gifts of appreciated securities offer important tax advantages, since their full fair market value is deductible as a charitable contribution when you itemize deductions. You do not have to pay federal or state capital gains taxes on the appreciated portion of the gift.
After the Foundation liquidates the securities, the full value of the gift is available to support your charitable goals. Included are:
- publicly traded stock or bonds (paper certificates)
- publicly traded stock or bonds (electronic transfers)
- closely held stock
- restricted stock
- partnership interests (including family limited partnerships)
- mutual funds
Real Estate: OVCF can accept a gift of a house or other personal residence, farm, commercial buildings, and income-producing or non-income-producing land, with some exceptions. OVCF can accept most unencumbered real property gifts.
Personal Property: The Foundation will consider gifts of personal property, such as artwork and jewelry. This type of gift must be discussed individually in advance with OVCF’s Board of Trustees.
Bequests: Naming the Foundation in your will or living trust is a popular way to support the community. A charitable bequest can be a specific dollar amount, a percentage of your estate, or what remains after other bequests—including those to family members—are made. Or, your will can specify that your heirs receive lifetime income from your estate, with the remainder going to the Foundation for charitable purposes. If you choose, the bequest can flow into a donor-advised fund for your children to carry on your family’s philanthropy.
Retirement Plan Assets: For a gift through your estate, retirement plan assets are often the best to give because they are so heavily taxed if left to heirs. Income and estate taxes can easily consume a large portion of the account balance at death. By naming the Foundation as the remainder beneficiary of these assets, you can leave a very efficient legacy.
Life Insurance: For those whose need for life insurance has decreased, making a gift of an unneeded policy can be a convenient and effective way of meeting your charitable goals. When you transfer ownership of a cash value policy to the Olympic View Community Foundation, you become eligible for a charitable tax deduction based on its current value.