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Other Ways to Help

There are many other ways to help preserve the Adirondack Park. Some options include:

  • Designating the Council as a beneficiary of a life insurance policy or transferring the policy outright to the Council.

  • Designating the Council as a beneficiary of any funds remaining in your pension or individual retirement account (IRA).

  • Rolling over money in your IRA to the Council. On Oct. 3, 2008, Congress passed and the president signed the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (H.R. 1424), legislation that includes a two-year extension of the IRA charitable rollover. The provision was originally enacted as part of the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA). If you are age 70½ or older and have an Individual Retirement Account, you can donate up to $100,000 each year from your IRA to charity. The distribution will not be taxed as income as long as: the charity is eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions, the charity is not a section 509(a)(3) supporting organization, and the withdrawal goes directly to the charity. For additional information, please consult your tax adviser or attorney.

  • Making a gift to the Council that pays the lifetime income to you and/or your spouse (or other named individual) and that also provide major tax savings.

  • Starting a workplace giving campaign for Earth Share at your company.

  • Matching gifts. Many companies will match your charitable contributions. Check with your Human Resources department to see if your emloyer will match your generous gift to the Adirondack Council.

For more information, write, call or e-mail:

Diane Fish
at
The Adirondack Council
103 Hand Avenue
Elizabethtown, NY 12932
877-873-2240
dfish@adirondackcouncil.org


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