Charitable Gift Annuities

Giving through charitable gift annuities can be a very flexible way to make charitable gifts to American Diabetes Association, while at the same time providing a fixed income for life for you and/or others you choose. Charitable gift annuities are easy to establish and can be funded with gifts of relatively modest amounts.

Here’s how a charitable gift annuity works:

• You transfer cash or other assets to American Diabetes Association. This is accomplished through the completion of a simple agreement and can normally be handled by mail.
• You will receive fixed payments annually (or more frequently, if desired). The amount of your payment is fixed at the time your gift is funded, and the amount will not change with interest rate and investment market fluctuations.
• You may benefit from an immediate charitable income tax deduction for a portion of the amount used to fund your gift annuity, which may reduce your federal and/or state income tax.
• A part of each payment is received tax free for a period of time.
• If you would like, you can also choose to name another person (often a spouse, parent or sibling) to receive payments with you, instead of you or following your lifetime for the remainder of his or her life.
• The assets used to fund your gift annuity will generally be removed from your estate for probate and tax purposes.

Many people choose to fund more than one gift annuity over time. As payment rates increase with age, each gift annuity generally features larger payments.

When property such as stock, mutual funds or other securities that have increased in value is given for a gift annuity, the charitable deduction can be based on the full value of the property, not just its original cost. Additional tax savings may be possible through the reduction or delay in payment of capital gains taxes that might otherwise be owed if the donated property were sold.

See the Gift Annuity Rate Table for examples of gift annuity rates for one or two persons at various ages

Enjoy larger payments that begin later

It is also possible to establish what is known as a “deferred gift annuity.” Using this option, your gift to American Diabetes Association is completed now, and you enjoy an immediate income tax deduction for a portion of the amount donated. The payments do not begin immediately but are instead structured to begin at least one year after the gift annuity is funded. Your tax deduction and payment rates are higher as a result. This can be an excellent way to make gifts while providing for a higher income in the future should it be needed.

See deferred gift annuities for additional information.