Donations can be made as one-time gifts or recurring monthly charges. Every dollar counts from a $5 monthly gift (same cost as a coffee!) to a $5,000 gift.

By supporting the SCA with a planned estate gift, you become part of our Red Arch Society, a group of generous and committed people who are ensuring that the SCA’s bold vision comes to life for future generations.

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• Donating appreciated securities, including stocks or bonds, is an easy and tax-effective way for you to make a gift to the Saugatuck Center for the Arts. 
• Benefits of gifts of stocks and bonds: Avoid paying capital gains tax on the sale of appreciated stock; Receive a charitable income tax deduction; Further our mission today
• How to make a gift of stocks and bonds: By electronic transfer – Please contact us for delivery instructions on how you can transfer stock or bonds from your brokerage or investment account to the SCA. This will ensure proper receipt of your gift.  

• The SCA will consider donated appreciated real estate, such as a home, vacation property, undeveloped land, farmland, ranch or commercial property contingent on our ability to sell the asset.
• Benefits of gifts of real estate: Avoid paying capital gains tax on the sale of the real estate; Receive a charitable income tax deduction based on the value of the gift; Leave a lasting legacy to Saugatuck Center for the Arts
• How to make a gift of real estate: Your real property may be given to the SCA by executing or signing a deed transferring ownership. You may deed part or all of your real property to the SCA. Your gift will generally be based on the property’s fair market value, which must be established by an independent appraisal. If you have questions about gifts of real estate, please contact us. We would be happy to assist you.  

• Donating part or all of your unused retirement assets such as a gift from your IRA, 401(k), 403(b), pension or other tax-deferred plan is an excellent way to make a gift to the SCA.
• Benefits of gifts of retirement assets: Avoid potential estate tax on retirement assets; Your heirs would avoid income tax on any retirement assets funded on a pre-tax basis; Receive potential estate tax savings from an estate tax deduction
• How to make a gift of retirement assets: To leave your retirement assets to the SCA, you will need to complete a beneficiary designation form provided by your retirement plan custodian. If you designate the Saugatuck Center for the Arts as beneficiary, we will benefit from the full value of your gift because your IRA assets will not be taxed at your death. Your estate will benefit from an estate tax charitable deduction for the gift. If you have questions about gifts of retirement assets, please contact us. We would be happy to assist you.
• More on gifts of retirement assets: Did you know that 60%-70% of your retirement assets may be taxed if you leave them to your heirs at your death? Another option is to leave your heirs assets that receive a step up in basis, such as real estate and stock, and give the retirement assets to the SCA. As a charity, we are not taxed upon receiving an IRA or other retirement plan assets.

• A gift of your life insurance policy is an excellent way to make a gift to the Saugatuck Center for the Arts. If you have a life insurance policy that has outlasted its original purpose, consider making a gift of your insurance policy. For example, you may have purchased a policy to provide for minor children and they are now financially independent adults.
• Benefits of gifts of life insurance: Receive a charitable income tax deduction; If the SCA retains the policy to maturity, you can receive additional tax deductions by making annual gifts so that we can pay the premiums; If the SCA cashes in the policy, you will be able to see firsthand how your gift supports our charitable work; If we retain the policy to maturity, or you name us as a beneficiary, once the policy matures, the proceeds of your policy will be paid to our organization so that we can use the proceeds to further our charitable work
• How to make a gift of life insurance: To make a gift of life insurance, please contact your life insurance provider, request a beneficiary designation form from the insurer and include the Saugatuck Center for the Arts as the beneficiary of your policy. If you have questions about making a gift of a life insurance policy, please contact us. We would be happy to assist you. 

A donor advised fund (or DAF) might be a great solution for you. You can use a DAF to distribute gifts to numerous charities. With a DAF, you can make gifts to charity during your lifetime, and when you pass away, your children can carry on your legacy of giving.

Keep in mind, however, that a DAF may not be used if a donor receives, directly or indirectly, any benefit that is more than incidental (i.e. tickets).