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Estate Planning
By making the proper preparations, you can preserve assets for your heirs, become eligible for certain tax benefits, and bless needy children in Latin America who desperately need your help.
Including Latin America ChildCare in your estate planning will have a profound and eternal impact on the lives of thousands of youngsters. Not only will you help provide these children with an excellent Christian education, a realization of their incredible value, and in many cases, a daily nutritious meal and medical and dental care, you will be giving these children hope...and the knowledge of God's love and grace for them.
You have many options for giving to Latin America ChildCare through estate planning. Please prayerfully consider some of the creative giving options below.
UPDATE YOUR WILL - Regularly updating your will allows you to make sure that your accumulated assets will be used effectively according to your wishes and your most treasured values. Remember, there are ultimately three places your assets will eventually go: to your family, the ministries of your choosing, or the tax coffers of the government. How that happens is largely up to you. Please consider clearly naming Latin America ChildCare in your will and continue after your death what you have done in life.
GIVING FOR INCOME PLANS - There are several plans designed to supply regular payments of lifetime income to you or another beneficiary while ensuring a substantial benefit to a charitable institution, such as Latin America ChildCare, at the time of death. These include:
• Pooled Income Funds
• Charitable Remainder Trusts
• Charitable Gift Annuities
CHARITABLE TRUST ARRANGEMENTS - If your estate is relatively large, you may want to consider setting up a separate trust. You have several different options:
• Charitable Remainder Trusts
• Charitable Remainder Annuity Trusts
• Charitable Lead Trusts
• Revocable Charitable Trusts
Or, consider the Revocable Living Trust, a flexible trust arrangement which offers effective ways of giving when your estate provides more than you need and you would like to give out of this abundance, while still preserving your ability to respond to life's unexpected emergencies.
OTHER WAYS TO GIVE - This list is by no means exhaustive. There are many other creative ways to extend your giving to Latin America ChildCare, which can maximize the effectiveness of your giving while still respecting your need for financial security in this life:
• Life Estate Agreements
• Gifts from Life Insurance and Retirement Plans
• Personal Property
• Stocks and Bonds
• Memorials
Planning your estate is a serious and important matter, but it is well worth the effort. When you create a careful estate plan, you bless your loved ones with your wise stewardship, providing important resources and benefits to your family, friends, church and favorite ministries.
We would be happy to help you with your estate planning. Because Latin America ChildCare works in conjunction with Assemblies of God Foundation, the gifts of your estate will receive the best investment management service possible. And you can be assured that 90 cents of every dollar you give to Latin America ChildCare will directly impact children in Latin America and the Caribbean.
For more information about Estate Planning to Latin America ChildCare, please call Jerry Roberts toll-free at:
(800) 924-7282
Or, if you prefer, send Jerry an email at: estateplanning@lacc4hope.org
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