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Qualified Charitable Distributions from your IRA

Give tax-free gifts from your IRA that benefit our mission and you.

About Qualified Charitable Distributions

A Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) is a tax-efficient way for individuals who are age 70 ½ or older to make gifts directly from their Individual Retirement Account (IRA).

QCDs can count towards satisfying an individual’s Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) for the year, which is the minimum amount that an individual must withdraw from their IRA each year once they reach age 73.

Benefits

  • Reduce taxable income
  • Counts towards your Required Minimum Distribution for the year
  • Make an immediate impact on our mission

How it works

  1. Instruct your IRA custodian to distribute funds directly to one or more eligible charities.
  2. Enjoy the benefit of a tax-free distribution from your IRA, contributing towards your required minimum distribution for the year.
  3. Potentially reduce tax liability by excluding the distribution amount from taxable income.

You will not receive a charitable income tax deduction for a Qualified Charitable Distribution.

Your retirement-plan benefits are very likely a significant portion of your net worth. And because of special tax considerations, they could make an excellent choice for funding a charitable gift.

Retirement-plan benefits include assets held in individual retirement accounts (IRAs), 401(k) plans, profit-sharing plans, Keogh plans, and 403(b) plans.

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More ways to donate using your retirement accounts

Gift assets not covered by your will — like 401(k) or IRA accounts — by designating us beneficiaries of those assets.

Learn more about Qualified Charitable Distributions

If you wish to make a Qualified Charitable Distribution, contact your IRA custodian.

We’re here to help you meet your goals!

Our team would be happy to speak with you in confidence about your giving goals, with no obligation.

Name: Courtney Leonard

Title :Vice President for Institutional Advancement

Phone: 563-588-6585

Email: courtney.leonard@clarke.edu

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