You Can Create Lasting Change: Make Delaware’s Combined Campaign for Justice Part of Your Legacy
By including the Combined Campaign for Justice (CCJ) in your will or other estate plans, you can continue your leadership in making Delaware a fairer and more just place, even beyond your lifetime. This legacy gift to CCJ demonstrates your belief in the services provided by Delaware’s three nonprofit legal aid agencies and reinforces your commitment to make a difference in Delaware.
Join the CCJ Equal Justice Society
By making a legacy gift to the CCJ Endowment Fund at the Delaware Community Foundation, you also become a member of the CCJ Equal Justice Society, a special group of forward-thinking supporters who wish to ensure a just future for all people in Delaware. Through their legacy gifts, CCJ Equal Justice Society members send a strong message to the community about the importance of ensuring equal access to justice in our society. Your leadership will inspire others to invest in and advocate for equal justice.
Membership in the CCJ Equal Justice Society is open to everyone who has notified us in writing that they have arranged a gift to the Delaware Community Foundation – Combined Campaign for Justice Endowment Fund. You can notify us today of your intent to name the Delaware Community Foundation – Combined Campaign for Justice Endowment Fund in your estate plan.
By making a legacy gift to the CCJ Endowment, you also become a member of the CCJ Equal Justice Society (EJS), a special group of forward-thinking supporters who want to ensure a just future for all people in our community.
Membership in the EJS is open to anyone who has notified us in writing that they have made arrangements in their estate plans or have made a current gift to the CCJ endowment fund at the Delaware Community Foundation. Leadership participation and commitment to the EJS will send a strong message to the community and will inspire others to invest in and advocate for equal justice.
The following types of legacy commitments or support qualify as a legacy gift:
- A legacy or current gift to the CCJ endowment fund at the Delaware Community Foundation (DCF):
DCF c/o CCJ Endowment Fund #CO1711 (DCF Tax ID 22-28004785) PO Box 1636, 100 West Street, Suite 115, Wilmington, DE 19899 - An endowed gift utilizing a personal or other endowment fund which will provide annual operating support to CCJ on an ongoing basis:
Combined Campaign for Justice, PO Box 2113, Wilmington, DE 19899(CLASI is fiscal sponsor: Tax ID 51-6000158) - A legacy gift to CCJ, the use of which will be decided upon by the three legal aid agency executive directors, either for operating expenses, agency reserves, deposit to DCF CCJ endowment fund, or some combination.
- A legacy gift to one CCJ agency, either for operating expenses, agency reserves, deposit to DCF CCJ endowment fund, or some combination
YOUR GIFT COULD BE THE MOST IMPORTANT CHARITABLE GIFT you will ever make. It will help create a solid financial base for Delaware’s civil legal aid programs for generations to come. Please complete the Confidential Bequest Intention Form online or download a PDF version and mail it to Combined Campaign for Justice, PO Box 2113, Wilmington, DE 19899.
What is the Benefit of Joining the CCJ Equal Justice Society?
- Honor Roll recognition on our website and printed materials (If you prefer, we will honor a request for anonymity)
- Invitations to special receptions and other events
How Do I Make a Legacy Gift?
There are several options for legacy giving that not only can fulfill your desire to support the CCJ Endowment for Equal Justice but may also provide tax and financial benefits to you and/or your heirs. We encourage you to discuss these and other potential avenues for legacy gifts with your financial and/or estate planning advisor.
A Bequest in Your Will or Living Trust: Your attorney can include the necessary language in your will, a codicil to your will, or your trust. Here is suggested language that you should review with your attorney:
I give, devise and bequeath [the specific sum of money, the specific asset or the portion of the residual estate] to:
(see categories under Join the Equal Justice Society heading)
A Gift of Life Insurance: There are three typical ways that you can convert a life insurance policy into a legacy for equal justice:
- Name CCJ or the CCJ endowment at the Delaware Community Foundation as a beneficiary of your life insurance policy.
- Make the CCJ or the CCJ endowment at the Delaware Community Foundation the beneficiary and owner of a paid-up policy.
- Make CCJ or the CCJ endowment at the Delaware Community Foundation the beneficiary and owner of a policy for which you continue to make premium payments.
An IRA Charitable Rollover: If you are 70 ½ or older, the IRA Charitable Rollover allows you to transfer up to $100,000 in IRA assets to CCJ or the CCJ endowment at the Delaware Community Foundation and exclude the distribution from your taxable income. This popular gift option is commonly called the IRA charitable rollover, but you may also see it referred to as a qualified charitable distribution, or QCD for short. The benefits are:
- Beginning in the year you turn 73, you can use your gift to satisfy all or part of your required minimum distribution (RMD).
- You pay no income taxes on the gift. The transfer generates neither taxable income nor a tax deduction, so you benefit even if you do not itemize your deductions.
- Since the gift doesn’t count as income, it can reduce your annual income level.
Charitable Trusts: If you have highly appreciated assets or a significant estate, one of several trusts might be an option for you. Aside from providing support for CCJ or the CCJ endowment at the Delaware Community Foundation, these trusts can provide benefits to you and your family. Ask your estate planner about these options.
Other Beneficiary Designations: Make the CCJ Endowment for Equal Justice a beneficiary of a donor advised fund, bank account, brokerage account, retirement plan, or annuity. Upon your death, assets in these accounts are passed to beneficiaries without going through probate. Although forms will differ from one financial institution to the next, you will need the legal name and address:
(see categories under Join the Equal Justice Society heading)
Other Ways to Give:
- A legacy gift to CCJ, the use of which will be decided upon by the three legal aid agency executive directors, either for operating expenses, agency reserves, deposit to DCFCCJ endowment fund, or some combination A Gift of Stocks or Bonds: Make a tax-efficient gift of appreciated securities, and CCJ or the CCJ endowment at the Delaware Community Foundation can receive maximum, immediate value from your gift while you avoid recognizing taxable income and gain on the gifted assets.
- Gifts of Property such as Real Estate, Jewelry or Art: By leaving a gift of property to the CCJ or the CCJ endowment at the Delaware Community Foundation, you’ll not only leave a legacy, but your heirs may realize significant estate tax savings. The Delaware Community Foundation can assist with managing complex gifts.
Please call CCJ at 302-575-0694 for more information about how to include to the CCJ or the CCJ endowment at the Delaware Community Foundation in your estate plans. This is not professional legal or tax advice. Please consult your professional adviser about the consequences of this gift to your situation.
Many CCJ supporters who have prioritized donating to CCJ over the years have started to think about how they can continue their support into the future, beyond their lifetimes. Please join our current Equal Justice Society members:
Corporations / Law Firm
I Could Do Great Things Foundation
Individuals
Aremio Aranilla
Julian H. Baumann, Jr.
Mary C. Boudart
Marilyn Bromels
David B. Brown
Don C. Brown & Lynne Howard
Kevin M. Coen
Jay Conner
Arthur G. Connolly, III & Katy Connolly
Robert G. Gibbs
Ellen Corbett & Buzz Hannum
Jerry Hyman
Carmella Piscopo Keener
Rosemary K. Killian
Mary MaloneyHuss
Cynthia Primo Martin
Elizabeth M. McGeever
The Honorable Donald F. Parsons, Jr. & Ethel Parsons
Patricia S. Rogowski
Joanna Reiver & Arnold Rosoff
William Schab
Richard J. Squadron
Christine & William Sudell
David E. Wilks
Gregory P. Williams
William A. Yemc
