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I’m Keith Witter, Board Chair of Stablish Foundation. Back in the 1990s, I was helping clients with charitable giving as part of their estate planning. Stablish Foundation was born out of the frustration that clients, their attorneys, and their financial advisors all faced when trying to make personal legacy giving work. We quickly ran into…

At Stablish Foundation, we’ve witnessed how individuals and families have found hope and healing by transforming personal loss into meaningful, positive change through legacy charitable giving. Read on to hear just a few stories of how Stablish Foundation donors have turned hardship into hope: To view the PDF full screen, click the button below the…

A Donor Advised Fund (DAF) with Stablish Foundation makes it possible for taxpayers to “bundle” their giving into one year, while suggesting distributions from the DAF in subsequent years to provide ongoing support of their favorite charities. This may allow the taxpayer to take advantage of itemizing their tax deductions in year one, while using…

Have you thought about creating a scholarship fund to help young people get a good education . . . but are unsure how to go about it? * Do you feel overwhelmed just thinking about the rules and regulations for creating and maintaining a scholarship fund? * Do you have a specific area of education…

Like a Charitable Remainder Trust, a Charitable Lead Trust can be created when the client/donor contributes appreciated property to the trust. And like a CRT, a CLT can accept any type of property, such as cash, stocks, bonds, real estate, etc. However, while a CRT makes annual payments to the Donor and then distributes the trust assets to the designated charities upon the Donor’s death; a CLT makes annual contributions to the Donor designat- ed charities until the death of the donor and then distributes the remaining assets to the individual beneficiaries selected by the donor.

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