Select up to 3 gift options and compare their benefits.

Estate Gifts

Gifts by Will or Living Trust
Give without affecting your cash flow during your lifetime.

Gifts of Retirement Plans
The balance of your retirement plan may be worth more when donated to NSDAR than to your heirs.

Gifts of Life Insurance
Use an unneeded policy to make a donation.

Gifts in Partnership with Us

Charitable Remainder Unitrusts
Make a large gift and create a flexible source of retirement income.

Charitable Lead Trusts
Discover an innovative way to pass appreciating assets on to family members while making gifts in the interim.

Pooled Income Fund
We offer a life income gift that works like a charitable mutual fund. You donate cash or securities, receive an income tax deduction, avoid capital gains tax on the transfer, secure lifetime income, and deliver significant support to NSDAR.

Retained Life Estates
Donate your house to NSDAR and continue to live there until your death.

Charitable Bargain Sales
This part-gift/part-sale gives you a charitable deduction plus cash to use elsewhere.

Outright Gifts

Gifts of Cash
Maximize your charitable deduction and deliver immediate benefits to NSDAR.

Gifts of Appreciated Securities
The IRS allows you one of its most significant tax breaks for gifts of appreciated securities.

Gifts of Real Estate
Make a substantial gift to NSDAR through a transfer of residential, commercial, or undeveloped real estate.

Gifts of Business Interests
Give NSDAR an interest in a closely-held or family business.

Gifts of Partnership Interests
Support NSDAR by transferring an interest in a real estate or oil-and-gas partnership.

Gifts of Personal Property
Donate personal property like books, artwork, or equipment and secure an income tax deduction.

The National Society welcomes all gift ideas for consideration on a case-by-case basis. Please note that responsibility for valuation and up-front fees may belong to the donor.