LEGACY/ PLANNED GIVING - WAYS TO GIVE

Honor someone special with a gift in their name.
If you know someone whose life has been impacted by Macedonia Family and Community Enrichment Center, establishing a memorial or tribute gift is a meaningful way to honor them. Your memorial or tribute gift will make a difference in the lives of those we serve.
You can create a better future through your Will/ Estate Plan.
Estate Planning is for everyone, not just the wealthy. If you have possessions, you have an estate. What happens to your possessions (assets) after your lifetime is estate settlement. Deciding in advance how this will be done is Estate Planning.

According to the Health Aging Database, 68% of American Adults have not yet created a will.

Procrastination is the grave in which opportunity is buried. We all know we should make plans, but for whatever reason, we put it off. Without a will, If the unexpected happens, our wishes may not be known.

Your possessions and assets may include your home, life insurance, retirement accounts, and investments, as well as personal items and cash. Creating a will or an estate plan ensures that the assets you have are distributed in the proportions you want to those you care about. In your will, you will designate who gets what. You can donate parts of your estate to family members, friends, and/or a cause or organization that is meaningful to you.
Life Insurance
Many people realize that their life insurance benefit allows them to provide gifts to beneficiaries that are in excess of amounts that they are able to make while they are living. Adding a charity as one of your beneficiaries allows you to impact causes that are important to you and ensures that they are able to continue fulfilling their mission into the future.

How does it work? Life insurance policies provide for the payment of the value of the policy to your designated beneficiary. Policy owners are permitted to select multiple beneficiaries. Please consider this when planning.

The beneficiary(s) may be individuals, a trustee, or a charity. You can also have proceeds held by an insurance company and paid in installments to your beneficiaries as well.
Retirement Plans
Retirement plans may include pensions, 401(k) or 403(b) savings plans, IRA, or other stock portfolios. When you established your retirement account, you were likely asked to designate a beneficiary in the event of your death. You may designate one or more individuals and portions of the asset to beneficiary(s). After retiring, you may draw down on your assets to support your ongoing living expenses. You also have the option of drawing down monies to make charitable donations.
Gifts of Stock – If you have a stock portfolio, you can donate stock to FACE by having your stock broker transfer any number / value of stock to FACE’s Schwab brokerage account. This can be done as a component of your last will and testament or while you are living, and can even be
done as an annual gift. For more information about this option, contact FACE finance department at 412-281-2573.

There are many ways to be a blessing to your favorite charity:

Honorarium Memorial

Estate Plan – Will

Life Insurance

Retirement Account

Stocks

To ensure that your assets are handled in the way you intend, you should seek the advice of an expert – an estate planning lawyer, a certified public accountant, a financial advisor, a trust officer, or a charitable gift planner.

If you wish to make a gift through any of these means to Macedonia Family and Community Enrichment Center, Inc., we would be grateful for your support. Please include the following in your planning documents:

Legal Name: Macedonia Family and Community Enrichment Center, Inc.

Address: 5001 Baum Blvd, Suite 400, Pittsburgh, PA 15213

FACE’s Federal Tax ID – 25-1778222