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If you decide to make a leadership gift to this effort, it is absolutely the case that your gift would be transformative. ”
Jack Connors, Jr., Chairman
Campaign for Catholic Schools

To make a gift by check, please make your check payable to: Campaign for Catholic Schools and mail to:143 Newbury Street, Third Floor, Boston, MA 02116-2954

To make another type of gift, such as stock, securities, or bequests, please read below for more information or call us at 617-262-5600, or email us, and we can answer any questions you may have.

Gifts of all sizes help the CCS provide the capital and programmatic support critically needed to rebuild and revitalize the Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Boston. Charitable contributions can be unrestricted to be used where the need is greatest. Alternatively, they can be designated to support a specific purpose, such as to a particular school, or for areas such as capital construction, teacher salary support, curriculum development or technology. Gifts can be made in memory of a loved one or to honor someone special in your life. Recognition opportunities are available, including special plaques and naming opportunities. Gifts are tax-deductible to the extent of the law. The information below provides only a brief summary of some of the most popular ways to give. The staff at the CCS will be happy to work with you and your financial advisors to find the best way for you to make a gift that is meaningful for you and that will advance the goal of providing high-quality Catholic education to children of Greater Boston.

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Cash Contributions

Gifts of cash immediately go to work to help rebuild and revitalize the Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Boston. Gifts of cash may be made outright or pledged over a period of up to five years. Checks should be made payable to Campaign for Catholic Schools and can be sent to us at: 143 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02116-2954.

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Stocks/Securities

The CCS welcomes contributions of appreciated securities, such as stocks, bonds and mutual fund shares. Credit is given for the mean value of the high and low prices of the stock on the date of transfer. If you wish to make a gift of securities, please call (or have your broker call) the CCS office at 617-262-5600 for instructions on making the transfer.

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Estates and Bequests

A gift made through your will may be the best way for you to make a sizeable contribution to support the Catholic schools. A bequest is one of the simplest ways to remember those — including charitable organizations like the CCS — you care about most. If you are planning to make a bequest, there are some points to ponder to ensure your gift will be tax-deductible, and some simple standard language to include in your will. For more information on the generally accepted ways to make a bequest in your will, please contact the CCS staff.

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Retirement Plan Assets

Naming the CCS as a beneficiary of an IRA, 401(k) or 403(b) can reduce taxes — and result in a significant gift to help the Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Boston. You are aware that the accumulation of assets in your retirement plan is the basis for a financially secure future. To preserve your retirement assets after your lifetime, consider the benefits of using them in a totally different way.

Retirement accounts are often exposed to income taxes and estate taxes at a combined marginal rate that could rise to 65 percent or even higher on large, taxable estates. Yet many of these taxes can be avoided or reduced through a carefully planned charitable gift.

Other considerations come into play when deciding on using retirement plan assets for charitable giving. Your account can pass directly to a charitable organization as your primary beneficiary, or it can be transferred to a deferred giving arrangement that will pay an income for life to a family member, after which the remaining assets pass to the organization. You might even consider a deferred gift that is designed to pay a life income to yourself. For more information, please contact the CCS staff.

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Life Insurance

You can name the CCS as a beneficiary of your life insurance policy. Life insurance can be a tool with many purposes. For example, it can provide liquidity for paying taxes and other expenses at death. But some of the most satisfying uses for life insurance policies are connected with charitable giving. If you have a life insurance policy you no longer need, you might consider contributing it to a charitable cause in which you believe, such as the CCS. Purchasing a new policy and naming the CCS as beneficiary is another possibility. Before making a purchase of new insurance, please contact the CCS. Perhaps you are considering a sizable bequest to the CCS, provided your family's future inheritance is not affected. Life insurance can play a part in meeting this goal, too, by replacing for your heirs the amount donated.

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Gifts That Provide Income To You

There are many ways to make a philanthropic gift to the CCS while first providing for yourself and your loved ones. Life income gifts are a solid investment in the future of Catholic schools and provide a guaranteed life income to you or a beneficiary you designate. These types of gifts can be made in a number of ways, as follows:

    Charitable Gift Annuity

    A gift annuity is a simple contract between you and the CCS. The CCS promises to pay you and/or another designated beneficiary a guaranteed, fixed amount of annual income for life. In addition to the dependable income, you receive a charitable income tax deduction and reduced capital gains tax, if the gift is made with appreciated securities. After the death of the last beneficiary, the remainder goes to the CCS.

    Charitable Remainder Trust

    A charitable remainder trust is an irrevocable trust that provides income to you or another designated beneficiary during your lifetime and then distributes the remainder to the CCS upon the death of the last beneficiary. Charitable remainder trusts are a good way to turn low-yielding assets, such as stock with a low dividend, into a higher life income.

    Charitable Lead Trust

    A charitable lead trust is the opposite of a remainder trust in that the income is paid to the CCS for a specified number of years, after which the trust assets go back to you or another designated beneficiary. If you request that the property pass to your children or grandchildren at the end of the term, there can be significant estate tax savings. This is a way to make a generous gift and to transfer assets to your children with much lower transfer tax costs.

    Pooled Income Fund

    A gift to a pooled income fund pays income for life to you or someone else you choose. A pooled income fund is similar to a mutual fund. Your gift, combined with other donors' gifts, is assigned a number of "units" in the fund. You receive a prorated share of the fund's earnings every three months. The income amount will vary depending on the performance of the fund. You may name a second beneficiary to receive life income after your death. When the beneficiary dies, your share of the funds is distributed to the CCS. In addition to a variable income for life, you will receive a charitable income tax deduction in the year of the gift. If the gift is made with appreciated securities instead of cash, you avoid capital gains tax.

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Gifts In-Kind

In-kind gifts are donations of tangible personal property, such as art and antiques, jewelry, stamps and coins.


Some donors opt to sell the property and give the proceeds to the CCS. However, you may be better served from a tax perspective if you give the property directly to the CCS or leave it to the CCS in a bequest so you can continue to enjoy it during your lifetime.

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Matching Gifts

Many employers sponsor a matching gift program that can double — or even triple an employee's contribution of cash or securities. Ask your Human Resources Office whether your employer has such a program; if so, please send a matching gift form to the CCS. (For recognition purposes, you will receive credit for the total donation.)

Corporations, partnerships and other entities that make gifts to the CCS may take a deduction for their contribution. If you own a closely held business, you may benefit by having the business make gifts directly to the CCS rather than making them personally.

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Real Estate

Before you sell real estate, consider a new option. If you'd like to help fulfill our mission, your property opens the door to a unique giving opportunity: donate the property to us. You can give the property outright, place it in trust, retain the use of it for life or give it by will. All of these methods will enable you to enjoy personal financial benefits while supporting our work in a meaningful way.

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