There are many ways to make a gift and you can decide what your gift will benefit. Unrestricted gifts will be used where there is the greatest need, while restricted gifts may be contributed to a specific program or fund.
- Outright Gifts can be made online or by mailing checks payable to Catholic Community Foundation at 320 Cathedral Street, 4th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21201.
- Pledge -A signed and dated commitment to make a gift over a specified period of time.
- Stock Gift – A donation of stock.
- Plan for the Future – A charitable gift arrangement where the Archdiocese’s use of the asset is delayed to some future time.
- Endowments – Funds to be kept permanently and invested to provide income for ongoing support.
- Bequest – A contribution made by an individual after their death through a provision in their will.
- Legacy Giving – Also referred to as planned giving, a term used to describe a variety of charitable gifts that can be given during an individual’s lifetime and whose residual funds indefinitely support the Archdiocese or a specific program or fund.
- Charitable Gift Annuity – Typically an agreement in which cash or other assets are transferred to a charitable organization in exchange for its promise to pay the donor an annuity for life.
- Retirement Plan Assets – Naming the Archdiocese or a specific program or fund as beneficiary or partial beneficiary of a retirement plan.
- Trusts – Money, securities or property that are held under a trust agreement to provide income for the beneficiary.
- Corporate Matching – A donation from an employer matching the employee’s charitable contribution, thereby doubling the contribution of the employee’s gift.
- In-Kind Gift – A contribution of equipment, supplies, labor or other property.
- Work-place Giving – Private sector employees participating in the United Way of Central Maryland Giving Campaign.
