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TAX GUIDE AND REFERENCE TOOL

Quick View Tax Guide: A compilation of two years' worth of numbers that impact taxes and giving. (Now updated to reflect legislative changes found in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act).
Advisor Reference Tool: A comprehensive knowledge base of planned giving information.

WILL & ESTATE PLANNING GUIDE

Will & Estate Planning Guide: Help donors make a daunting task easier. This PDF with fillable fields highlights the inherent opportunity for charitable giving.

TECHNIQUES ADVISOR NEWSLETTER

Browse past editions of TECHNIQUES, our quarterly newsletter for advisors and allied professionals, below. Interested in the latest? Join our mailing list.

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4th Quarter 2025: The OBBBA and Charitable Giving A New Playbook for Philanthropy and Tax Planning

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3rd Quarter 2025: Commodities, Cryptocurrency, and Even Condos - Facilitating Gifts of Complex Assets

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2nd Quarter 2025: Gifts Gone Wrong: Real Cases, Powerful Lessons Learned

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1st Quarter 2025: Turning a Tax Hit into a Tax Advantage: Gifts of Appreciated Assets

CONVERSATION STARTERS

This set of 30 digital one-pagers provides an easy way to start a productive conversation about gift options, from the simple to the complex. Each piece defines the gift, highlights the benefits, illustrates the concept with a mini case study, and supplements the text with an informative graphic.

ESTATE PLANNING

  • Beneficiary Designations
  • Bequests
  • Estate Planning
  • Flexible Giving with a Will
  • Income Tax Charitable Deduction
  • Payable-on-Death Accounts
  • Revocable Living Trust
  • Transfer-on-Death

RETIREMENT PLANNING

  • Blending Retirement Planning and Philanthropy
  • Gifts of Retirement Plan Assets
  • Qualified Charitable Distribution (Traditional QCD)
  • Qualified Charitable Distribution (One-Time Option Under the Secure 2.0 Act)
  • Required Minimum Distributions

INCOME GIFTS

  • Charitable Gift Annuities
  • Deferred Charitable Gift Annuities
  • Life Income Gifts

TRUSTS

  • Charitable Lead Trusts
  • Charitable Remainder Annuity Trusts
  • Charitable Remainder Trusts
  • Charitable Remainder Unitrusts

OTHER GIFTS

  • A Life Estate Agreement
  • Bargain Sales
  • Donor-Advised Funds
  • Gifts of Appreciated Stock
  • Gifts of Life Insurance
  • Gifts of Real Estate
  • Gift of Tangible Personal Property
  • Life Insurance Beneficiary Designations
  • Quick Guide
  • Revocable Gifts
  • Wealth Replacement with Life Insurance

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