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Planned Giving

Make a Gift in 3 Easy Steps

Not everyone wants to commit to making a gift in their wills or estates. Some prefer the increased flexibility that a beneficiary designation provides by using IRAs.

It only takes three simple steps to make this type of gift. Here’s how to name Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts as a beneficiary:

  1. Contact your bank or financial institution for a change-of-beneficiary form.
  2. Decide what percentage (1 to 100) you would like us to receive and name us, along with the percentage you chose, on the beneficiary form.
  3. Return the completed form to your bank or financial institution.

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An Example of How It Works

Couples smiling Robert and Carol treasure the financial help they’ve been able to give their children and Caramoor over the years. The couple recently updated their will to leave stocks and real estate to their kids. They left Caramoor a $75,000 IRA to be transferred following their lifetime. Because Caramoor is tax-exempt, all $75,000 will help support our mission.

If Robert and Carol had left the IRA to their children, approximately $18,000* would have gone to pay federal income taxes—leaving only $57,000 for their family’s use. Robert and Carol are happy knowing they are making the most of their hard-earned money thanks to their updated estate plan.

*Based on an assumption of a 24% marginal income tax bracket.

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Next Steps

  1. Contact Kevin Taylor at 912.232.6429 or kevin@caramoor.org for additional information on beneficiary designations and how they can help support Caramoor with our mission.
  2. Talk to your financial or legal advisor to learn which assets will or will not trigger taxable income when paid to a beneficiary.
  3. If you name Caramoor in your plans, please use our legal name and federal tax ID.

Legal Name: Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Inc.
Address: 149 Girdle Ridge Road, Katonah, NY 10536
Federal Tax ID Number: 13-5643627

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