Ways to Give
TLF receives your donation and applies it to the purpose you specify.
If you don't specify a purpose for your gift, the funds will be applied to the area most in need.
Preserving and Maintaining LIC's Historic Clubhouse
Maintaining and Improving LIC Grounds and Trails for Public Recreation
Advancing Education by Supporting Scholarship Programs and Public School Activities
Improving Environmental Protection & Public Safety at the Longbranch Marina
Supporting Community Service Organizations and Activities
Supporting the Community Wherever the Need is Greatest
TLF Charitable Purposes:
Employer Matching Donation
Employer matching gift programs allow you to team up and combine your employee benefit and donation to The Longbranch Foundation to make a greater impact. If your employer matches gifts, your donation can be doubled or tripled to nonprofit organizations like TLF!
Many Washington companies including Microsoft, Boeing, Home Depot, Starbucks, Wells Fargo, and Alaska Airlines offer donation match benefits to employees. Check with your employer for details!
*The Longbranch Foundation cannot render tax or legal advice. Please consult with your professional financial advisor before making a charitable gift.
Gifts Through Your IRA
DETAILS:
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Donor must be over age seventy and a half
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Fund may be either Traditional IRA or Roth IRA
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Distribution may be either one-time or recurring gift
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Distribution must go directly to The Longbranch Foundation
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Donor must identify TLF as a 501c3 charitable organization to the IRA holder (Tax ID: 81-1147078)
BENEFITS:
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Donated funds are not included in your income and will not be subject to income tax. (You avoid the income tax penalty on your distribution!)*
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Your donation will be applied to the purposes you specify. Please contact TLF to designate your donation to one or more of our Charitable Purposes.
GET STARTED: A call or letter to your IRA holder can initiate this transaction. View a sample Transfer Letter.
Gifts Through Your Will
DETAILS:
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Include a bequest provision of cash to TLF in your Will or Revocable Trust.
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Specify an amount or percentage of cash from your estate that you wish for TLF to receive.
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TLF receives your gift after your lifetime and applies it to the purpose you specified.
BENEFITS:
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You maintain control of your assets for as long as you live.
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Bequests are simple to implement and easy to change.
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Your donation is 100% deductible from income taxes.*
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Designate your donation to one or more of TLF's Charitable Purposes.
*The Longbranch Foundation cannot render tax or legal advice. Please consult with your professional financial advisor before making a charitable gift.
Gifts Through Life Insurance
DETAILS:
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Name The Longbranch Foundation as a beneficiary or contingent beneficiary of a policy insuring your life.
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Identify The Longbranch Foundation as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization (Federal Tax ID: 81-1147078) to your insurance company.
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If you want to deduct your premium payments, be sure to name The Longbranch Foundation as the irrevocable owner of the policy, and not just the beneficiary.*
BENEFITS:
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Provide now for a future gift.
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You may name TLF as the primary beneficiary of your life insurance policy or a contingent beneficiary should your primary beneficiaries not survive you.
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You may also donate your paid-up whole life insurance policy.
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At the time of your death, benefits pass to TLF free of federal estate tax.*
GET STARTED: Contact your life insurance provider to name The Longbranch Foundation a beneficiary.
*The Longbranch Foundation cannot render tax or legal advice. Please consult with your professional financial advisor before making a charitable gift.
*The Longbranch Foundation cannot render tax or legal advice. Please consult with your professional financial advisor before making a charitable gift.
Gifts Through Stocks & Bonds
DETAILS:
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Make a gift of appreciated securities—publicly traded stocks, bonds and mutual fund shares listed on the NYSE or NASDAQ exchanges —to The Longbranch Foundation
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The securities used to make your gift must have been held by you for more than one year to be fully deductible.
BENEFITS:
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Receive credit and an immediate income tax deduction for the fair market value of the gift.*(average high and low prices on the day of the transfer).
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Avoid capital gains tax.*
Gifts Generally Accepted Without Review:
CASH: Accepted by check, money order, US currency, credit card, or on-line payment services
SECURITIES: Publicly traded securities transferred to and sold by TLF’s Edward Jones broker.
BEQUESTS and Beneficiary Designations under Revocable Trusts, Your Will, Commercial Annuities and Retirement Plans
LIFE INSURANCE: Paid-up Life Insurance as the primary beneficiary or as a contingent beneficiary should your beneficiaries not survive you. Un-paid-up Life Insurance will be converted to paid-up, exchanged for cash value or sold thru a viatical settlement broker.
Gifts Generally Not Accepted:
Real Estate
Leased Property
Time Share Interests
Partnership or LLC Interests
Boats
Farm Equipment
Livestock
Gold Coins/Precious Metals
Frequent Flyer Miles
Crypto Currency
Patents/Trademarks
Savings Bonds
Charitable Gift Annuities
Charitable Remainder Trusts
Charitable Lead Trusts
Pooled Income Funds
Gift Acceptance Policy
We appreciate donors' consideration of any gift to The Longbranch Foundation!
TLF's Board of Directors has a fiduciary responsibility to assure our assets are protected from potential liabilities or diversions away from our specified charitable purposes. Certain types of gifts must be reviewed prior to acceptance due to the special liabilities they may pose to TLF.
We're grateful for your support and understanding.