Charitable Lead Trust

Protect Your Assets

If you want to make an impact now at your parish and the Archdiocese of New York and also provide for your family later, consider setting up a charitable lead trust. You transfer cash or other assets to a trust that makes payments to your parish and the Archdiocese of New York for a period of time. When the term is up, the remaining trust passes to your family or other beneficiaries you select.

There are two ways that charitable lead trusts make payments to your parish and the Archdiocese of New York:

A charitable lead annuity trust pays a fixed amount each year to your parish and the Archdiocese of New York and is more attractive when interest rates are low.

A charitable lead unitrust pays a variable amount each year to your parish and the Archdiocese of New York based on the value of the assets in the trust. With a unitrust, if the trust's assets go up in value, for example, the payments to your parish and the Archdiocese of New York go up as well.

An Example of How It Works

Father smiling with children George would like to support your parish and the Archdiocese of New York and receive tax benefits. George received a windfall amount of income and needs a large income tax deduction to offset the income. Following his advisor’s recommendation, George funds a grantor charitable lead annuity trust with assets valued at $1,000,000. George’s trust pays $60,000 (6% of the initial fair market value) to your parish and the Archdiocese of New York each year for 15 years, which will total $900,000. After that, the balance in the trust reverts back to George. He receives an income tax charitable deduction of $614,445. Assuming the trust earns an average 8% annual rate of return, George receives approximately $1,600,286 at the end of the trust term.

*Based on a 5.2% charitable midterm federal rate. Deductions and calculations will vary depending on your personal circumstances.

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Next Steps

  1. Contact the Planned Giving Office at 646-794-3317 or Planned.Giving@archny.org to talk about supporting your parish and the Archdiocese of New York by setting up a charitable lead trust.
  2. Seek the advice of your financial or legal advisor.
  3. If you include your parish and the Archdiocese of New York in your plans, please use our legal name and federal tax ID.

Legal name: Archdiocese of New York
Address: 1011 First Avenue, New York, NY 10022
Federal tax ID number: 13-3089351

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