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Planned Giving Program

A small amount of planning now can mean big results for God’s Kingdom for years to come.

For over thirty years Ministries In Action has faithfully invested funds from individuals, churches and foundations into helping “The Church” to grow holistically. We believe our supporters have participated with this ministry because it has and continues to produce eternal rewards.

Ministries In Action has partnered with the Christian Community Foundation of South Florida to offer a quality planned giving program that provides the means to contribute larger well thought out gifts to the ministry and gives donors access to expert and biblical counsel.  Among other things, the Christian Community Foundation of South Florida offers MIA supporters the ability to  create a donor advised fund and to contribute complex or non cash gifts such as real estate.  

For more information or to get started please email planning@mia.org or call (305) 234-7855 and ask for  Development.

Some Reasons to Consider Planned Giving

Expanded giving options

- Flexibility to give non-liquid “complex” assets in addition to, or as an alternative to cash
- Donors may be “cash poor”, but “asset rich”
- Ability to give full or partial interests in a variety of assets

Anonymity

- By opening their own “family foundation” (Giving Fund), donors can give anonymously and avoid public record searches
- Many donors desire to give, or give more, if they can give anonymously

Increased giving flexibility

- Distribute a single large asset to multiple charities
    - By contributing to their Giving Fund, they can apportion an otherwise indivisible asset.
    - In many cases, this benefit is what enables a gift that might otherwise have never occurred
    - Distribute a single large asset to a single ministry over multiple years because:
        - The value of the asset exceeds the ministry’s single year financial capacity
        - To provide multi-year support
        - To match funding from other sources
        - They may be willing to contribute the entire value of the asset to the ministry only if they can do so over several years

Tax Advantages

- Receive an immediate tax deduction and distribute funds over time, even years
- With proper planning, enjoy additional income tax benefits today for giving that will be done at the end of life

Storehouse Giving for one-time events

- Sale of business, land, real estate, etc.
- Inheritance
- Irregular income, bonuses, commissions and other spikes in income

Time

- Gives donor time for more prayerful giving decisions
- Separate giving decision from recipient decision

Form a supporting organization

- Provide support to a ministry
- Store funds to offset compensation for a second career in ministry

Desire to form a family or company foundation

- Without the legal, tax and administrative burdens of a private foundation

Ease of administration

- All “foundation” management can be done on-line
- CCFSF does all reporting, receipting, research and verification to satisfy the IRS

Testamentary giving flexibility

- Donor can change testamentary charitable giving instructions without alterations to existing will and trust documents

Access to gift and estate planning counsel

- Philanthropic counseling – from a non-vested, third party interest

Balance giving with income needs and estate planning goals

- Charitable gift annuities
- Charitable trusts
- Allows donors to meet current income needs while allowing them to support at death those charities that were meaningful to them during life

Gifts to Helping Hands

- Allows donors to support needy individuals on a tax deductible basis

Assure (endow) Christian funding

- Establish an endowment to support their favorite causes in perpetuity

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