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Make a Contribution
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Your
financial support helps the Trust to purchase key conservation
properties and to maintain vigilant stewardship of its protected
lands.
Charitable
Giving Options
Gifts
of Cash
Contributions can be made by check or by credit card. These
gifts are tax-deductible, up to 50% of donors’ gross
income (AGI). If the total of a donor’s charitable gifts
exceed 50% of the AGI limit, the balance may be carried over
for up to five additional years.
Gifts of Appreciated Securities
Gifts of appreciated securities have a double benefit for
a donor. The securities’ full market value is tax-deductible,
and if the securities have appreciated in value, capital gains
taxation can also be avoided.
Donation
of a Remainder Interest
A donor can donate land and continue to live on it and use
it. At the end of the specified life interests, full title
and control of the property transfers to the Land Trust. The
donor may be entitled to an income tax deduction when the
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Donation
of Trade Land
Properties that have little or no conservation value can be donated
as trade land. The Trust can sell these properties in order to acquire
land with high conservation value or to use in other ways that further
the Trust’s conservation goals.
Gifts
of Insurance
Some donors may find they no longer need their life insurance policies.
Donations of policies can be an important piece of estate planning.
Although it is sometimes overlooked, the proceeds from insurance
policies may be part of an individual’s taxable estate. Instead
of cashing in the policies, donors may gift them to the Land Trust
and claim a tax deduction for the cash value of the policy.
Bequests
Many donors make gifts to the York Land Trust through their wills.
Bequest provisions in a will allow the donor to control the distribution
of the estate, and to preserve as much of the estate as possible
through tax-saving opportunities. Bequests can be used to endow
an annual contribution, to place conservation easements on land,
or to make a special gift that will enhance the York Land Trust’s
ability to protect more land in the future.
Please contact
the York Land Trust to discuss charitable giving options.
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