When you make a gift to Panhandle Alliance for Education, you can expect a deep sense of accomplishment. You become a part of a community-wide commitment to helping our children succeed. Your donor gift will help to provide grants to teachers for classroom innovations, for district-wide improvements and strategic initiatives – and through our endowment, ensure this support for generations to come. You become a part of an essential partnership that strives to make our schools, and our children, great.

Depending on the asset given and whether you make an outright, planned or deferred gift, you can expect to receive some or all of the following benefits:

• Fulfilling your philanthropic goals
• Creating a legacy for you and your family
• Reducing your income taxes through a charitable deduction for the gift
• Enjoying an additional state income tax deduction for gifts to educational institutions and organizations
• Avoiding or deferring capital-gains tax on gifts of long-term appreciated property
• Reducing estate taxes
• Outright Gifts

Cash – A gift of cash is the simplest, most direct and most popular way to support Panhandle Alliance for Education. Because of the tax savings from the charitable deduction, your net cost can be much less than the actual amount of the gift.
Securities and Real Estate – Popular alternatives to cash are gifts of appreciated property, such as securities or real estate. These can provide even greater tax benefits to you than an equivalent gift in cash, especially when the appreciated property has been held long-term (more than one year). Restrictions may apply to certain non-cash assets.
Tangible Personal Property – Generally you will be entitled to a charitable deduction for gifts of tangible personal property such as works of art, rare books or items of value that help Panhandle Alliance for Education fulfill its mission. Restrictions may apply to certain non-cash assets.
Charitable Remainder Trusts

Charitable remainder trusts are popular plans because of the financial and estate-planning flexibility they offer. They are similar to other types of trusts, except that Panhandle Alliance for Education, the charitable beneficiary, receives the remainder interest. You entrust property to a trustee, specifying how trust income and the remainder interest will be distributed. While alive, you can take advantage of the income, capital gains and estate tax savings a trust provides. A trust effective at the end of a donor’s life is especially useful for accepting retirement-fund assets.