Other Ways to Give
Maximize Your Impact for Amazing Place Now and for the Future
Explore ways to make impactful gifts to Amazing Place through planned/legacy giving and tax-smart charitable strategies. Whether during your lifetime or as part of your estate plan, these giving options can create lasting support for Amazing Place while offering potential financial and tax benefits.
Ways to make impactful gifts to Amazing Place
Planned and Legacy Giving
Strategic tax smart charitable donations and planned/legacy giving are part of a donor’s overall financial or estate planning. All gifts, no matter the amount, will have a positive impact on Amazing Place and help sustain our mission for many years to come. Gifts from retirement accounts like an IRA, donor advised funds at a foundation or invested and matured assets (like stocks) during your lifetime and/or from those same types of assets of a designated amount in a will, trust or legacy plan can make transformational and impactful gifts to Amazing Place.
Tax Smart Giving
There are also additional forms of planned giving that can benefit Amazing Place. One of the major benefits of tax smart and planned giving, both during and after your lifetime, are the significant tax advantages, depending on your specific situation. Common forms of these types of gifts are IRA rollover/distribution, stocks and appreciated assets, Donor Advised Funds (DAFs), life insurance, real estate or legacy gifts like a charitable bequest, beneficiary designation and more.
2026 Charitable Gift Planning Tax Law Highlights
Several charitable giving provisions changed in 2026, creating new opportunities for donors to support Amazing Place in tax-smart ways. Learn how updates affecting IRA gifts, standard deductions, and itemized deductions may influence your giving strategy this year.
For More Information Contact
Matt Pohren, MPA
Development Director
mpohren@amazingplacehouston.org
If you are considering making a Tax Smart or Planned/Legacy gift to Amazing Place, please contact us to discuss your intentions. We want to make sure your goals and intentions are understood and documented. We also want to thank you for your generous support.
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