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charitable trust is defined as an arrangement where property is to be held and administered by a trustee for the benefit of a charitable organization. Depending on the type and how it is established, a trust may be revocable (changeable) or irrevocable (not changeable). There are several types of trusts, the following are two of the most common.
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charitable remainder trust allows you to make a gift that retains income for a specified time period. Your funds are held separately and invested for payment of an income to you or another beneficiary. When the trust expires (at the death of the income recipient or at the end of the period of time you specified), the trust remainder is distributed for the charitable purposes you specify. A tax deduction is allowed at the time you create your trust. The size of the deduction depends on age, payment percentage, and other factors.
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charitable lead trust provides a gift over a period of years while ensuring that the property will ultimately return to the donor or to loved ones. The lead trust is one of the few ways to reduce or eliminate taxes that otherwise would be due on assets left to children or grandchildren. Under the terms of a charitable lead trust, assets are transferred to a trust that pays income to one or more charitable recipients for a number of years you determine. At the end of that period, the assets remaining are returned to you or other persons you name.
THE TRUSTEE is the person or institution named by a person making a trust, or the person appointed by the court, to carry out the terms of the trust. Assuming a trust has been set up through a will, when the executor's job is finished, the trustee's job begins.
Planned gifts to Rocky Mountain PBS may be designated to go to the
Rocky Mountain PBS General Endowment Fund. Gifts to the General Endowment Fund are permanently invested for the future while the earnings help to provide quality public television programs and services.
Your lawyer will need the following information:
Legal name: Rocky Mountain Public Broadcasting Network, Inc.
Address: 1089 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80204Tax Identification number: 84-0510785
RMPBS Contact: Deanna Haas, Director of Individual Giving
RMPBS Phone: 303-620-5729 Fax: 303-620-5600
All planned giving donors receive membership in the
Rocky Mountain PBS Pinnacle Club as recognition of your commitment to our future success. In appreciation of their generosity, Pinnacle Club members are invited to special events and other network activities and, if they wish, are acknowledged on-air and in other Rocky Mountain PBS publications.
Thank you very much for your interest in including Rocky Mountain PBS in your estate plans.
To discuss planned giving options, please contact the Rocky Mountain PBS Planned Giving Office:
Patricia Laverty, Manager of Philanthropic Giving
303-620-5706
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