Compassion Canada - Planned Giving

WHAT IS PLANNED GIVING?

We Believe … every child is a child of promise. However, millions of children living in developing countries are too hungry and malnourished, too diseased and poverty-stricken, to develop as God intended. Providing assistance to these children is an excellent way to have an impact on the families and communities of tomorrow.

What is Planned Giving?
Planned Giving is simply, "planning to give." It is the process of helping you to maximize gifts to your beneficiaries and God's work, minimize tax, and improve your overall financial plans and security.

Planned gifts are usually arranged now and tailored to your personal and financial circumstances but received in the future. Gifts usually include bequests, gifts of life insurance, and gift annuities. Gifts can be funded with cash, property, stocks and securities.

Who Can Make a Planned Gift?
Anyone can make a planned gift. Planned gifts can be of any amount and designated for immediate use or invested and endowed as an ongoing legacy.

Why Make a Planned Gift?
When you and Compassion Canada work together to establish a planned gift, you leave a legacy to make someone's childhood a hope-filled one. You will fulfill your intentions to make a lasting difference in the spirit of Christ's name. There are exciting tax and estate planning benefits that can add to the joy of your giving.

Different Ways to Give:

Charitable Gift Annuity - Click Here to learn more

Compassion Canada's annuity program offers you a gift option that pays you back! Compassion will invest your gift and provide you with a substantially improved lifetime income over your current guaranteed investments.

Life Insurance - Click Here to learn more

You can make a large gift by naming Compassion as either owner or benefici¬ary of a new or current insurance policy. Charitable tax receipts can be issued for premiums paid, death benefits or for the cash surrender value of a policy depend¬ing on the arrangements you make.

Securities - Click Here to learn more

Are you planning to sell shares with capital gains? Consider donating securities to charity instead of cash. The Federal government has implemented new regulation around the donation of securities. Donations made to charity are now exempt from the capital gains tax, resulting in significant savings.

Bequests - Click Here to learn more

It is one of the simplest ways to give. You can make a gift through your will by including Compassion Canada as one of your beneficiaries.

RRSP/RRIF - Click Here to learn more

If you have named a charity as the beneficiary of your RRSP or RRIF, your estate will receive a tax credit. It is recommended that you also include the charity as the beneficiary of your RRSP or RRIF in your will.

Compassion proudly accepts the Seal of Organizational Integrity and Accountability from the Canadian Council of Christian Charities.