Renaissance
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Biography
Headquartered in Indianapolis, Renaissance Administration LLC (Renaissance) is the largest independent charitable gift services provider in North America. Renaissance currently supports nearly $6 billion of charitable planned gift assets under administration and 21,000 gift instruments. Our team has over 680 years of charitable gift experience and is focused on each individual client to provide impeccable service, a commitment to excellence, and continuous innovation. We have been serving institutions, financial professionals, and individual donors for over 27 years.
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Scholarship Program through a Private Foundation
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A company in the community is able to provide college scholarships to local students through a private foundation.
CLT as a Powerful Estate Planning Tool
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Donors choose a testamentary charitable lead annuity trusts as a vehilce to reduce estate taxes, preserve a portion of their children's inheritance for their children's retirement years, and provide support for charitable organizations in their community.
Using a Deferred CGA to Increase Income
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By using a Deferred Charitable Gift Annuity, the Donor is able to defer capital gain taxes, diversify her portfolio, and increase her lifetime cash flow for retirement. The Donor also shifts investment risk to the charity while creating a legacy to support causes that are meaningful to her.
Increasing Lifetime Cash Flow For a Life Partner
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By transferring highly appreciated stock to a SCRUT, with the remainder passing to a DAF upon the death of the last surviving partner, a taxpayer is able to increase the lifetime cash flow for himself and his life partner, defer capital gains tax, and make gifts to charities.
Increasing Future Cash Flow
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Donors establish a deferred charitable gift annuity in order to reduce capital gain taxes, diversify their portfolio, and receive an increased, level, and dependable lifetime cash flow. The donors also shift investment risk to the charity, while supporting charitable causes that are meaningful to them.
Combining a Charitable Remainder Trust and Special Needs Trust
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By transferring highly appreciated stock to a CRT, which makes distributions to a Special Needs Trust, taxpayers are able to defer capital gains tax, make gifts to charities, and provide for their child.
All Cash Merger
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Husband and wife use a charitable gift annuity to defer gain on the sale of stock in a merger transaction, and promote their favorite charity at the same time!
Corporation Creates a Donor-Advised Fund
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Donor advised fund allows corporation to make flexible contributions to charities.
New Life for an Old Life Insurance Policy (Part I)
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By funding a charitable remainder annuity trust ("CRAT") with a life insurance policy, Donors are able to avoid income tax on the surrender of the policy, obtain a current income tax charitable deduction, increase their retirement cash flow, and create a lasting legacy to fight cancer in their son's name.
Using a CGA to Increase Income
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Donor creates a charitable gift annuity to eliminate capital gain taxes on the sale of appreciated stock, diversify her portfolio, and increase her lifetime income. Donor also shifts the investment risk to the charity, while supporting charitable causes that are meaningful to her.
CGA Increases Retirement Cash Flow
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Donors contribute an appreciated mutual fund to a Charitable Gift Annuity to increase their lifetime cash flow, minimize capital gains taxes, and provide a gift to charity.
Donor Advised Fund Avoids Capital Gain on QRP and Endows Charitable Giving
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Using a Donor Advised Fund to Sell a Rental Home and Endow Charitable Gifts
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Donors use a DAF to avoid capital gain on the sale of a rental home, claim a significant income tax deduction, and endow their charitable giving.
Restricted Fund Fights Illiteracy
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Gift of life insurance followed by premium gifts creates large contribution to charitable causes.
Tax-Efficient NIMCRUT
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The NIMCRUT allows the donors to defer taxes from sale of real property, to defer receiving cash flow until later years when most needed, and to make a substantial gift to charity.
Sale of Publicly Traded Stock
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Donor funds a Charitable Gift Annuity and a Deferred Charitable Gift Annuity with appreciated stock to secure his current and future income, obtain a current income tax deduction, and make a gift to charity.
Extra Deductions with Contributions to a DAF
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Contribution to a DAF saves income taxes and allows the donors to decide later on the amount they would like to give and which charities they would like to benefit.
Keeping the Full Value of Securities’ Net Unrealized Appreciation at Work
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Contributing stock to a CRT creates a level cash flow during donor's retirement.
Sale of a Vacation Home
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A NIMCRUT shelters gain upon the sale of a highly appreciated vacation home.
Planning with QRP
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A CGA provides an even cash flow to the donor, while deferring capital gain taxes on the sale of QDP stock.
Funding a Scholarship Program through a Scholarship Fund
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A community foundation or similar umbrella organization can be used to create a donor advised scholarship fund.
Incentive Stock Options-
A donor with a concentrated position in low-basis stock can diversify and defer capital gains taxes by contributing the stock to a CRT.