Ways to Give: Difference between revisions

Content deleted Content added
new endowment sections
fix FreeWilll link, add tracking for QCD
Line 70:
 
| endowment-qcd-title = Qualified Charitable Distributions
| endowment-qcd-text = If you are a U.S. taxpayer aged 70.5 or older and have an Individual Retirement Account (IRA), you are eligible to make a gift via a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD), also known as an IRA Charitable Rollover. In order to benefit from the tax advantages of satisfying all or some of your Required Minimum Distribution through a QCD, the gift must be issued directly from your IRA custodian. [https://www.freewill.com/qcd/wikipedia?utm_source=Waystogive This free tool] from our partners at FreeWill can help you navigate this process.
 
The Wikimedia Foundation directs all QCD gifts to the Wikimedia Endowment, where they are invested to ensure the long-term future of Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. For more information, contact [mailto:endowment@wikimedia.org endowment@wikimedia.org].
Line 77:
| endowment-legacy-text = You can support the future of free knowledge for generations to come by making a gift in your will or other estate plans. A legacy gift costs you nothing now and can be changed at any time, for any reason. Once realized, your gift will be added to the Wikimedia Endowment, where your legacy will live on by providing support to Wikimedia projects in perpetuity.
 
Legacy gifts are exempt from U.S. federal estate taxes. Make a legacy gift online at no cost using [https://www.freewill.com/wikipedia?utm_source=Waystogive FreeWill] (in the U.S.) or by including the following sample language in your will:
 
<blockquote>