Ways to Give
Explore the many opportunities you have to support the St. Bernards Foundation.
Online Donation
Make a secure one-time or recurring donation to the area of your choice or to the greatest needs at St. Bernards. You can designate your gift in honor or in memory of a loved one or donate on behalf of a group. You’ll even be able to deduct your contribution from your taxes.
If your employer offers a matching gift program, ask your employer for a form to complete. Your gift could go twice as far.
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In-Kind Gifts
Call 870.207.2500 to suggest in-kind gifts, such as:
- Food and gas cards for patients traveling to St. Bernards Medical Center from outside Jonesboro
- Toys for pediatric patients
- Crocheted hats or new clothes for babies in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)
- Reading glasses
Securities
You may deduct the full fair market value of long-term appreciated securities (such as stocks and bonds) and avoid any tax on the capital gain.
Life Insurance
You can make the foundation the policy owner and get an immediate income tax deduction. Or, you can name the foundation as the beneficiary of your policy. Since this is revocable, it doesn’t lead to immediate tax savings. But at your death, your executor may take a federal estate tax charitable deduction for the entire amount.
Real Estate
If the property has grown in value and you give it outright, you:
- Avoid any tax on the capital gain
- Reduce your taxable estate by the value of the donation
- Receive a charitable contribution deduction for 100 percent of the fair market value of the property
Agricultural Crops
Like other assets you own, crop donations offer tax advantages to you and the foundation.
Residence
You may donate your personal home while you and/or your spouse live there for life or a set number of years. Either way, you receive an immediate income tax deduction for the contribution. Charitable deductions are also available if the life interest goes to one or two individuals and the remaining interest goes to the foundation.
Life Income
You can transfer property—such as cash, securities or real estate—to the management of a trustee and establish a life income arrangement. After the life of the beneficiaries, the foundation receives the assets in the trust. These can help you avoid capital gains, reduce estate taxes and provide you with an income for life.
Trust-Wealth Transfers
A lead trust may be funded with property, such as cash, securities or real estate. The terms of the trust will provide specific payments to the foundation for a certain number of years, after which the property passes to your relative or friend. You gain sizable estate and gift tax advantages.
A Bequest
One of the easiest and most common ways to donate is to bequeath an outright gift of money, securities or other property. There are several different types with various contingencies. Your taxable estate is reduced by a 100 percent deduction for the amount of a cash bequest or the fair market value of appreciated assets.
