Including DCV in your estate plan ensures we remain a valuable resource for future generations of older adults. Planned gifts, given from your assets rather than your income, can be larger and may provide significant tax and other benefits.
A charitable bequest in your will allows you to enjoy your assets during your lifetime while leaving a meaningful legacy for the future at your death. Including DCV in your estate plan can be done in various ways.
Usable Assets
- Cash
- Investments (stocks, bonds, ETFs, mutual funds, CDs)
- Personal Property (vehicles, art, jewelry, etc.)
- Real Property (residences, commercial property)
Donor Benefits
- Save on estate taxes
- Flexibility to give specific amounts or percentages of assets or your estate
- Enjoy the freedom to change your mind at any time
- Fund your gift with a wide variety of asset types
- Set an example of generosity for future generations of your family
- Easily scale your gift to include DCV and your other heirs
- Create a back-up plan for your assets if you outlive your heirs
- Magnify your giving power beyond the limits of your current income or other assets
- Experience the fulfillment of supporting the Village with a future gift
- Enjoy recognition or give anonymously
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Many individuals do not fully utilize their retirement assets during their lifetime. Donating such assets can be a powerful way to ensure that your hard-earned retirement savings leave a meaningful legacy.
Usable Assets
- Traditional IRA
- Roth IRA
- SEP IRA
- 401(k) plan
- 403(b) plan
- Some pension plans
- Other tax-deferred savings plans
Donor Benefits
- Avoid income tax burdens placed on your heirs who receive your retirement assets
- Save on estate taxes
- Preserve more tax-efficient assets for transfers to other heirs
- Avoid double taxation for very large estates
- Enjoy the freedom to change your mind at any time
- Give easily, quickly, and without the effort and expense of creating or revising your will
- Magnify your giving power beyond the limits of your current income or other assets
- Enjoy recognition or give anonymously
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You can easily donate assets held in various financial accounts at your death by using a POD (payable on death) or TOD (transfer on death) designation. The POD designation or TOD designation means that DCV receives whatever is in the account at your death, to the extent that you provide.
POD designations are used for checking and savings accounts, CDs, and savings bonds. TOD designations are used for brokerage accounts. Creating a POD or TOD designation can take just a few minutes with your financial institution. Neither designation can be used with IRA, 401(k), or 403(b) retirement accounts (which require a beneficiary designation). [link to Retirement Accounts].
Usable Assets
- Checking accounts
- Savings accounts
- CDs
- Savings bonds
- Brokerage accounts
Donor Benefits
- Avoid probate and simplify estate administration for your executor
- Retain control of your financial assets during your lifetime
- Enjoy the freedom to change your mind at any time
- Save on estate taxes
- Maintain your privacy by giving confidentially (unlike probated assets that become part of the public record)
- Give easily, quickly, and without the effort and expense of creating or revising your will
- Preserve your current assets for your own use throughout your lifetime
- Enjoy recognition or give anonymously
Information for the POD or TOD to give to your financial institution:
POD or TOD: Dupont Circle Village, Inc.
Federal Tax ID/EIN #: 26-3702387
Address: 2121 Decatur Place, NW, Washington, DC 20008
Phone: 202-436-5252
Email: execdir@dupontcirclevillage.net
Attention: Eva Lucero, Executive Director
There are two ways that your life insurance policy can support DCV. One way is to name Dupont Circle Village as a beneficiary of all or a portion of your life insurance at death. The other way is to transfer ownership of your existing whole life insurance policy to DCV.
Usable Assets
- Beneficiary designation on any existing life insurance.
- Transfer of ownership of existing whole life insurance policy
Donor Benefits
- Magnify your giving power beyond the limits of your current income or other assets
- Claim an immediate income tax deduction
- Claim an income tax deduction for future premiums you may choose to pay on DCV’s behalf after you transfer ownership of a whole life policy
- Save on estate taxes
- Avoid complex gifts that require more assistance from legal and financial professionals
- Give generously without affecting your current income or assets
- Enjoy the freedom to change your mind at any time if you name DCV as a beneficiary
- Give easily, quickly, and without the effort and expense of creating or revising your will
- Support the Village and care for your loved ones by naming multiple beneficiaries
- Experience the fulfillment of supporting DCV with a gift that has immediate impact in your lifetime if you transfer a whole life policy to DCV
- Enjoy recognition as a Village Legacy Society member or give anonymously
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