Ways to Donate

Gifts to Challenged Child and Friends, Inc. offers substantial benefits for both you and the children we serve.  Your gifts may provide you with income tax deductions, avoidance of estate tax, reduced capital gains taxes, a steady income stream, and the warm feeling of knowing that you have made life better for children with special needs and their families.  Your donation will allow us to improve the program and facilities available to our children, hire and retain loving and qualified personnel, and develop new and innovative ways in which to help our children reach their full potential.

There are several giving options you may wish to consider. Keep in mind that the options listed below are intended only as suggestions or possibilities; there may be other methods of giving to Challenged Child and Friends that better fit your situation and better achieve your objectives.   We encourage you to visit with us to discuss how your gifts can be put to their best use, and to visit with your professional advisors to discuss ways to maximize the tax benefits of your gifts.   Ways to give include:

Gifts of cash– Checks payable to Challenged Child and Friends, Inc. may be mailed or delivered to: 

Mailling Address      Challenged Child and Friends      P.O. Box 5758      Gainesville, GA 30504

Physical Address 2360 Murphy Boulevard Gainesville, GA 30504

We will gladly discuss with you other ways to make your gifts of cash to Challenged Child and Friends more convenient for you.  

Memorial donations and gifts in honor of others- You may designate your gift as being made in memory or in honor of a special person in your life.  We will notify the honoree or the family of the memorialized loved one of your gift.  If you would like to make an online gift in memory or in honor of someone, please click here.  If you would like to make a gift in memory or in honor of someone but do not wish to do so online, you can click here for a printable tribute form that can be mailed to the above address.

Wish list– We also welcome donated items from our wish list. Click here to access our most current wish list as well as a list of items that we cannot accept.

Assets of a private foundation or community foundation- if you have a foundation you may direct that gifts be made to Challenged Child and Friends from that foundation.

Gifts of securities– A gift of long-term appreciated securities offers you two potential tax savings: First, you pay no capital gains tax on the increase in value of the stock. Second, you receive a tax deduction for the full fair market value of the securities on the date of the gift. For income tax purposes, the value of the gift may be deducted up to thirty percent of your adjusted gross income.   Gifts of closely held stock enjoy the same tax benefits as gifts of publicly traded stock.

 Real estate – A gift of a residence, farm, vacant lot, vacation home or other real estate can provide the perfect opportunity to make a substantial gift to benefit the children served by Challenged Child and Friends.  Such a gift may often be structured in such a way as to provide a very nice income tax deduction as well as sizable capital gains tax savings.  And, if you wish, such a gift may often be structured in such a way that you may continue to reside in your home or otherwise use your property for the rest of your lifetime.

Personal property- Gifts of valuable items like jewelry, antiques, or art may also be gifted to Challenged Child and Friends. 

Life insurance- A donor can deduct insurance premiums by assigning an existing life insurance policy to Challenged Child and Friends as owner and beneficiary, or by purchasing a new policy and naming Challenged Child and Friends as owner and beneficiary. 

Bargain sales– Under this arrangement, you might sell long-term appreciated securities, real estate or other assets to Challenged Child and Friends at a price substantially below current market value. You would receive a charitable deduction for the difference between the sale price and the item’s fair market value.

Charitable remainder unitrusts– A charitable remainder unitrust is generally created as an irrevocable living trust. It allows you to make a substantial gift to Challenged Child and Friends and yet continue to receive income from the assets contributed. At the time the trust is created, you stipulate that the trust will pay you or a designated beneficiary an income stream for life or for a set term of years.  The income stream is based on a fixed percentage of the value of the assets in the trust.  Challenged Child and Friends receives the assets remaining in the trust upon termination.

Charitable remainder annuity trusts–Annuity trusts are very similar to unitrusts except that the life income beneficiary receives a fixed dollar amount annually rather than a fixed percentage of the assets in the trust.

Charitable lead trusts– Charitable lead trusts are essentially the reverse of charitable remainder trusts. Under this arrangement, you would transfer assets to a trustee who would make income payments to Challenged Child and Friends for a specified number of years, after which time the trust would terminate and the trust’s assets would be returned to you or your loved ones.

Gifts through your will– One of the simplest ways to make a gift is to include a provision in your will that a share of your estate (either a fixed dollar amount or a percentage of your estate, or perhaps a certain asset owned by you) will be distributed to Challenged Child and Friends.  Be sure to inform your attorney that our correct legal name is “Challenged Child and Friends, Inc.”

IRAs and other retirement funds- Lessen the impact of income, estate and generation-skipping taxes on a family’s inheritance by naming Challenged Child and Friends as the beneficiary of your retirement assets.

Gifts from your business- Corporate giving and annual charitable projects can be directed to benefit Challenged Child and Friends.  Sponsorships of our fundraising events are also available.

For more information about giving to Challenged Child and Friends, please contact:
David Earnest 770-535-8372 ext. 103 or david@challengedchild.org.

Donations to Challenged Child and Friends are tax deductible and may provide other tax and financial benefits to you and your loved ones.  We will gladly provide a copy of our Section 501(c)(3) letter from the IRS upon request and assist you in any way that we can.  Please see our gifts acceptance policy here.  As we cannot offer tax or legal advice, we encourage you to discuss your specific situation with your tax and legal advisors.