Create A Legacy
Legacy Giving
cy giving is a meaningful way to help us sustain our work for decades. Here are a few simple ways you can ensure your legacy, save lives, and provide health services for those in need for years to come.
IRAs and Retirement Plans
You can designate VHC Medical Brigade as the beneficiary of all or a percentage of your IRA, and it will pass to us tax-free after your lifetime. You can also donate a qualified charitable distribution (or charitable rollover), up to a maximum of $100,000 per year, from your IRA directly to VHC Medical Brigade without having to pay income taxes on the money.
Life Insurance Policies
You can create a long-lasting legacy by appointing VHC Medical Brigade as a partial or full beneficiary of an existing life insurance policy. You will retain ownership of the policy as well as the flexibility to change your beneficiary designation later if your circumstances change, but any proceeds distributed to VHC Medical Brigade from the policy will be exempt from estate tax and will create a lasting legacy.
Real Estate
When you donate appreciated property you have held for more than a year, you qualify for a federal income-tax charitable deduction and eliminate the capital gains tax. A gift of real estate through your will or living trust allows you to be flexible in your decision making and have the potential to support our work in tremendous ways.
Beneficiary Designations
Including VHC as a beneficiary for a retirement account or a life insurance policy is an excellent way to contribute to the VHC Health Brigade without changing or creating a new will or living trust. Assets left to VHC are not required to go through the probate process and will pass directly to the organization.
The information on this website is not intended as legal or tax advice. For such advice, please consult an attorney or tax advisor.
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If you have any questions about how to make a gift in your will or trust or by beneficiary designation, or would like any other information about legacy gift giving please contact us here.