The money you earned from work can continue to do good work
If you’re considering supporting both loved ones and March of Dimes at your death, your estate may reap substantial tax savings by thoughtfully planning which assets will be distributed to heirs and which will be distributed to charity. Using retirement plan/IRA assets is an excellent way to satisfy your charitable intentions because those same assets left to heirs may be significantly eroded by income and estate tax, leaving them with much less than what you intended.
Benefits
- Revocable. You can change your beneficiary designation at any time during your lifetime.
- Control. You retain ownership and control of your assets during your lifetime since they won’t pass to March of Dimes until your death.
- Income tax savings. Assets from your retirement plan/IRA which pass to March of Dimes at your death are not subject to income tax. If those same assets pass to heirs at your death, they may be subject to income tax at a rate as high as 37 percent.
- Estate tax savings. Although only a small percentage of individuals will incur estate tax at their death, those individuals who are subject to estate tax can benefit from having charitable provisions in their estate plan since assets distributed to charity at death won’t be subject to estate tax. Retirement plan/IRA assets distributed to heirs at your death may be subject to estate tax at a rate as high as 40 percent.
How to name March of Dimes as a beneficiary
To name March of Dimes as a beneficiary of your retirement plan/IRA, simply obtain a Beneficiary Designation Form from your broker and name the March of Dimes as a beneficiary using the following legal name and address: March of Dimes, 1550 Crystal Drive Suite 1300, Arlington, VA, 22202, Federal Tax ID #13-1846366.
If you’re age 70.5 or older, you may be eligible for the IRA Charitable Rollover which allows you to make a gift to March of Dimes from your IRA during your lifetime without paying income tax on the amount transferred. The rollover is made by simply instructing your IRA plan administrator to transfer funds directly from your IRA account to March of Dimes.
Please document your future gift intentions. Use this form to easily and safely document your retirement plan/IRA gift to March of Dimes.
Questions? We're here to help.
For assistance with planning a gift that will benefit March of Dimes now or in the future, please contact 1-800-780-3463 or [email protected].
For assistance with administration of an active estate or trust of which March of Dimes is a beneficiary, including distributions, releases and notice of related court proceedings, please contact Pecola Beech, Estates Administrator, at 1-914-997-4455 or [email protected].
If you would like to make a gift now to March of Dimes, visit our donation form.