Little Pink Houses of Hope

A charitable lead trust is a way of making a gift to Little Pink Houses of Hope that enables you to reduce gift and estate taxes while controlling the timing of passing assets to your children and grandchildren.

You contribute securities or other appreciating assets to a charitable lead trust. The trust makes annual payments to Little Pink Houses of Hope for a period of time. When the trust terminates, the remaining principal is paid to your heirs.

Benefits to You:

• The present value of the income payments to Little Pink Houses of Hope reduces your gift/estate tax.
• All appreciation that takes place in the trust goes tax-free to your heirs.
• The amount and term of the payments to Little Pink Houses of Hope can be set so as to reduce or even eliminate transfer taxes due when the principal reverts to your heirs.
• You have the satisfaction of making a significant gift to Little Pink Houses of Hope now that reduces the taxes due on transfers to your heirs later.

A charitable remainder unitrust with Little Pink Houses of Hope can provide you and/or other beneficiaries with income for life or for a fixed number of years. Your donation of either appreciated securities or real estate enables you to receive an immediate income tax deduction for a portion of your contribution to the unitrust and savings on capital gains taxes as well. Your significant gift will benefit you now and the families served by Little Pink Houses of Hope later. This type of gift enables you to do the following:

• Avoid paying capital gains on sales of appreciated stock and real estate
• Convert the full value of stock into a lifetime income stream
• Receive a significant charitable income tax deduction
• Remove assets from your taxable estate

Charitable gift annuities are a popular way of providing financial security to a loved one.  You make an irrevocable donation of at least $25,000 to create a gift annuity with two beneficiaries, for example, 2 adult children.  You receive fixed annual payments for as long as either beneficiary lives at a beneficial payment rate and a charitable deduction.

You enjoy the pleasure of knowing that your gift benefits you now and, in the future, funds more life-changing retreats for Little Pink families.

Because retirement plans are taxed differently than most assets, they may actually become a tax liability. Naming Little Pink Houses of Hope a beneficiary of your retirement account can be an attractive option for leaving a legacy and reducing income and possibly estate taxes for your loved ones. Making Little Pink Houses of Hope a beneficiary of a retirement account is easy. Simply ask your plan administrator for a beneficiary designation form and include Little Pink Houses of Hope as beneficiary of a specific percentage of the account value or as a contingent beneficiary.