Gifts of Cash

A cash gift is a simple and easy way for you to make a gift.

Here are some potential benefits:

• Make an immediate impact on our mission today.
• Benefit from a charitable income tax deduction.

Make your gift online now!

It is easy. Go to rklef.org and click the “Donate” button. Your gift will be processed quickly and safely.

Send us your gift by mail:

You can send us a check or money order. Please let us know if you want your gift used for a specific purpose, by indicating that purpose either in the memo line or in a letter to us.

Contact us for more information:

If you have questions about making your gift, please send an email with your questions or comments to info@rklef.org.

Recurring Gift Program

What is a Recurring Gift Program?

A recurring gift is an ongoing, specific gift amount determined by a donor that is charged monthly to a donor’s credit card.  Your recurring gifts will be a dependable source of support that the RKL Education Foundation, Inc. can count on throughout the year.

How Do I Sign-up?

You can agree to an amount as small as $5 per month – and it will be charged to your credit card accordingly.

If you need to change or discontinue your monthly gift for any reason you may do so t any time by emailing us at info@rklef.org.

Sample Monthly Donations: 

$5 per month = $60 per year

$10 per month = $120 per year

$25 per month = $300 per year

$50 per month = $600 per year

When you consider giving, place yourself in the position of the potential recipient that needs a little help to get to that next step in their plan for growth development, and moving behind that place they currently find themselves.

Matching Gifts

You can increase the value and impact of your gift to the Foundation by taking advantage of your employer’s matching gift program.

Many employers sponsor matching gift programs and will match charitable contributions or volunteer hours served by their employees. Some companies will also match the contributions of their retired employees and spouses of employees.

Taking the extra step to have your gift to the Foundation matched by your employer may double or triple the impact of your gift!

Named Scholarship

Creating a Named Scholarship Fund: 

Named Gifts:

Name gifts represent leadership support of the Foundation’s highest priorities, Student Scholarships. They provide powerful academic outcomes, raise institutional profile, and highlight student success.  Named gifts can be endowed or annual.  Those who choose to establish named funds often do so in honor or memory of someone who has made a difference in their lives. Donors may use either outright or deferred gifts to establish named funds. The Foundation works with individual donors to prepare guidelines for administration of each fund.

Named Endowed Scholarship Gifts:

Establishing an endowment is a visionary and generous act that will help preserve the Foundation’s mission well into the future.  Named endowed funds may be created to ensure future support for scholarships.  Endowments are invested long-term in an investment pool overseen by the Investment Committee of the Foundation Board.

Named Annual Gifts:

 Named annual gifts to support RKL Education Foundation, Inc.’s immediate needs in a meaningful way over a specified period.  Donors who make named annual gifts provide the Foundation with the flexibility required to meet its most pressing needs and pursue current opportunities – From scholarships to new programs (STEM).

Stocks and Bonds

Benefits of gifts of stocks and bonds:

• Avoid paying capital gains tax on the sale of appreciated stock.
• Receive a charitable income tax deduction.
• Further our mission today.

How to make a gift of stocks and bonds: 

By electronic transfer– Please email Earl Sharpe at info@rklef.org for instructions on how you can transfer stock or bonds from your brokerage or investment account to RKL Education Foundation, Inc.

By certified mail – If you hold Securities in certificate form, you will need to mail two envelopes separately to complete your gift. In the first envelope, place the unsigned stock certificate(s). In the second envelope, include a signed stock power for each certificate. You may obtain this power from your broker or bank. Please remember to use certified mail.

Additional Information on Gifts of Stocks and Bonds:

 There are special rules for valuing a gift of stock. The value of the charitable gift of stock is determined by taking the mean between the high and low of the sock price on the date of the gift.

Contact Us:

If you have any questions about gifts of Stocks and Bonds, please send an email to info@rklef.org. We would be happy to assist you and answer any questions that you have.

Retirement Assets

Donating part or all your unused retirement assets, such as your IRA, 401(k), 403(b),

Pension or other tax-deferred plan, is an excellent way to make a gift to RKL Education Foundation, Inc.

Benefits of gifts of retirement assets:

• Avoid potential estate tax on retirement assets.
• Your heirs would avoid income tax on any retirement assets funded on a pre-tax basis.
• Receive potential estate tax savings from an estate tax deduction.

How to make a gift of retirement assets:

To leave the retirement assets to RKL Education Foundation, Inc. you will need to complete a beneficiary designation form provided by your retirement plan custodian. If you designate RKL Education Foundation, Inc. as beneficiary, we will benefit from the full value of your gift because that portion of your IRA assets will not be taxed at your death.  Your estate will benefit from an estate tax charitable contribution for the gift.

Contact us:

If you have any questions about gifts of retirement assets, please contact us at info@rklef.org.

Insurance

A gift of your life insurance policy is an excellent way to make a gift to RKL Education Foundations, Inc. I f you have a life insurance policy that has outlasted its original purpose, consider making a gift of your insurance policy to RKL Education Foundation, Inc. For example, you may have purchased a policy to provide for minor children and they are now financially independent adults.

Benefits of gifts of Life Insurance:

• Receive a charitable income tax deduction.
• If RKL Education Foundation, Inc. retains the policy to maturity, you can receive additional tax deductions by making annual gifts so that we can pay the premiums.
• If RKL Education Foundation, Inc. cashes in the policy, you will be able to see first-hand how your gift supports our charitable work.
• If we retain the policy to maturity, or you name us as a beneficiary, once the policy matures, the proceeds of your policy will be paid to our organization so that we can use proceeds to further our charitable work.

How to make a gift of Life Insurance:

To Make a gift of life insurance, please contact your life insurance provider, request a beneficiary designation form from the insurer and include RKL Education Foundation, Inc. as the or a beneficiary of your policy.

Contact Us: If you have any questions about making a gift of Life Insurance, please contact us at info@rklef.org.

In-Kind

Gifts in-kind, also referred to as in-kind donations, is a kind of charitable giving in which, instead of giving money or its equivalent to buy needed goods and services, the goods, and services themselves are given.

What qualifies as in-kind donation?

An in-kind donation is the transfer of any other type of asset. In-kind gifts are contributions of goods or services, other than cash grants.  Examples of in-kind gifts include Goods or Services like computers, software, furniture, office equipment, painting, and lawn care to name a few for your organization or for event auctions.

Benefit to Donor: 

• Generally, a donor may deduct an in-kind (non-cash) donation as a charitable contribution at its estimated value.
• A donor must obtain a written acknowledgement from the charity to substantiate the gift, although the acknowledgement will may not assign a dollar value to the donation.

Contact us:

 For answers to any question you may have, please contact us at email: info@rklef.org.