An Overview of Planned Giving

Giving for the Future
Making a planned gift is not just for those who have wealth or special financial expertise but for anyone with a generous spirit who wants to designate their gifts while they are living. As members and friends of Fourth Presbyterian Church, we share a deep sense of gratitude for those who have gone before us. They gave gifts to fund the current needs and for the long-term benefit of those who would follow them in ministry.

What Is a Planned Gift?
Thoughtfully planned, any of the following giving options may provide important personal benefits while supporting Fourth Church ministries into the future.

• Bequest through your will or trust
• Retirement assets (i.e., pension plans, IRAs)          
• Life income gift through a trust      
• Privately held securities        
• Charitable gift annuities       
• Real estate     
• Donor Advised Fund
• Naming the church as a beneficiary of a life insurance policy
  

Why Consider a Planned Gift?
Your legacy gift ensures the continued vitality of Fourth Presbyterian Church from one generation to the next. While a planned gift brings a sense of fulfillment to our own lives, it may also provide financial benefits to the donor, including tax savings, reduced capital gains and estate taxes, and release from financial management.

The Legacy Society is made up of those who have remembered Fourth Church and Chicago Lights in their estate plans.