Email and ShareCharitable Gift Annuity
A charitable gift annuity is a simple and safe way to receive a quarterly or yearly fixed income for your lifetime and your spouse's lifetime.
With a gift annuity, you can receive a significantly higher rate of return than a Certificate of Deposit (CD) or a bond. In exchange for a payment of at least $20,000 in cash (check), long-term appreciated stock, mutual funds, or other securities, you can receive an income stream backed by The Great Commission Foundation, a ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ, Inc. You will receive a charitable gift income tax deduction for a portion of the gift, and a portion of the payment you receive will be tax-free for several years. This effectively increases the already favorable payout rate that you receive.
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In addition, your annuity will provide an end-of-life gift to The JESUS Film Project of the balance in your annuity account. The gift will go directly to the work of global evangelism outside of your estate and will avoid probate.
Many people appreciate the higher income, simplicity and security that a charitable gift annuity affords. For example, if you are married and are both 70, an annuity pays you 5.9%; if you are both 75, an annuity pays 6.3%; if you are both 80, an annuity will pay you 6.9%. The rate for a single individual is even higher. After-tax annuity payments will return to you an even larger amount, depending on your income tax bracket. Once the annuity is funded, the money is given to charity, and it cannot be returned.
For a more complete introduction to the Charitable Gift Annuity, click on the "Keys to Effective Giving" link and it will provide you with a printer-ready explanation sheet to read and share with others.
request helpFor further information or answers to your questions, please feel free to call our Gift and Estate Planning Team toll free at 1-800-449-5454. We can provide you with additional information on the variety of plans outlined and we can guide you, in consultation with your advisors as needed, to the best options for you. There is no obligation and the call is toll free, so call us today. You can send an email to: info@gcfccc.org.
Annuities—Being Safe, Smart and Significant
Verne and Ruth Dahler have been faithful partners with the "JESUS" film since the early 1980s.We would like to introduce to you Verne and Ruth Dahler, ministry partners since the early days of The JESUS Film Project. Now retired, they recently took out an annuity with The JESUS Film Project offering them monthly income now and influence for years to come. Their testimony and experience may be helpful to you.
"We are an average, conservative family with limited assets. We have been committed to the 'JESUS' film because we believe it is among the greatest things that have happened in modern-day evangelism, a way to reach people that nothing else has been able to do. We have given monthly for a long time. And we wanted to keep on giving.
"We're both in out 70s now and have great confidence that the Lord will take care of us. But, we felt we should be careful in how we planned. We found that an annuity with The JESUS Film Project provided monthly income at a rate that was much higher that we could find at a bank, and that the income was guaranteed. But what motivated us the most was that after we are 'home with our Lord' our assets will continue to work for His kingdom through 'JESUS.' The money we placed in the annuity is now out of our estate, avoiding estate taxes, and we receive a monthly check. What He entrusted to us will continue to bring people to Christ for years to come."
– Verne and Ruth Dahler
For people in their 70s or 80s, annuities are smart and safe, a binding contract between you and the granting organization. You will receive quarterly, contracted payments, at rates that are currently much higher than most financial institutions offer. At your homegoing, the balance will become available to help thousands more come to Christ.
If you would like information about how you can simply manage your assets in your later years, reduce taxes, assure a safe and high-rate monthly return, and leave a legacy through "JESUS," please call our Gift and Estate Planning Team toll free at 1-800-387-4040. You can send an email to: Giving@JESUSfilm.org.