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The Charitable Gift Annuity
Immediate Payment
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To establish a charitable gift annuity, you make a gift to Johns Hopkins and in exchange receive a fixed annual dollar amount for life. The principal remaining at your death will then benefit any Johns Hopkins program that you choose.
While gift annuities can be funded at a younger age, this type of gift might be especially attractive if you are aged 70 or above, you want to support Johns Hopkins, and you would like to secure an immediate stream of income for yourself or for yourself and your spouse. The amount of the payments is based on the age(s) of the income beneficiary(ies). The older one is, the higher the payout rate one receives. In addition to the stream of fixed payments, the gift will also generate an immediate charitable income-tax deduction. If you are younger and you wish to begin receiving payments at a future date, a deferred-payment gift annuity might be a more suitable gift arrangement.
For example, Anne Bateman, aged 78, gives $25,000 in cash to Johns Hopkins in exchange for a gift annuity. She receives an income-tax deduction of $11,922, based on her age. She will begin receiving income checks of approximately $1,800 each calendar year for the rest of her life. When she passes away, the remaining principal will benefit Johns Hopkins.
Pointer: The charitable gift annuity is especially rewarding if funded with appreciated long-term securities generating little or no income. If you transfer such securities to Johns Hopkins in exchange for a charitable gift annuity, you will avoid a significant amount of capital-gain taxation and any remaining capital gain will be reported in prorated amounts over the life (or lives) of the beneficiary(ies).
Note: Because part of the amount contributed for a charitable gift annuity is a donation, charitable gift annuity payout rates are lower than, and are not in competition with, any rates offered commercially.
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