Give from Your IRA (No Matter Your Age!)

An Individual Retirement Account (IRA) is an appealing way to save for retirement: Contribute and enjoy tax savings. But eventually, that tax bill comes due—when you take your annual distributions and again when you leave your assets to heirs.
If you want to avoid the tax bite and make an impact on our mission, consider a gift from your IRA to A Faith That Does Justice. There are two easy ways to do this.

Make Your Impact Today

If you’re 70½ or older, you may make a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) from your IRA to make a tax-free gift to A Faith That Does Justice. The law allows you to directly transfer any amount up to $100,000 annually to a qualified charitable organization without paying income tax on the distribution. Additional benefits include:

You’ll see the difference you’re making today.
You pay no income taxes on the gift. The transfer doesn’t result in taxable income or a tax deduction to you, so you benefit even if you don’t itemize your tax deductions.
Your gift can satisfy all or part of your required minimum distribution.

Make Sure Your Gift Counts this year!

If you have not yet taken your required minimum distribution for the year, a QCD from your IRA can satisfy all or part of that requirement up to $100,000. To ensure your gift qualifies this year, make the transfer by Dec. 31. Please mail the QCD check to: A Faith That Does Justice, Inc., PO Box 990152, Boston MA 02199.

Magnify Your Impact Long-Term

Regardless of your age, you can give from your IRA by naming A Faith That Does Justice as a beneficiary of your account. This is a great option for extending support from your IRA beyond your lifetime.

Here’s how:

Decide what percentage (1–100%) you would like A Faith That Does Justice to receive.
Contact your IRA administrator for a change-of-beneficiary form, or simply download a form from your provider’s website.
Name A Faith That Does Justice as beneficiary and specify the gift percentage on the form.
Return the form to your IRA administrator.
Let us know about your plans so we can thank you.

If you have named A Faith That Does Justice in your estate plans, please let us know so we can honor you along with others who have included A Faith That Does Justice in their plans.
Whether you make your impact at A Faith That Does Justice today or after your lifetime, your gift matters. Please contact us at info@faith-justice.org to discuss your plans.

Support AFTDJ

Thank you for supporting the work of A Faith That Does Justice. Your contribution will help AFTDJ to sustain, strengthen and expand its programs. There are two ways you may contribute:

You can donate to our general operating fund, which offers us the flexibility to designate funds to specific programmatic and/or administrative priorities so that we can grow A Faith That Does Justice to meet the ever-changing needs of creating a more just world.

You can donate to the Fr. Peter W. Gyves, SJ, MD Memorial Fund, which supports the range of programs inspired by Father Peter’s vision. These include English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), the Grab & Go and ESOL lunch programs, the Spanish Mass and community gathering, and Fireside Chats.

General Operating Fund

Fr. Peter W. Gyves, SJ, MD

Memorial Fund

Other Giving Options

Give from Your IRA

You can support A Faith That Does Justice with a gift from your IRA. Here are two ways to be tax-smart with a donation from your retirement account.

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Donor Advised Fund (DAF)

If you have a donor advised fund (DAF), such as Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund, the DAF Direct box below allows you to recommend grants from your DAF to A Faith That Does Justice directly from our website.

DAF Form

Stock and Other Gifts

We can accept gifts of stocks and similar assets. For information on making such gifts, contact Christine Quistberg, Treasurer, at cquistberg@faith-justice.org.