Did you know you can honor a family member, friend, or colleague whose life has been touched by GI research or celebrate a special occasion such as a birthday while supporting the work of our mission through a gift to the AGA Research Foundation? Your gift will honor a loved one or yourself and support the AGA Research Awards Program, while giving you a tax benefit:
- Giving now or later. Any charitable gift can be made in honor or memory of someone.
- A gift today. An outright gift will help fund the AGA Research Awards Program. Your gift will assist in furthering basic digestive disease research, which can ultimately advance research into all digestive diseases. The financial benefits include an income tax deduction and possible elimination of capital gains tax. A cash gift of $25,000 or more qualifies for membership in the AGA Legacy Society, which recognizes the foundation’s most generous individual donors.
- A gift through your will or living trust. You can include a bequest in your will or living trust stating that a specific asset, certain dollar amount, or more commonly a percentage of your estate will pass to the AGA Research Foundation at your death in honor of your loved one. A gift of $50,000 or more in your will qualifies for membership in the AGA Legacy Society.
- Named DDW Sessions. A named DDW session is established with a minimum gift of $125,000 over the course of 5 years or through an irrevocable planned gift. Gifts of cash, appreciated securities, life insurance, or property are gift vehicles that may be used to establish a named session. Donors will be eligible for naming recognition of a DDW AGA Institute Council session for 10 years. A gift at that level will qualifies for membership in the AGA Legacy Society.
Your next step
An honorary gift is a wonderful way to acknowledge someone’s vision for the future. To learn more about ways to recognize your honoree, visit our website at www.gastro.org/contribute or contact Harmony Excellent at 301-272-1602 or hexcellent@gastro.org.
