Gift planning is the process of making the most of your charitable gift while taking into account your own financial needs. People often think that gift planning is only for the very wealthy, but it's not. Planning a gift can have benefits for all donors. For some, this type of planning can help them discover what should be given, rather than how large the gift should be. For others, gift planning will address complex income and estate planning issues involving family businesses, real estate, or the transfer of wealth between generations.

Regardless of your personal and charitable goals, consider devoting a little time to learning more about the gift planning process. A little time can yield surprising results.

• Gift Planning Benefits
• You and DHMC: The Power of Partnership
• Bequests Through Wills and Trusts
• Charitable Gift Annuity
• Beneficiary Arrangements
• Charitable Remainder Trusts
• Charitable Lead Trusts
• Life Estate
• Meet the Gift Planning Team

Gift planning gives you the power to:

• Make a larger gift than you thought possible
• Increase your income
• Reduce your income and/or estate taxes
• Avoid large capital gains taxes
• Pass assets to family members at a reduced tax cost

You and DHMC: the power of partnership

By including DHMC in your estate plans, you forge a powerful partnership between you and DHMC. Your planned gift not only fulfills your philanthropic goal of supporting DHMC, but it may also help reduce your income and estate taxes. And most of all, you empower DHMC to transform medicine through patient care, research, education and service to the community-resulting in quality healthcare for future generations.

For more information, e-mail the DHMC Office of Gift Planning or call us toll free at (866) 272-1955.