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Welcome to The Elks National Foundation's Planned Giving Website Thank you for your interest in contributing to The Elks National Foundation. Our hope is to serve you and your family with helpful information. We have an increasing number of friends of the ENF who now are benefiting from life income gifts, gift annuities and other plans. Thank you for taking the time to explore the benefits of gift planning. Personal Planner Trusts For Creative Spenders Trusts can be quite useful for protecting children. However, for some children the trust serves an additional function: It protects the principal from being rapidly spent by a child. More ... Benefits for Family and The Elks National Foundation There are several types of plans. Many of these have wonderful benefits for the gift donors. Many of these families have enjoyed increased income and generous tax savings. You might start by meeting these friends. Just click on the picture and you can view each story. Hammons Story NBA superstars may have fame and fortune, but Arlie Hammons says that with the way the Elks treat the National Hoop Shoot Finalists, even Michael Jordan would be jealous. More on Hammons Story >>. Markee Story "Scholarships." If you forced John Markee to pick one reason to support the Elks National Foundation, that's what he'd say. More on Markee Story >>. Markiewicz Story "You must give some time to your fellow men. Even if it's a little thing, do something for others - something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it." More on Markiewicz Story >>. O'Kelley Story Before Kevin, I could count the number of times I thought about preparing a will on one hand. Perhaps even one finger. But when my son arrived, four weeks early and clamoring for attention, he changed my life in many ways. More on O'Kelley Story >>. Steps to Wise Giving There are several steps to help you make wise and prudent gifts. These pages are here to help you learn how gift planning ideas can be of personal benefit. Let us suggest a few steps that would help you in that process. View the donor stories. View a personal color story for yourself. Read the Personal Planner. View the Personal Finance Note for this week. Learn about personal finance news. Meet our planned giving staff. We are here to help you. Sign up for our free monthly personal finance newsletter. Kate Keating Edsey Development Manager Thanks very much for visiting us! I would be very pleased to help you. Simply click here to email me at your convenience. Professional Advisors We also have a complete tax update service for CPAs, attorneys, CLUs, CFPs, ChFCs, trust officers and other professional friends. The GiftLaw services are made available to all advisors as a free service. We also are always available to assist in helping you provide clients with clear and understandable gift illustrations. If you would like assistance with a gift illustration, please contact KateE@elks.org . If you are a professional advisor, you may take the following steps on this site. View the latest charitable tax news. Research charitable tax questions. Calculate a charitable deduction. © Copyright 1999-2010 Crescendo Interactive, Inc.

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