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Give to the Y
Behind the Y-shaped signs and the swimming pools, the YMCA of the Mid-Peninsula is actively at work in our community providing care, strengthening ties and offering hope. The YMCA of the Mid-Peninsula has a 100-year history of responding to community needs with programs that strengthen and enrich the mental, physical, and spiritual well-being of all people. Today's YMCA of the Mid-Peninsula reaches more than 50,000 children, adults, seniors and families through its six neighborhood YMCAs.
Charitable donations to the YMCA make a positive and profound impact on individuals, families, and entire communities.
You can put your gift to work through a number of YMCA funds:
 Give the Gift of Stock
Donation of stocks or appreciated securities can provide tax advantages to the donor and be a sizeable contribution to the YMCA. When you transfer securities directly to your YMCA your tax deduction is the value of the shares the day they are transferred.
Complete a stock transfer form and submit it to the YMCA of the Mid-Peninsula via email, fax or mail.
Matching Gifts
Your contribution to the YMCA of the Mid-Peninsula can go twice as far! Did you know hundreds of local companies match their employees' charitable contributions? When making a gift to the YMCA, check with your employer's Human Resources Department to determine if your company will match your donation. For the Matching Gift Form and a list of matching companies, click here.
Tax Benefits of Giving
Making a gift to the YMCA can help you lower your current taxes, and make it easier to keep track of your charitable activities for tax-filing purposes. A 100% federal tax deduction is available for each charitable contribution a donor makes to the YMCA.
Deductions can be up to 50% of personal income for cash gifts and 30% of personal income for appreciated property at 100% fair market value. When you donate appreciated securities, you'll avoid paying capital gains taxes. The contributions you make will be removed from your estate, and, therefore, will not be subject to estate taxes. Individuals may donate appreciated property without the risk of triggering the federal alternative minimum tax (AMT). Donors can avoid estate, income and generation skipping transfer taxes by making gifts of IRD assets (income in respect of the decedent). IRD assets can include IRAs, employee benefit plans, distributions, accrued interest on U.S. savings bonds and certificates of deposit.
For more information please contact:
Anne Marie Krogh
Vice President of Financial Development
YMCA of the Mid-Peninsula
2400 Geng Road, Suite 120
Palo Alto, CA 94303-3350
(650) 842-3553
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