Women Against Gun Violence

Other Ways to Donate to WAGV

Employee Matching Programs - Does your employer have a matching gift program? Often corporations match their employee's donations or even donate cash as a match for their employee's volunteer hours. Be sure to check with your employer - some just require a short form to be filled out by the employee and the non-profit organization in order to receive a match!

Stock transfer - By transferring stock directly to WAGV, you may be able to avoid capital gains tax that would be due if you sold the stock and contributed cash.

Because WAGV is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, you also may be able to deduct the full current market value of the stock donated - regardless of the price you paid for the stock. Please consult your tax advisor for details.

Planned Gifts And Bequests - Planned gifts and bequests allow donors to provide a lasting form of support to WAGV. Such support can be as simple as a cash gift specified in a will, or as complicated as - well, as complicated as a skilled estate planner can devise. Planned giving tools include cash bequests, stock gifts, insurance policy beneficiary designations, annuities, trust arrangements, etc. If you intend that your planned gift or bequest be designated to our organization, it is important to designate "Women Against Gun Violence" as the beneficiary.

Gifts Of Real Estate Or Other Appreciated Assets - WAGV is happy to consider gifts of both commercial and residential real estate. We gratefully review each offer in conjunction with the Board, to evaluate the condition and marketability of the property. The IRS also allows donors of appreciated real estate and artwork to contribute them and receive a deduction for their full fair market value.

You may make outright gifts of real estate to WAGV or turn your real estate into a lifetime income stream by establishing a charitable gift annuity, charitable remainder unitrust or charitable lead trust. If you have owned the property for at least one year, you can avoid paying capital gain taxes.

Gifts of real estate will often result in an income tax deduction equal to the fair market value of the property. If you cannot deduct the full fair market value of the gift in the first year, you may carry the balance forward for up to the next five years. These gifts do raise more tax and policy issues than contributions of stocks and bonds, and we ask any of our friends who may be considering such a gift to contact our office first.