The Power of Good
Your legacy is fueled by the power of planning. Creating a giving strategy that ensures your values and passions live on beyond your lifetime and provides lasting benefits for you, your family, and your community may be easier than you think.
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Your gifts. Your dreams. Your legacy.
Whether you have a clear concept of what you hope to accomplish with your generosity — or an idea that is just taking shape — the Community Foundation of Greater Huntsville can help your dreams for the future become reality.
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We make generosity easy, and we’re ready to help you discover the power of planned giving. By making plans now, you can be intentional about the legacy you will leave for the organizations and causes you love. Here are a few things to know about this simple yet powerful way to grow a lasting legacy:
- You don't have to be wealthy to make a planned gift. Even a modest amount can make a big impact over time.
- You can provide for your family and leave a gift to charity. In fact, many planned gifts actually save your family money.
- Your legacy gift can be revised over time if your philanthropic goals change. The best financial plans have the flexibility to grow with you as you refine your goals for your family, community, and the causes you love.
5 Steps to a Legacy as Unique as You
1. Define Your Passion
What issues do you care about most?
To what organizations do you currently give?
What gifts provide the greatest satisfaction?
2. Create Your Plan
If you could change anything about our community, what would it be?
Do you prefer to fund missions or projects?
How much involvement do you want with the causes you support?
3. Determine Your Giving Level
What are your financial objectives?
What is your tax situation?
What is your own charitable comfort level?
4. Implement Your Strategy
Take advantage of our team of generosity professionals. We make generosity easy, however that looks to you. We can match your charitable goals with charitable opportunities to determine the best giving paths to accomplish your goals.
5. Review Your Plan
Our team can help you evaluate your plans to ensure you are creating a legacy you love.
Are your gifts accomplishing what you hoped they would?
Has your financial situation changed?
Are there changes in tax law relevant to your giving?