Securities and mutual funds that have increased in value and been held for more than one year are popular assets to use when making a gift to Chautauqua Hospice & Palliative Care. Making a gift of securities or mutual funds offers you the chance to support our work while realizing important benefits for yourself.
When you donate appreciated securities or mutual funds in support of our mission, you can reduce or eliminate federal capital gains taxes on the transfer. You may also be entitled to a federal income tax charitable deduction based on the fair market value of the securities at the time of the transfer.
Securities are most often used to support our work in the form of:
An outright gift. When you donate securities to CHPC, you receive the same income tax savings that you would if you wrote a check, but with the added benefit of eliminating capital gains taxes on the transfer.
A transfer on death account. By placing a transfer on death account designation on your brokerage or investment account, that account will be paid to one or more persons or charities after your lifetime.
