Interested in helping JVC Northwest with our mission but feel overwhelmed by the thought of writing another check or giving up your assets today? A simple, flexible, and versatile way to ensure we can continue our work for years to come is a gift in your will or living trust, known as a charitable bequest.

By including a bequest to JVC Northwest in your will or living trust, you can create a legacy of values-centered service, creating a socially just future, and ensuring future volunteers have the opportunity for meaningful service opportunities that transform lives.

Have you made a gift to us in your estate plans? All you have to do is fill out this online form to let us know. We would love to thank you for carrying on JVC Northwest’s legacy.

Next Steps

• Contact Kelly Hickman at 971.353.6786 or khickman@jvcnorthwest.org for additional information on bequests or to discuss options for including JVC Northwest in your will or estate plan. You may select a specific dollar amount or a percentage of your estate.
• If you would like to create a bequest through your own attorney, seek the advice of your financial or legal advisor.
• If you include JVC Northwest in your plans, please use our legal name and federal tax ID.

Legal Name: Jesuit Volunteer Corps Northwest

Address: 2780 SE Harrison St., Suite 102 Milwaukie, OR 97222

Federal Tax ID Number: 237361814

You can work with your attorney, financial advisor, or insurance broker to include JVC Northwest in your will, trust, or other estate plan. JVC Northwest encourages donors to plan wisely and thoughtfully when making charitable decisions.

Some ways you can leave a planned or deferred gift to JVC Northwest

1. Name Jesuit Volunteer Corps (JVC) Northwest as a charitable beneficiary of your will or trust. You may select a specific dollar amount, or you can name a percentage of your estate.
2. Name JVC Northwest as a charitable beneficiary of a life insurance policy. We accept gifts of new and existing whole life insurance (no term or non-dividend policies). You, as the donor, designate JVC Northwest as the sole owner and irrevocable beneficiary.
3. Create a charitable trust naming JVC Northwest as the beneficiary.
4. Name JVC Northwest as a charitable beneficiary of a retirement account.

Please contact Kelly Hickman with any questions by email or by phone at 971.353.6786.

Securities and mutual funds that have increased in value and been held for more than one year are one of the most popular assets to use when making a gift to JVC Northwest. Making a gift of securities or mutual funds to us offers you the chance to support our work while realizing important benefits for yourself.

When you donate appreciated securities or mutual funds you have held more than one year to us in support of our mission, you can reduce or even eliminate federal capital gains taxes on the transfer. You may also be entitled to a federal income tax charitable deduction based on the fair market value of the securities at the time of the transfer.

Securities are most often used to support our work in the form of:

An outright gift. When you donate securities to JVC Northwest, you receive the same income tax savings that you would if you wrote us a check, but with the added benefit of eliminating capital gains taxes on the transfer, which can be as high as 20 percent.

Making a gift of securities to support our mission is as easy as instructing your broker to transfer the shares or, if you have the physical securities, hand-delivering or mailing the certificates along with a stock power to us in separate envelopes. (Using separate envelopes safeguards your gift—the certificates will not be negotiable without the stock power.)

If you’d like to give in this way, please contact David Holcomb, our Director of Finance and Operations, at 503.335.8202 or by email. If you are donating stock held in certificate form, please contact David for additional procedures.

Donor-advised funds (DAFs) can be a tax-advantageous way to give. If you have a donor-advised fund with any provider, please consider making a distribution to JVC Northwest.

See Your Generosity in Action

If you are 70½ years old or older, you can take advantage of a simple way to benefit JVC Northwest and receive tax benefits in return. You can give any amount up to $100,000 per year from your IRA directly to a qualified charity such as ours without having to pay income taxes on the money. This popular gift option is commonly called the IRA charitable rollover, but you may also see it referred to as a qualified charitable distribution or QCD for short.

Why Consider This Gift?

• Your gift will be put to use today, allowing you to see the difference your donation is making.
• You pay no income taxes on the gift. The transfer generates neither taxable income nor a tax deduction, so you benefit even if you do not itemize your deductions.
• Since the gift does not count as income, it may reduce your annual income level. This may help lower your Medicare premiums and decrease the amount of Social Security that is subject to tax.
  

Next Steps

Adding a charity as a beneficiary is usually as simple as completing a form provided by the account custodian. You may also seek the advice of your financial or legal advisor.

Donate Real Estate:
Consider a donation of real estate, which allows you to make a significant gift with a tax-friendly outcome.

Sponsor a JVC Northwest Event:
Sponsoring a JVC Northwest Event is a great opportunity to support our work and gain valuable recognition for your business or group. Our annual benefit dinner, where we celebrate of our core values, occurs annually in May at Seattle University in Seattle, WA.

Make an In-Kind Gift:
JVC Northwest can reuse your old, still-functional items that are cluttering your house, yard, and garage. We also accept new items. You receive a tax deduction and we keep things out of the landfill that still have some life left in them. Each August, we have new communities of Jesuit Volunteers moving into their houses in which we sometimes need to replace worn out or broken appliances, dishes, linens, towels, furniture and so on. If you do have an item that you would like to donate to your local JV community, please contact the JVC Northwest office at 503.335.8202 or info@jvcnorthwest.org. Please note that all donations need to be delivered to the JV community because there is usually not a method for transporting items otherwise.

Celebrate with JVC Northwest:
Having a birthday party? Getting married? Celebrating a milestone event in your life? Instead of gifts, ask family and friends to make a donation to JVC Northwest in your honor! If you would like to facilitate this type of giving, please get in touch with Kelly Hickman at 971.353.6786 or khickman@jvcnorthwest.org.

Use GoodSearch:
Set GoodSearch as your homepage.  For every online search you conduct through them, they will donate one penny to a nonprofit you designate – JVC Northwest! Check it out.

Use GoodShop:
Doing some online shopping with Amazon, Travelocity, Macy’s or a host of other stores? Log onto GoodShop first, designate JVC Northwest as your nonprofit recipient, and continue shopping. All stores in GoodShop’s network will donate a portion of your purchase proceeds to JVC Northwest. Check it out.