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JHSUM appreciates gifts of financial support, family artifacts and volunteer time. We invite you to consider making a contribution to help bring Jewish history to life today and for generations to come.
JHSUM captures stories that make up our collective Jewish Midwest history and you can play a vital role in preserving these stories. Many ways you can generously support keeping the stories of our past a part of our future are listed below. To find out more about the following ways in which you can support JHSUM and others please contact us.
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Act Fast and Your IRA Can Make History!
Your last chance for IRA charitable donations ends this year on December 31, 2009
If you are age 70 ½ or older, you can still make a tax-free gift from your IRA to JHSUM. A direct distribution counts towards an annual IRA distribution requirement. Unlike a cash withdrawal from an IRA, direct contributions will be excluded from income for federal purposes and are not taxed. These donations will not be eligible for a charitable tax deduction, but they will not count toward the annual percentage limitation on other deductible gifts.
We encourage the use of these funds to establish an endowment or designated fund to support a project of your choice or to support JHSUM’s general operations. Instruct your IRA plan administrator to make a transfer directly from your account to JHSUM of up to $100,000 and receive the tax benefit. Always talk to your professional advisor regarding tax consequences before you make a charitable IRA rollover gift.
For more information, please contact our Executive Director.
More Ways to Support
Donate to our Face the Future Endowment Campaign. Click here to learn more.
Become a Life Member for $1000. Click here to learn more.
Honor or memorialize someone with a L’Dor Va’Dor Fund designation with a one time gift of $1,000 or a pledge paid over a number of years.
Establish a Named Fund with a gift of $10,000 cash or pledges made over a period of years. Our Executive Director will be happily to discuss matching your philanthropic wishes with the Society’s needs.
Gifts of cash to JHSUM are fully deductible – up to a maximum of 50% of your adjusted gross income.
Make a gift of appreciated stock you have held for more than one year to JHSUM. You will receive a charitable deduction for the entire value of the stock and avoid capital gains tax on the appreciation.
Make a gift from your IRA distribution to JHSUM. Ask your IRA custodian to advise you.
Give Israeli Bonds.
Employers match charitable gifts, making your donation to JHSUM worth even more. Simply enclose your company’s matching gift form with your check and mail.
Name JHSUM as a beneficiary of your life insurance policy.
Leave a bequest to JHSUM. A simple statement in your Will or Living Trust naming JHSUM may be fully deductible in determining your estate taxes. You will want the provision to state our legal name: Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest, a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit corporation in Minnesota. It would be helpful if you would notify JHSUM of your bequest so you can be acknowledged and honored and JHSUM can plan for the future.
Your ongoing support matters deeply. We thank you for your generous support in keeping the stories of our past part of our future.
All gifts and beneficiary designations should be made to Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest, for the benefit of the Jewish Historical Society. Be sure to consult your professional advisor to determine the tax advantages of these giving opportunities.
To find out more about these and other ways in which you can support JHSUM please contact us.
