Receive fixed lifetime payments and significant tax benefits.
How it works
Make a gift of cash or securities to Berkeley. The annuity can be established with $20,000 or more.
We pay you — or one or two individuals that you name — fixed annuity payments for life.
When the contract ends, the remainder of the annuity is used to support the Berkeley programs you designate.
- The minimum age of beneficiaries for an immediate payment CGA is 70.
How you benefit
- Receive an income tax charitable deduction at the time of the gift.
- We guarantee that you receive your fixed payments throughout your lifetime.
- Get favorable tax treatment for a portion of your annuity payments, including a tax-free portion for gifts of cash.
- Diversify your assets.
- Pay no capital gains tax at the time of gift.
TAX LAW (SECURE ACT 2.0) EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2023
IRA qualified charitable distributions (QCDs) may be used to create a charitable gift annuity
- You must be 70 ½ or older at the time of the transfer.
- The distribution must come directly from an IRA custodian.
- Elect to distribute up to $53,000 to create a charitable gift annuity.
- Election available only once in an IRA owner’s lifetime.
- Only the IRA owner and/or his/her spouse may receive the annuity payments.
- Distribution can satisfy all or part of the required minimum distribution (RMD).
- Donors are encouraged to consult with their advisors as there are additional limitations.
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Megan Gritsch grew up in Lodi, Calif., where residents just seem to know each other. “People would always ask me, ‘Is your dad Ron?’” laughs Megan, 20, a UC Berkeley junior. “Everyone knew my dad.” The daughter of a salesman and postal carrier, Megan’s modest home graced the Mokelumne River. Although her parents did not go to college, Megan says they always expected it of her and her younger sister. “Education has always been very emphasized,” she says. “I could …
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