Ways to Give

Together, we can create a Massachusetts free from child abuse and neglect.

Every day, families across the Commonwealth face real challenges. Your gift helps ensure that they have somewhere to turn before those challenges become a crisis. When you give:

• Families have access to the tools and support they need to raise healthy, safe children
• Family support workers are better trained and equipped to meet families where they are
• Communities are working together to prevent child abuse and neglect before it happens

Your generosity makes this possible. It strengthens the foundation that families need and fuels long-term, systemic change.

Donor Advised Funds

How to Recommend a Gift to the Children’s Trust

1. Request a grant distribution through your DAF sponsor.
2. Be sure to use the Children’s Trust EIN #04-3123184
3. Indicate whether your gift is unrestricted or designated to a specific purpose or program area you wish to support.
4. You can also designate the Children’s Trust as a successor for your donor advised fund.
5. Mailing Instructions:
   
   The Children’s Trust
   155 Federal Street, Suite 500
   Boston, MA 02110

Email for more information: development@childrenstrustma.org

Matching Gifts

Maximize Your Impact with Employer Matching Gifts

Did you know that many companies support their employees’ charitable giving by offering matching gift programs? Many employers even extend these benefits to spouses, retirees, and part-time employees.

If your company participates, they could double your donation to the Children’s Trust of Massachusetts, amplifying your generosity in just a few minutes at no additional cost to you! Reach out to your Human Resources or Employee Engagement Department with our EIN Number: 04-3123184 to see if your gift is eligible to be matched.

IRA Charitable Rollover

A Special Opportunity for Those 70½ and Older

IRA Charitable Rollovers are a great way for individuals age 70½ or older to use their IRAs to maximize their charitable impact. You can give any amount (up to a maximum of $100,000) per year from your IRA directly to a nonprofit without having to pay income taxes.

Benefits

• Tax-free RMD lowers your AGI – may have beneficial impact in other tax areas such as taxation of Social Security benefits of Medicare Part B premiums
• Avoids AGI threshold for charitable gifts
• May benefit state taxes since some states do not allow residents to deduct a charitable contribution
• May benefit legacy planning by preserving assets, which may benefit from step-up in cost basis while the IRA is taxable to heirs

By reducing your IRA balance, a QCD may also reduce your taxable income in future years, lower your taxable estate, and limit IRA beneficiaries’ tax liability.

Requirements

• At age 70 ½ and older, you can give any amount up to $100,000, penalty-free, without having to pay income taxes.
• At age 59 ½ and older, you can take a distribution up to $100,000 to use as a gift without penalty and you can take your gift as a charitable deduction.
• Distribution must be sent directly to a qualified charity
• Limit of $100,000 annually per IRA owner and can include the required minimum distribution (RMD)

Logistics

• We recommend direct transfers to realize the greatest benefit. Please contact development@childrenstrustma.org so we can provide detailed instructions for your transfer.
  
  The Children’s Trust
  155 Federal Street, Suite 500
  Boston, MA 02110
  
  Tax ID: 04‐3123184