Gifts of Stocks and Bonds
Donating appreciated securities, including stocks or bonds, is an easy and tax-effective way for you to make a gift to Mount Evans Home Health Care & Hospice.
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 instructions on how you can transfer stock or bonds from your brokerage or investment account to Mount Evans Home Health Care & Hospice.
By certified mail - If you hold securities in certificate form, you will need to mail two envelopes separately to complete your gift. In the first envelope, place the unsigned stock certificate(s). In the other envelope, include a signed stock power for each certificate. You may obtain this power from your broker or bank. Please remember to use certified mail.
More on gifts of stocks and bonds
There are special rules for valuing a gift of stock. The value of a charitable gift of stock is determined by taking the mean between the high and low stock price on the date of the gift. Mutual fund shares are valued using the closing price for the fund on the date of the gift.
Contact us
If you have any questions about the different ways to leave a portion of your legacy to Mount Evans, please contact us. Your financial and tax advisors know what is best for your individual situation but we can help with your initial research.
If you have been so generous as to include Mount Evans Home Health Care & Hospice as part of your estate plan, please take the time to let us know and we will recognize you as part of the Susan Stearns Legacy Society. We would like to thank you and your family for your generosity.
