Ways of Giving
Please contact Nina Mankin at the campaign office at (518) 329-0182 with any questions, or to request a confidential discussion about these and other ways of giving to the campaign.

The Roeliff Jansen Community Library has created the following ways and means for individuals, families, corporations, and foundations, to help provide the financial resources necessary to build our new facility through gifts of cash, securities, life insurance, real property, life-income gifts ,or other deferred gift options. Gifts may also be made as memorials or tributes to loved ones.

Cash Gifts 
You may wish to consider supporting the From Dream to Reality Capital Campaign through an outright gift of cash or by making payments on a pledge over 1-5 years. Cash gifts provide donors with an immediate income tax deduction for the full gift amount. 

Gifts of Securities and Securities Transfers
You may wish to consider the benefits of making a gift of securities. Some donors find that a gift of this type can provide significant tax advantages. The Library is fully capable of receiving securities transfers. If you would like to transfer securities in support of the campaign, or would like further information, please contact the campaign office at (518) 329-0182.

Matching Gifts
Many corporations sponsor Matching Gift Programs through which an employee's charitable donation is matched by a contribution by the corporation. In this way donors can easily leverage the value of their contribution; in some cases the matching contribution is as high as three to one.

Memorials and Tributes
The library gratefully acknowledges gifts in honor or in memory of donors' friends and loved ones. Without mentioning the amount of the contribution, acknowledgments are sent to those honored or to the families of those being memorialized by the gift.

Bequests and Planned Gifts
Bequests
Some donors may consider helping the Library through their wills or estate plans. One way to help is by making a general bequest designating specific assets to the Library. Another is by making the Roe Jan Community Library a contingency beneficiary of assets in the event that a beneficiary predeceases you.

Charitable Gift Annuities
A charitable gift annuity is an easy way for donors to provide for themselves while giving the Library greater security in the future. Each charitable gift annuity pays an annual income to the donor and/or another person, and eases annual income tax burdens. In addition when donors fund a charitable gift annuity with appreciated assets, they may reduce a portion of their capital gains taxes. These annuities help secure the library’s future by sustaining programs, staffing and the overall library mission. Gift annuity rates are determined by the age of the person receiving the income

Charitable Remainder Trusts
Some donors may choose to transfer assets in the form of cash, securities or property to a trust, naming a trustee(s) to manage the assets. The trustee(s) makes distributions in accordance with your wishes as expressed by the terms of the trust. The trust will distribute income to you and, if specified, to a second beneficiary such as a spouse or child each year. Following the death of the primary and secondary beneficiaries, the assets held in the trust are transferred to the Roeliff Jansen Community Library.