Charitable Giving Strategies

Maximize your tax savings while giving to the causes you care most about.

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Without working with a wealth manager to establish effective charitable giving strategies, many affluent families may end up paying enormous amounts of their wealth to the government in the form of taxes. However, with the right giving plan, you can optimize your charitable gifting strategy, reduce your taxable income, and give yourself more control over where your money is spent — using the wealth you save to better the lives of your family and give back to your community instead.

At Avidian Wealth Solutions, our multi-disciplinary team of highly qualified professionals, including Certified Financial Planners™, investment specialists, investment analysts, estate planning specialists, and MBAs, are well-equipped to guide you in creating a tax-efficient charitable giving strategy that achieves your philanthropic visions, preserves your wealth, and protects your assets.

Schedule a conversation with us today to learn more about how our tax strategies for high-net-worth families, individuals, endowments, and private foundations can help you make the biggest impact with your giving.

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Why partner with Avidian to develop your charitable giving strategy?

Purpose-driven financial planning

For those who are charitably inclined, tax-efficient charitable giving offers you the freedom to deepen your philanthropic impact while considering how your donations impact the rest of your financial plan. At Avidian Wealth Solutions, our advisors are able to work with you to create charitable gifting strategies that reduce your tax liability through gifts and donations while working to accurately document and report those gifts on your behalf. And because we are held to the fiduciary standard, you can rest assured that you are receiving financial advice that is in your best interest, ensuring that all investment advice is considered against your financial risk management plan.

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Charitable giving tax strategies formulated for high-net-worth individuals

Charitable giving is ultimately about contributing to the causes that matter to you most. But by leveraging charitable giving tax deductions and strategies, you can change the lives of those around you while saving your hard-earned dollars from going to pay for taxes, giving you more freedom to choose where your money goes.

When our advisors sit down with you to establish your charitable giving strategy, we help you dig into some of our key wealth planning questions.

  1. Who do you care about most?
  2. What do you care about most?
  3. What are you most concerned about?

From this place of understanding, we can recommend a comprehensive gifting strategy that considers your bigger picture whether that includes annual gifts, donor-advised funds, or investments into a charitable remainder trust.

Continue reading: How do charitable donations affect taxes?

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Wealth preservation integrated into your estate tax planning

Estate tax planning is an integral part of creating tax strategies for high-net-worth individuals. At some point, you’ll eventually need to decide how to divide your entire estate between the government, your family, and charity. Without considering how your estate will be allocated, you could be missing opportunities to ensure your money goes where you want it to — unless that somebody is the government.

Avidian Wealth Solutions works with you and your estate attorney to develop an effective estate tax plan that works to minimize estate tax and maximize benefits to your family and the causes close to your heart.

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Charitable giving strategies tailored to your goals

Avidian Wealth Solutions can work with you and your existing team of attorneys to utilize the planned giving strategies that align best with your charitable visions and tax strategy. These strategies may include one or more of the following:

1. Donor-advised funds

Donor-advised funds act as tax-advantaged, charitable investment vehicles that allow you to personalize your contributions and recommend grants, giving you the freedom to choose how each of your charitable dollars is used.

In comparison to a private foundation, a donor-advised fund gives you:

  • Complete privacy access to private donor group “back office” to evaluate the impact of your investing
  • Higher deductibility limits
  • Extensive experience with large donors
  • Access to the largest charities in America through fundraising
  • Ability to make complex donations (businesses, real estate, oil & gas, collections, cryptocurrency, etc.) that can be sold without capital gains tax

2. Charitable remainder trusts (CRT)

Charitable remainder trusts allow you to donate highly appreciated assets, like bonds, stocks, or real estate, into an irrevocable trust. This creates an opportunity for donors to give assets to charity while continuing to receive either fixed or variable income from the property.

While this strategy doesn’t necessarily eliminate long-term and short-term capital gains tax, you do receive a tax deduction when you make the contribution and it does allow you to set a payout rate that meets both your financial objectives and your philanthropic goals.

3. Charitable gift annuity

Qualified charities will allow you, the donor, to make a sizable donation in exchange for a fixed stream of income, or an annuity, for an agreed-upon timeframe. Depending on the charity, you can donate everything from cash to securities and other assets. These donations do qualify as partial charitable giving tax deductions and can be an effective way to offset or limit capital gains tax if the charity accepts non-cash assets.

To learn more about how our team can help you accommodate charitable giving into your financial plan, contact us today!

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