Planned Giving
Giving options that will last a lifetime
CREATE A LASTING IMPACT
When you support Guiding Light with a planned gift, you help men and women change their lives, give them a place to live, and reconnect them with their families – just today, but for the generation to come.
People like you make an impact for years to come through planned giving.
But what is planned giving? It’s giving with intention and vision!
-Distributions from IRA and pensions
-Divestment of properties, cars, business equipment, and real estate
-Designation in your will
GUIDING LIGHT
WAYS TO GIVE
Planned gifts offer you smart and powerful ways to increase your impact – often while benefitting your family too.
Give Non-Cash Assets to reduce your Taxes
Increase your impact – and reduce your taxes! – by giving non-cash assets such as:
- Stock or marketable securities
- Real estate
- Business interests
- Farm commodities
- Tangible personal property.
Give tax-free from your IRA
Individuals ages 70 ½ and older can gift from an individual retirement account (IRA) to Guiding Light.
Gifts that Pay Income
Lifetime income gifts are wonderful solutions for individuals who wish to give in a substantial way but are concerned about having enough retirement income.
You can give cash or other property and receive steady income for the rest of your life. The remainder will benefit Guiding Light.
HERITAGE SOCIETY
Join our Heritage Society along with others like yourself through including Guiding Light in your will, trust, or estate plan.
GIFTS FROM A WILL OR TRUST
Model a legacy of generosity and transformation through adding Guiding Light to your will or trust. You can help ensure Guiding Light continues to make a difference in our community well beyond your lifetime.
BENEFITS
Join the Guiding Light Heritage Society today! As a member, you recieve:
- Your name on our exclusive Heritage Society Wall inside our 255 Division building
- Special VIP communications
- Invites to VIP events
- Membership certificate signed by Executive Director, Brian Elve, and a special gift
Interested or have more questions?
Learn how you can multiply the impact of your generosity in smart and powerful ways by reaching out to one of our donor officers.
Melissa Janes
Alli Benedict
David Madiol
Director of Development & Communications
P: 616.451.0236 x117
C: 616.581.0932
David@GuidingLightWorks.org
Guiding Light partners with Barnabas Foundation to offer our supporters complimentary planning services and assistance with complex gifts. Since 1976, Barnabas Foundation has helped thousands of individuals and families give more effectively to the ministries close to their hearts. For free legal and financial counsel, connect with our partners at Barnabas.
