Whether it's the symphony, youth education programs, or some other cause, your charity will accept and appreciate many types of charitable gifts.

To learn about the various ways you can make a gift to the charity of your choice, simply click on the plan that interests you. You can then search our database ('Find a Charity') to see if your favorite charity offers the gift option you would like to explore.

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Outright Gifts These assets can be given outright, or can be used to fund a life-income gift. For an overview of how you can structure your gift, go to Ways of Giving. Gifts of Cash This simplest gift maximizes your immediate charitable deduction and delivers immediate benefits to your favorite charity. Appreciated Securities The IRS still allows you one of its most significant tax breaks for these gifts. Here's all the information you need about how to transfer appreciated stocks and bonds to your favorite charity. Gifts of Real Estate You can make a substantial gift to your favorite charity through a transfer of residential, commercial, or undeveloped real estate. Get information about IRS regulations and your charity's acceptance guidelines here. Gifts of Business Interests You can give an interest in a closely-held or family business to charity. Tax requirements and your charity's acceptance guidelines are featured here. Gifts of Partnership Interests An interest in a real estate or oil-and-gas partnership could produce more benefit for charity than it’s giving you. Learn how these gifts are made, what the IRS requires, and how your charity reviews gift offers. Gifts of Artwork and Collectibles You can enliven and beautify the facilities of your favorite charity and also secure an income tax deduction. Learn about tax regulations and appraisal requirements for these kinds of gifts here. Estate Gifts Bequests This most fundamental planned gift delivers critically important support to Kansas City charities every year. You'll find descriptions of the various types of charitable bequests, plus sample bequest language, here. Gifts of Retirement Plans Your retirement plan can deliver more benefit to your favorite charity than to your heirs. Learn more about this tax-advantaged estate gift here. Gifts of Life Insurance You can create a significant charitable endowment from income rather than capital.

Gifts in Partnership With Your Favorite Charity Pooled Income Funds Many charities offer a life-income gift that works like a charitable mutual fund. You can contribute cash or securities, receive an income tax deduction plus avoid capital gains tax on the transfer, secure lifetime income, and deliver significant support to your charity. Charitable Gift Annuities The simplest life-income gift also delivers the highest annual payments and significant tax benefits for you. In return for your gift, your favorite charity pays you an annuity, you receive an income tax deduction, avoid upfront capital gains tax on your gift transfer, and pay no income tax on part of the payments to you. Deferred Gift Annuities This is a life-income gift designed to build younger donors’ retirement earnings. Deferring the start of your annuity until retirement or later gives you a large income tax deduction now and an additional source of income when you need it later. Charitable Remainder Unitrusts This powerful life-income gift is the most creative planning tool for donors. The unitrust pays you a fixed percentage of principal and reinvests excess income. You have flexibility in determining who will manage the unitrust, the length of the income payout as well as the number of income beneficiaries, and which assets will be placed into the trust. Charitable Remainder Annuity Trusts You can combine flexible management of your gift with a predictable fixed-income payout. The annuity trust is individually managed, and can pay fixed income for life or a term of years to multiple beneficiaries. Charitable Lead Trusts This is a gift plan that reduces the cost of transferring assets to your heirs – while delivering immediate benefits to your favorite charity. The lead trust holds appreciating assets for a term while it pays income to your favorite charity then it passes the principal to your survivors. A lead trust freezes the taxable value of appreciating assets, then delivers a further reduction through the present value of its income payments to charity. Retained Life Estates You can give your house to your favorite charity and continue to live there rent-free. Learn the tax details and your charity's acceptance guidelines here. Charitable Bargain Sales This part-gift/part-sale transaction gives you a charitable deduction plus cash to purchase other property or pay an entry fee to a retirement community. Donor Advised Fund Some charities offer a gift plan that combines and simplifies the administration of all your charitable giving. You can set up a gift fund that makes grants to multiple charities without the legal and tax complexities of a private foundation or the expenses of a commercial gift fund.