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Planned Giving

You can be a Marist partner by leaving a personal legacy that will continue to promote the reign of God on Earth for many years after you have made the journey back to our Father's home.

The best way to make a gift is in the form of a bequest. Bequests can be made through gifts of cash, securities, real estate, and tangible personal property.

A Cash Bequest
You can leave the Marist Society a specific dollar amount in your will. Have you made your will yet? Freewills.com is not connected to the Marist Society but will give you lots of information on how to create a WILL if you don’t have one. There is a fee to create a WILL using the site.

Bequest of Property
The Marist Society can receive specific assets, such as securities, an interest in real estate (such as a residence), or tangible personal property (e.g., works of art, antiques).

Residuary Bequest
The Marists can receive all or a percentage of the remainder of your estate after the payment of any specific bequests and all estate-related expenses.

Testamentary Trust
The trust will provide one or more of your heirs with income for life, after which the assets will pass to the Marist Society.

Retirement Plan
The Marist Society can be designated as a beneficiary of the remainder or a percentage of the remainder of your IRA, Keogh, tax-sheltered annuity, qualified pension, or profit-sharing plan.

Testamentary QTIP Trust
The trust provides income, and principal if needed, to your spouse for life, after which the assets can pass to the Marist Society.

Contingent Bequest
The Marist Society is given a bequest only in the event of the death of other beneficiaries.
Through various types of bequests to the Marist Society, you can secure an estate-tax charitable deduction for the value of your gift.

Most of all, you will know that your generosity will carry on the Marist mission and ministries and support the work you valued during your life, to continue for many years after your life. An extraordinary legacy!

The form of bequest you choose is not subject to estate or inheritance taxes, and so significantly reduces the tax burden of your estate. The value of your bequest may be deducted when the taxable estate is determined, and there is no limit to the deduction.

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