General Giving | Workplace Giving

General Giving

Cash or securities -Cash is good. Or you can make an outright gift of appreciated securities while gaining additional tax benefits.

Donate Airline Miles -Donate your airline miles and put a wish kid on cloud nine. Air mile donations are redeemed for tickets to transport wish kids and their families on trips of a lifetime. . . to a theme park, to meet a celebrity, or to visit an exotic location.  Click here to learn more!

Charitable Lead Trust - You may wish to consider giving cash or securities to Make-A-Wish, Hawaii, by establishing a charitable lead trust. This trust will pay income to Make-A-Wish for a certain period of years after your death. Once that period is up, the trust passes to your family or other heirs. The trust is known as the charitable lead because the charity gets the first, or lead, interest.

Charitable Remainder Trusts- The charitable remainder trust is the mirror of the charitable lead trust. There are two types of charitable remainder trusts.

One is the charitable remainder annuity trust, under which donors receive a fixed dollar payment, or annuity, each year until their deaths, regardless of whether the trust assets rise or fall in value. A conservative investor is usually attracted to this kind of trust.

Under the second type of charitable trust, the charitable remainder unitrust, the annuity or annual payment is based on a percentage figure chosen by the donor. The payment can fluctuate from year to year as the value of the trust assets changes. Since a well managed portfolio can expect to appreciate each year, the unitrust contains a built-in hedge against inflation. Remember though, that the assets in the unitrust could decline in value, too-a possibility that may only be acceptable to donors with a higher tolerance to risk.

In-kind -A large portion of the resources we use to fulfill our mission are gifts of: goods and services such as airline tickets, office space, theme park admissions, accommodations and office supplies. For this extremely generous support, we are deeply grateful.

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Workplace Giving

Combined Federal Campaign (www.cfc-hawaii.org) -All Federal employees are encouraged to support the CFC whose mission is to promote philanthropy through this employee focused, cost efficient and effective program. Make-A-Wish, Hawaii, is listed in the brochure under Local Unaffiliated Organizations.

Aloha United Way -If you wish to designate your gift to Make-A-Wish, Hawaii, please ask your AUW liaison for a Donor Choice Form. Complete section 1. In section 2, choose Option E- Alternative Care. Agency Name is Make-A-Wish, Hawaii. Address is P.O. Box 1877, Honolulu, HI 96805. Attach this form to your pledge card.

Employer Match -When making your donation to Make-A-Wish, Hawaii, don't forget to ask your employer if a matching gift program is offered.

Wishmakers at Work -Employee groups can join together and design a fund raising event or campaign such as dress down days, bake sales, auctions, challenges. Call us for more details at (808)537-3118.

Cars For Kids - You can donate your unwanted car or boat to Cars For Kids and make a child's wish come true AND save money on your income taxes! Call 808-537-3118.

Kids Helping Wish Kids -Anyone can coordinate a Kids Helping Wish Kids program, which enables children to raise money in their schools to help wish kids served by Make-A-Wish. . This program is truly unique because kids themselves manage it. There are a lot of opportunities in every Hawaii community for young people to help make wishes come true. To find out how you can help wish kids in your community, please contact us.

Life Insurance -Make-A-Wish takes a life insurance policy on you, the donor. Make-A-Wish is named as the beneficiary. You, the donor, donate the amount of the premiums to Make-A-Wish, AND you get the tax deduction. Make-A-Wish gets the death benefit of the policy.

Events -You can support Make-A-Wish, Hawaii, at a special event. If you have an idea, call us!

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