Plan a Gift in Your Will
A gift in your will is one of the most powerful ways you can help the vulnerable adults and children in our community.
No matter what your age or wealth, a will is the most popular way to leave your legacy. It is also the most popular way to make a planned gift to Bethlehem Inn. This allows you to:
- Direct your assets to what matters most to you
- Provide often life-saving services to people experiencing homelessness
Other ways to give include:
IRA Giving
Many people ages 70.5 and over support Bethlehem Inn to provide often life-saving shelter services from their individual retirement accounts (IRA).
IRA gifts to the Inn can:
- Give immediate assistance to adults and children in crisis
- Reduce your future tax burden
- Help you fulfill your required minimum distribution for the current calendar year.
Name Bethlehem Inn as a beneficiary of your Life Insurance Policy
Policies that are no longer needed for family or business protection purposes make excellent charitable gifts. When you transfer ownership of the policy to Bethlehem Inn the cash value of the policy is a tax-deductible gift, as are all future premium payments.
Name Bethlehem Inn as a charitable beneficiary of your Donor-Advised Fund
If you have a donor-advised fund and you choose not to name an account successor, you can specify that the fund’s remaining assets go to Bethlehem Inn.
Naming Bethlehem Inn as a beneficiary of retirement plans and deferred annuities allows you access to the funds during life and provides probate-free transfer of assets to the Inn. This type of estate gift can diminish tax consequences, allowing you to help people in crisis.
For more information or to notify Bethlehem Inn that you have made a planned gift, please contact Kim Fischbach at 541.322.8768 ext. 21 or email Kim.