Endowments
How
can I give to 4-H?
Perhaps no legacy is as satisfying
as that which devotes itself to the formative years of young men and
women. And the 4-H program is dedicated to helping young people during
these years. More than 100 meaningful real-life projects serve as
vehicles for teaching responsibility, self-confidence, dignity of
work, useful skills, and other qualities which youth will need to
provide tomorrow's leadership in a free democracy. You can live on
in these youth of tomorrow and help shape countless numbers of lives
by donating to the Arizona State 4-H Foundation. There are many ways
that you can give to 4-H besides and one of the most needed is your
time. If you are interested in volunteering for 4-H please contact
us at
4h-web@ag.arizona.edu.
If you would like to learn more about ways to support your favorite
4-H program through endowments, or ways you can get involved with
planned gifts of stocks, bonds, property, or life insurance policies,
please contact the Arizona 4-H Youth Foundation at 520-621-7211.
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Request for Support
Leave
a Legacy Through Your Own Endowment
No legacy is as satisfying as that which devotes itself to helping
young people grow and live their dreams. Through an endowment created
in the Arizona 4-H Youth Foundation your legacy can live on through
the youth of tomorrow, helping to shape countless lives and build
the leaders of our future. An endowment can be created through a gift
of $10,000 to perpetuate your own legacy or to honor friends or loved
ones. This gift can be made in installments over a three year period,
or through a provision in your estate plan. Gifts to establish an
endowment may be made in cash, or with stocks, bonds, property, or
life insurance policies.
Endowment funds are invested by the 4-H Foundation Board to provide
perpetual support for Arizona?s 4-H program. The endowment principle
is preserved in the investment fund and never spent. Only the interest
earned (up to 5% annually) is used to support 4-H programs, and additional
interest earnings help to increase the value of the endowment fund
through prudent management and re-investment. Over time, endowments
in the 4-H Foundation have grown and provided cumulative support in
excess of the initial gift that established these funds!
Endowments truly have an impact on Arizona 4-H ? they are the gifts
that keep on giving! For information on how you can help 4-H by establishing
a perpetual endowment to provide general support for 4-H, or specific
support for scholarships, county programs, or state-wide activities,
please contact the Arizona 4-H Youth Foundation.
Phone:
520-621-7211
Fax: 520-621-1394
E-mail
Mail: P.O. Box 210036
Tucson AZ 85721-0036
Endowment
Opportunities
Endowments
help guarantee perpetual support for 4-H groups, events, activities,
scholarships and awards. Besides supporting 4-H, endowments also provide
stability by providing on-going support. Endowments can also be set
up to benefit individual counties or a specific 4-H club. New, named
endowments can be created with a minimum investment of $10,000. This
is a terrific way to remember a loved one, or honor living friends
and relatives. Gifts of any amount may be added to existing endowment
funds at any time. Instead of creating a new endowment, you can also
choose to give to one of the endowments that are currently in place.
Endowments
For
detailed information about these endowments click here.
Planned
Giving
Life
Insurance Policies
An individual may also give the cash value of a paid-up policy irrevocably
to the 4-H foundation and receive a tax deduction. The donor retains
ownership of the policy and the right to name the beneficiary of the
risk amount (the risk amount being the difference between the guaranteed
cash value and the face amount.) This program would be appealing to
persons who had taken out life insurance in sufficient quantity to
idemnify their family responsibilities and, later in life, found that
their responsibilities had greatly diminished.
Wills
and Bequests
Many people invest in 4-H on a regular basis; however, a number of
individuals can not give to 4-H regularly. Some of them, choose to
give in a different way. Wills, bequests, and other planned giving
opportunities can allow these individuals to make gifts to 4-H, without
hurting their cash-flow. In fact, in some cases -- due to tax benefits
-- such gifts can actually improve their present and future cash flow.
(How can I remember 4-H in my will?)
Property
Your real or personal property can also be bequeathed to the 4-H Foundation,
and in ways which can mutually benefit your estate and 4-H. Present
tax laws encourage such contributions; and you may find that a gift
of real estate, securities, a family business, or works of art would
be most suitable for your purposes. You may instruct that the property
be form given, or that it be marketed.
The
Arizona 4-H Youth Foundation