A gift of retirement assets
When you designate retirement plan assets to your heirs, taxes can take as much as 70 percent before your loved ones see a penny! Using a retirement account to make a charitable gift can be a savvy way to protect your assets and provide significant support to a cause you care about, while preserving your estate for your heirs.
A gift through your will or trust
Also known as a bequest, this is the easiest and most popular of all planned gifts. It costs you nothing during your lifetime and leaves a powerful impact. All you need to do is add a simple paragraph (a codicil) to your existing documents. You can designate a specific dollar amount or a percentage of what’s left after your heirs are cared for. And it’s revocable - you can revise your plans if your life circumstances change.
There are many ways to make a planned gift, but here are two of the most common.
Your decision to leave a legacy with Boys & Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Baltimore is an important one. If you or your attorney would like additional information, please contact Jesse Schaefer, VP of Development & Communications, at jschaefer@bgcmetrobaltimore.org or (410) 637-3838.
Leave A Legacy
You’ve worked hard to achieve what you have, and you deserve the right to say what happens to it. Leaving a gift to Boys & Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Baltimore in your estate is an easy way extend your influence and values beyond your lifetime.
Sample Codicil Language
Residual
I give the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate, after the payment of all expenses, taxes, and debts, to Boys & Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Baltimore presently located at 1201 S. Sharp St., Suite 302, Baltimore, MD 21230.
Fraction
I give Boys & Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Baltimore _____ % (fraction spelled out) of the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate, after payment of all specified bequests, expenses, taxes, and debts, to Boys & Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Baltimore presently located at 1201 S. Sharp St., Suite 302, Baltimore, MD 21230.
Specific
I give $ _____ (number spelled out) to Boys & Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Baltimore presently located at 1201 S. Sharp St., Suite 302, Baltimore, MD 21230.
Contingent
If none of the persons I have identified above as beneficiaries of my estate survive me, I give the rest, residue, and remainder to Boys & Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Baltimore presently located at 1201 S. Sharp St., Suite 302, Baltimore, MD 21230.
If you have included Boys & Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Baltimore in your estate plan, please let us know. We want to say thank you!
Our Heritage Club recognizes individuals who have named Boys & Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Baltimore in their estate plans.