Continue to have an Annual Campaign gift to support our local and global and Jewish Community in perpetuity by establishing and Annual Campaign Endowment. A named ACE can be set up for as little as $36,000.
You can continue to support your Federation programs or partner agency by leaving a legacy specifically for it.
Pomegranates are able to perpetuate their gift through endowing their $1,800 annual commitment with a donation of $36,000.
Continue as part of the Palm Beach Lion Pride by endowing your Lion-level gift with an amount equal to 20 times your recognition level. To illustrate, a Lion giving at the $6,000 level would establish an endowment with $120,000.
One of the easiest and most common ways for you to support Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County is with a gift of cash. We invest that money and watch it grow. We then take 5% of the earnings to perpetuate your giving. Please speak with your tax professional regarding charitable tax deductions.
Securities and mutual funds that have increased in value and been held for more than one year are one of the most popular assets to use when making a legacy gift. When you transfer appreciated securities or mutual funds you have held more than one year to Jewish Federation in support of our mission, you can reduce or even eliminate federal capital gains taxes on the transfer. You may also be entitled to a federal income tax charitable deduction based on the fair market value of the securities at the time of the transfer.
An outright gift. When you donate securities to Jewish Federation, you receive the same income tax savings that you would if you wrote us a check, but with the added benefit of eliminating capital gains taxes on the transfer, which can be as high as 20 percent. A transfer on death (TOD) account.* By placing a TOD designation on your brokerage or investment account, that account will be paid over to one or more persons or charities after your lifetime.
If you are 70½ years old or older, you can take advantage of a simple way to benefit Jewish Federation and receive tax benefits in return. You can give any amount up to $108,000 per year from your IRA directly to a qualified charity such as ours without having to pay income taxes on the money. This popular gift option is commonly called the IRA charitable rollover, but you may also see it referred to as a Qualified Charitable Distribution, or QCD for short.
You want to leave money to Jewish Federation in your will. You also want the flexibility to change your will in the event that life circumstances change. You can do both
Not everyone wants to commit to making a gift in their wills or estates. Some prefer the increased flexibility that a beneficiary designation provides by using:
Your policy can become a powerful and simple way to support our work. There are three ways to give life insurance to Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County:
Never thought you could be a $1 million dollar donor?
Think again…
Meyer JCF offers a Shared Premium Program for policies of at least $250,000. The premiums are paid over a 10-year period. The donor pays the first 5 years, and the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County pays the last 5 years. The donor is recognized for the full face value of the policy.
Supporting Foundations provide unique vehicles for family involvement in philanthropy by creating separate, nonprofit corporations, each with its own identity and corporate structure.
Trustees meet at least once a year to decide on grant making and investment matters, as well as other issues of policy and operations.
Do you have a loved one who is passionate about the Jewish community? You can establish a permanent endowment to honor or memorialize them. You can also do so for a birthday or anniversary or any other special occasion.
We can partner with you to facilitate donations of complex assets such as vacation homes, commercial properties, crypto currency, privately held securities and more.
One of the easiest and most common ways for you to support Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County is with a gift of cash. We then take 5 percent of the earnings to perpetuate your giving.Please speak with your tax professional regarding charitable tax deductions.
Securities and mutual funds that have increased in value and been held for more than one year are one of the most popular assets to use when making a legacy gift. When you transfer appreciated securities or mutual funds you have held more than one year to Jewish Federation in support of our mission, you can reduce or even eliminate federal capital gains taxes on the transfer. You may also be entitled to a federal income tax charitable deduction based on the fair market value of the securities at the time of the transfer.
An outright gift. When you donate securities to Jewish Federation, you receive the same income tax savings that you would if you wrote us a check, but with the added benefit of eliminating capital gains taxes on the transfer, which can be as high as 20 percent. A transfer on death (TOD) account.* By placing a TOD designation on your brokerage or investment account, that account will be paid over to one or more persons or charities after your lifetime.
If you are 70½ years old or older, you can take advantage of a simple way to benefit Jewish Federation and receive tax benefits in return. You can give any amount up to $108,000 per year from your IRA directly to a qualified charity such as ours without having to pay income taxes on the money. This popular gift option is commonly called the IRA charitable rollover, but you may also see it referred to as a Qualified Charitable Distribution, or QCD for short.
You want to leave money to Jewish Federation in your will. You also want the flexibility to change your will in the event that life circumstances change. You can do both
Not everyone wants to commit to making a gift in their wills or estates. Some prefer the increased flexibility that a beneficiary designation provides by using:
It only takes four simple steps to make this type of gift. Here’s how to name Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County as a beneficiary:
Your policy can become a powerful and simple way to support our work. There are three ways to give life insurance to Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County:
Never thought you could be a $1 million dollar donor?
Think again…
Meyer JCF offers a Shared Premium Program for policies of at least $250,000. The premiums are paid over a 10-year period. The donor pays the first 5 years, and the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County pays the last 5 years. The donor is recognized for the full face value of the policy.
Supporting Foundations provide unique vehicles for family involvement in philanthropy by creating separate, nonprofit corporations, each with its own identity and corporate structure.
Do you have a loved one who is passionate about the Jewish community? You can establish a permanent endowment to honor or memorialize them. You can also do so for a birthday or anniversary or any other special occasion.
We can partner with you to facilitate donations of complex assets such as vacation homes, commercial properties, crypto currency, privately held securities and more.
Consider this giving vehicle your “charitable checkbook”, offering you an efficient way to manage charitable giving. DAFs offer tax benefits and unique opportunities for multi-generational giving.
There are a variety of ways to establish your fund with as little as $5,000. For those of you ages 45 and younger, all it takes is $2,500 to open your DAF.
You transfer funds/assets (cash, appreciated securities, credit card payments, real estate, for example) to Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County and you take a charitable tax deduction then.
We manage the administrative function of the granting, and you get the knowledge that you are making a difference.
We are proud to partner with you and your family in the GPS program, which is designed to offer participants — DAF holders, Supporting Foundations and Priority Fund donors — an experience akin to having their own private foundations, but without the associated burdens.
This service, available to all Supporting Foundations, Priority Fund donors and DAFs with average balances of $250,000 or more, will be offered without any increase in management fees — our way of expressing gratitude for the trust these families place in us.
Participating donors can tailor the program to fit their unique needs and family dynamics. Options range from an annual meeting to discuss funding opportunities to more frequent, in-depth meetings focused on family values, legacy planning and funding strategy. Consider GPS your roadmap to your family’s philanthropic journey.
For more information about GPS, you may contact us at meyerjcf@jewishpalmbeach.org or 561.242.6639.
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1 Harvard Circle, Suite 100
West Palm Beach, FL 33409
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