by Robert Shafis | Oct 23, 2023 | Estate Giving, estate planning, Planned Giving, Tax Planning | Donor Conversation, Planned giving, Planning
A big change is scheduled for the United States estate tax code. It is set to begin in 2026. Now, you may be wondering why we’re even talking about this. After all, it’s only 2023. Surely you don’t need to think about a tax code change that won’t take effect for a...
by Robert Shafis | Jul 8, 2022 | Bequests, Estate Giving, Planned Gifts, Planned Giving | Giving, Non-Profits, Planned giving
Online will and estate planning services are used by many non-profit organizations, with varying results. I thought it might be interesting to review some of the good points and bad points inherent in them. As always, it’s a battle to balance each of the points and...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jan 29, 2020 | Estate Giving, Leads, PGOs, Planned Gift | Planned giving, Qualifying
In my last post, I wrote about how important it was to follow up on a planned giving lead and to allocate the necessary resources it takes to go through them. The whole point of “lead generation” for planned giving is to help awaken your donor base to the fact that if...