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Planned Giving Options

Select one of the six options listed below to learn more. Each one of these gift options entitles you to membership in the Virginia Historical Society's Virginia Heritage Registry.

Bequests
Bequests are easy to include in a new or existing will.

Retirement Plan Gifts
Designation of a retirement account's final balance can save both income and estate taxes.

Charitable Gift Annuities
Charitable gift annuities return a secure lifetime income from the gift.

Charitable Remainder Trusts
Charitable remainder trusts allow an individual to share property with the VHS and to pay either a fixed or variable stream of income.

Charitable Lead Trusts
Charitable lead trusts can reduce estate taxes on property transferred to heirs by directing income from that property to organizations like the VHS for a time period.

Insurance Policies
Insurance policies can make either an immediate or a deferred gift.


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Our gift calculator can help you illustrate a charitable gift annuity or remainder trust based upon information specified by you.
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