Maximize your deduction; minimize the gift details

Use cash to make your gift to Soroptimist

Claim your deduction against a larger portion of your adjusted gross income, and make an immediate impact on Soroptimist

Afford a larger gift to Soroptimist – and avoid capital gains liability

Give appreciated securities or bonds held over one year

Buy low and give high – avoid capital gains tax and receive an upfront income tax deduction

Make a gift to Soroptimist's future that doesn't affect your cash flow or investment portfolio

Include a bequest in your will (cash, specific property, or a share of the estate residue)

Today – a gift that costs you and your family nothing; completely revocable

Tomorrow – an estate tax deduction

Retain income benefits from the assets you give to Soroptimist – and thus afford a larger gift

Make a contribution to create a charitable gift annuity or a charitable remainder trust

Receive income for your lifetime, a charitable deduction, and avoid some or all upfront capital gain taxation; diversify your holdings

Reduce high tax liability now; gain additional income later

Establish a deferred gift annuity

A larger deduction and a higher income rate than provided by our other life-income gifts.

Tap one of the most valuable assets in your portfolio to make a gift to Soroptimist

Use real estate to make a gift to Soroptimist

Avoid or reduce capital gains tax, receive an income tax deduction, and, in some cases, maintain your current lifestyle.

Reduce gift and estate taxes and control the timing of passing assets to your children and grandchildren

Create a charitable lead trust which supports Soroptimist programs for a fixed, finite period with the principal reverting to your heirs in the future.

Reduce gift and estate taxes, and freeze the taxable value of growing assets before they pass to your family

Locate an overlooked asset that you can easily give to Soroptimist

Name Soroptimist as beneficiary of your retirement plan, leave other assets to family

Eliminate income tax on retirement plan assets; reduce estate taxes; give other non-taxable property to your heirs.

Make an endowment gift from income rather than capital

Create a new life insurance policy, or donate a paid-up policy whose coverage you no longer need

Increase your ability to make a significant gift to Soroptimist; receive upfront income tax savings.