Help Ensure NHCO's Future with Planned Giving

Thank you for considering making a planned gift to NHCO. Your support can help to ensure that NHCO is here well into the future, continuing to address the basic human needs of our neighbors in poverty, hardship and crisis. For more information about any of the following giving opportunities, please contact Fay Morgan at 412-487-6316, option 1.

BEQUEST
The most common form of a deferred gift, a bequest, is a gift that you make to the North Hills Community Outreach Endowment of The Pittsburgh Foundation in your will. You can create a fund at your death by designating a dollar amount, a percentage of your estate or the remainder (residue) to be distributed to the Endowment.

CHARITABLE GIFT ANNUITY
A charitable gift annuity is a contract between you and The Pittsburgh Foundation in which the Foundation is obligated to make periodic payments to you as provided in the gift annuity agreement. The payment you will receive depends on the amount of your gift and your age. If you are younger than 60 years old, you can create a deferred charitable gift annuity. You will receive a charitable deduction in the year that you establish the charitable gift annuity. A five year carry forward is also available. At your death, the remainder is gifted to the North Hills Community Outreach Endowment.

CHARITABLE LEAD TRUST
A charitable lead trust is a transfer of cash or property into a trust. You donate the “lead” interest for a term of years, or for the life of an individual. Your organization will receive a predetermined annual distribution based on the value of the trust at the time it is created. At the termination of the trust, the remaining assets will be distributed to those individuals chosen by you at the time the trust was created. While there are generally no income tax benefits to you for creating a charitable lead trust, the individual recipients pay gift or estate tax only on the discounted remainder interest.

CHARITABLE REMAINDER TRUST (Annuity or Unitrust)
You can establish a charitable trust in which you and/or others retain the right to receive income for life, or a period of years, with the remainder to be distributed to the North Hills Community Outreach Endowment. This trust is most valuable when funded with appreciated property, because the sale of appreciated assets held in the trust is not subject to capital gains tax. You will receive a current charitable income tax deduction for the year in which the trust is established. With an annuity trust, you will receive a fixed payment based on the initial value of the trust. With a unitrust, you will receive payment based on the fair market value of the trust, as calculated on an annual basis.

LIFE INSURANCE
There are many ways that you can contribute life insurance policy proceeds to the Endowment. You can name the North Hills Community Outreach Endowment of The Pittsburgh Foundation as primary beneficiary of a policy that you own to receive all or part of the proceeds. You can also purchase a new policy and transfer the ownership of the policy to the Endowment. You can make a gift of a paid-up policy to the Endowment and transfer ownership, or you can give a policy to the Endowment on which you will continue to pay the premium. The tax benefits vary with respect to each of these examples.

RETIREMENT FUND ASSETS
You can designate the North Hills Community Outreach Endowment of The Pittsburgh Foundation to receive all or a portion of your qualified retirement assets by naming the Endowment in a beneficiary designation form. Since retirement assets are subject to both inheritance tax and income tax, it is often the best asset to leave to a charitable organization. After taxes, an individual may receive as little as 30% of your retirement assets. If, however, you give your retirement assets to the Endowment, the Endowment receives 100%.