Donors

Considering a gift?

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The following brochures provide additional information on a variety of gift plan options. Choose as many titles as you wish. We are happy to send them via mail or email.

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If you would like to know more about a specific gift option, please complete the form below and we will be happy to provide helpful information.

Select the assets you are thinking about using to fund the gift:

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IRA owners age 73 and older may need to take annual required minimum distributions (RMDs) from their accounts. Use our RMD Calculator to determine the amount you are required to withdraw. To learn about gift options that count toward your RMD, visit our Gift from an IRA page.

Making a gift in your will or with a beneficiary designation?

Here is the language you’ll need to use.

Bequest language

I give and bequeath to Gateway Charitable Foundation, a not-for-profit corporation organized under the Laws of the State of Illinois and having its principal office at 55 E. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois 60604.

To make a cash bequest:
the sum of $_________ to be used by Gateway Charitable Foundation for its general purposes.

To give a percentage of the estate:

_______ percent of my estate to be used by Gateway Charitable Foundation for its general purposes.

To give a residual amount or remaining interest:

the rest, residue and remainder of my estate after all debts, expenses and taxes have been paid and all the general and specific bequests have been made, to be used by Gateway Charitable Foundation for its general purposes.

To give a tangible asset or property:

_______ shares of common stock of __________ (or insert here a description of other property) owned by me at my death as these shares shall exist at the date of my death, to be used by Gateway Charitable Foundation for its general purposes.

Beneficiary designation information

Gateway Charitable Foundation’s Tax ID number is 36-4063660.