{"id":3022,"date":"2012-05-12T18:35:18","date_gmt":"2012-05-13T01:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lichtermanlaw.com\/?p=3022"},"modified":"2012-05-12T18:35:18","modified_gmt":"2012-05-13T01:35:18","slug":"what-is-planned-giving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lichtermanlaw.com\/index.php\/what-is-planned-giving\/","title":{"rendered":"Planned Giving – How You Can Benefit a Charity for Generations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here in West Michigan we are blessed with a lot of charitable families and individuals. \u00a0They give their time, energy, and yes, finances to help benefit area and national charities. \u00a0One of the terms that you’ve probably seen if you’ve talked or worked with a charity is “planned giving.” \u00a0As common as the term may be, it seems like very few are really aware of what it is or they have the misconception that you must be “rick” to make a planned gift.<\/span><\/p>\n

Put simply, planned giving is\u00a0a method of supporting non-profits and charities that enables philanthropic individuals or donors to make larger gifts than they could make from their income. \u00a0So, a planned gift really is\u00a0any major gift, made in lifetime or at death as part of a donor\u2019s overall financial and\/or estate planning. \u00a0Seems simple, right? \u00a0Well, for the most part it is.<\/span><\/p>\n

As simple as the concept may be, the challenging (and fun) part is the donor working with the charity and the donor’s other advisors (estate planning and charitable planning attorney<\/a>, CPA, and financial advisor) to determine the best structure for the planned gift. \u00a0And by “best structure,” I’m referring to the structure that best accomplishes the donor’s goals while maximizing the benefit to the charity.<\/span><\/p>\n

You can see some of the many options by reading my earlier blog post on non-cash gifts to charity<\/a>. \u00a0Make sure to give us a call to help walk through planned giving with your favorite charity (or cause).<\/span><\/p>\n

Michael Lichterman<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0is an estate planning and charitable planning attorney who helps families and business owners create a lasting legacy by planning for their\u00a0Whole Family Wealth\u2122<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0 This goes beyond merely planning for “stuff” – it’s about who your are and what’s important to you.\u00a0 He focuses on estate, charitable, and asset protection planning for all generations (“young” and “experienced”), the “sandwich generation” (caring for parents and children), doctors\/physicians, nurses, lawyers, dentists, professionals with minor children, family owned businesses, and pet planning.\u00a0 He enjoys creating life long relationships with his clients centered on their families values, insights, stories and experiences.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here in West Michigan we are blessed with a lot of charitable families and individuals. \u00a0They give their time, energy, and yes, finances to help benefit area and national charities. \u00a0One of the terms that you’ve probably seen if you’ve talked or worked with a charity is “planned giving.” \u00a0As common as the term may […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[130,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-charitable-planning","category-estate-planning"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lichtermanlaw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lichtermanlaw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lichtermanlaw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lichtermanlaw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lichtermanlaw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3022"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.lichtermanlaw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3029,"href":"https:\/\/www.lichtermanlaw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3022\/revisions\/3029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lichtermanlaw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lichtermanlaw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lichtermanlaw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}