Leave a legacy with lasting impact that can also increase benefits for you and your family. By making a planned gift, your commitment to supporting children, women, and families connected to adoption will echo for generations to come. Learn more about the gift options Spence-Chapin offers to determine which plan best serves you and your family in reaching your financial and philanthropic goals.
One of the most popular types of planned giving is a bequest, otherwise known as a gift made through your will. There are many reasons why bequests are one of the most common forms of giving: you retain full use and control of your assets and are not subject to any out-of-pocket costs during your lifetime, you may be entitled to reductions in your loved ones’ estate tax burden, and your bequest is an opportunity to leave a legacy.
A bequest also allows you the flexibility of designating a specific asset, sum of money, percentage of an estate, or a remainder after you provide for other beneficiaries, to go to Spence-Chapin. If you want to support a specific program, like the Granny Program or the Special Needs Adoption Program, you can designate how you want your bequest to be used. Alternatively, an unrestricted bequest will be used where it is needed the most. Reach out to a financial professional to learn more, and request information from Spence-Chapin by emailing us at [email protected].
You can designate a portion or all of your retirement plan or life insurance policy to a charitable beneficiary like Spence-Chapin, allowing you to grow your legacy while helping alleviate the potential tax burden on your heirs.
If you believe your retirement savings plan is more than sufficient to meet the needs of your family, allocating some of those assets for charitable purposes can help ensure a lasting legacy. Another option to consider is giving a life insurance policy to a charitable organization, which can be a powerful way to amplify the size of your gift. Ask your financial planner or a tax professional about retirement assets and charitable gift planning to help guide your way. Email us at [email protected] for more on how this gift could help children and their families as well as request information about our process.
A charitable remainder trust (CRT) allows you to fulfill your philanthropic goals, receive an income stream for you and your family, and benefit from immediate tax deductions.
A CRT can be set up with assets from a variety of sources, including cash, publicly traded securities, real state, and more. You or your stated beneficiaries would then receive income on an annual, semi-annual, quarterly or monthly basis until the end of the trust’s terms, at which point the remainder of the assets would be distributed to Spence-Chapin as part of your legacy.
Talk with your financial advisor to determine if a charitable remainder trust works well with your estate plan. You can also request more information from us at [email protected].
Waiting Children Profiles
Thank you for your interest in adopting through Spence-Chapin! We are able to share the profiles of children who are considered to be the most in need and are waiting internationally to be matched with an adoptive family. The children featured on this page have been waiting for the longest to find families and consist of children who are older, part of a sibling group, or children with a diagnosed medical condition. In order to respect the privacy of these children, this page has been password protected.
Spence-Chapin takes the privacy rights of the children that we are seeking to place very seriously, and share the profile with you under the following conditions:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF PASSWORD ACCESS
That you acknowledge and understand that
1. Misuse of the content, and/or linking to any sites that reflect practices that involve the sale, abduction, exploitation, or trafficking of children is strictly prohibited.
2. You have been given limited access to confidential information in the form of images that you will not disclose to any person or in any manner that is inconsistent with applicable policies and procedures of Spence-Chapin Services to Families and Children.
3. The confidentiality obligation shall continue indefinitely, including at all times after my association with Spence-Chapin Services to Families and Children.
4. You are not permitted to release, copy, distribute, or sell any of these images to third parties in any form.
5. Impermissible disclosure of the images may result in legal actions being taken against you, by or on behalf of that person.
6. You are doing this freely, voluntarily and with a full understanding of what you are agreeing to by entering/accessing this blog.
7. Thank you for your interest in providing a loving home for a waiting child! We look forward to connecting with you soon to continue discussing adoption paths at Spence-Chapin. We hope that you like us on Facebook, follow us on twitter, and keep up with our families through our adoption blog!
Warm regards,
The Adoption Team at Spence-Chapin
Phone: 212-400-8150
Email: [email protected]
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