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Change is one thing that’s certain, and it represents an opportunity for you to review your plans:

  • Tax laws changes. You may want to avoid paying unnecessary taxes and touch other lives with the savings.
  • Children gain financial independence from you. Consider updating your will(s) and encourage others who may need your help.
  • Retirement. This is a good time to review your asset mix and consider charity for your income needs.
  • Sell a business or appreciated property. Look for ways to avoid capital gains taxes and turn the capital gains into income.


We are committed to helping you review your plans so that you and your family may achieve your goals while supporting the Lord’s work. Our knowledgeable staff members provide free, no-obligation consultations to help you wisely reassess your plans. We can help you review your will and your mix of assets, as well as how they are titled.  Our staff also can help you assess ways to increase your level of income or avoid income-tax penalties at death. Click here to request a confidential consultation with your gift planner.

Click and read below how other donors have used our services to reassess their plans and meet their goals.

Donor Stories

Appreciating Courage

Whether it's time spent with his wife Rose Mary in their condo overlooking the ocean, regular Bible study classes, or just the news that his alma mater Duke University, has won a national basketball championship, retired attorney Warren Cole from Florida knows he's been blessed.

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Humble Servant for the Lord

Alva Wylie, a Mississippi resident, is serving jail time. But the 82-year-old retired pharmacist is not a convicted felon. He's just a humble servant of the Lord. He spends his time visiting prisoners in the county and city jails and youth detention centers.

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