Ways to Give
| Your Goal | Your Gift | How to Make A Gift | Your Benefits |
| Make a quick and easy gift | Cash | Write a check, make a donation on the website, ask Arrowmont to put it on your credit card | Income tax deduction |
| Make a quick and easy gift | Transfer of Stock | Using the stock transfer form, transfer stock directly to Arrowmont | Income tax deduction and avoidance of capital gains tax |
| Eliminate capital gains tax on the sale of a home or other real estate | Real Estate Gift | Donate the property to Arrowmont or sell it to Arrowmont at a bargain price | Immediate income tax deduction and avoidance of capital gains tax |
| Give your personal residence or property, but continue to live there | Retained Life Estate | Transfer the deed of your home to Arrowmont, but retain occupancy | Charitable income tax deduction and lifetime use of home |
| Make a large gift with little cost to yourself | Life Insurance Gift | Give a policy with Arrowmont as owner and beneficiary | Current income tax deduction; possible future deductions |
| Avoid the twofold taxation on retirement plan assets | Retirement Plan Gift | Name Arrowmont as beneficiary of the remainder of the retirement assets after your lifetime | Avoidance of heavily taxed gift to heirs, allowing less costly gifts |
| Create and/or increase income from assets | Charitable Gift Annuity | Create a charitable annuity that pays you a set income annually | Immediate income tax deduction and fixed income for life, remainder of the corpus passes to Arrowmont |
| Create and/or increase income from assets; Create a hedge against inflation over the long term | Charitable Remainder Trust | Create a trust that pays you a fixed or variable percentage of the trust’s assets, valued annually | Immediate income tax deduction, annual income for life that has potential to increase, remainder of the corpus passes to Arrowmont |
| Reduce gift and estate taxes on assets passing to heirs | Charitable Lead Trust | Create a trust that pays Arrowmont a fixed or variable income for a set term, and the remainder passes to your heirs | Reduced size of taxable estate; keeps asset in family with reduced tax ramifications |
If you have questions about any of this information, please contact Fran Day, Director of Institutional Advancement, at 865.436.5860 ext. 32, or fday@arrowmont.org
To avoid conflicts of interest, the unauthorized practice of law, the rendering of investment advice, or the dissemination of income or estate tax advice, all donors of property gifts must indicate the rendering opinion from a professional advisor.
