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A gift of your life insurance policy is an excellent way to make a gift to Saint James School. If you have a life insurance policy that has outlasted its original purpose, consider making a gift of your insurance policy to Saint James. For example, you may have purchased a policy to provide for minor children and they are now financially independent adults.
Gift of Insurance
Insurance
Benefits of gifts of life insurance
- Receive a charitable income tax deduction
- If Saint James School retains the policy to maturity, you can receive additional tax deductions by making annual gifts so the school can pay the premiums
- If Saint James School cashes in the policy, you will be able to see firsthand how your gift supports our charitable work
- If Saint James retains the policy to maturity, or you name the school as a beneficiary, when the policy matures, the proceeds of your policy will be paid to Saint James so that the school can use the proceeds to further it's mission
How to make a gift of life insurance
To make a gift of life insurance, please contact your life insurance provider, request a beneficiary designation form from the insurer and include Saint James School, Inc. as the beneficiary of your policy.
Contact us
If you have any questions about making a gift of a life insurance policy, please contact us. We would be happy to answer questions that you have.
Please let us know if you have already named Saint James as a beneficiary of your life insurance policy. We would like to thank you and recognize you for your generosity and foresight.
You can also designate Saint James School as a partial, full or contingent beneficiary of your life insurance policy. You will continue to own and can make use of the policy during your lifetime. Your estate may benefit from an estate tax charitable deduction.
Your deduction for the gift of life insurance will depend on whether the policy has increased in value above the premiums and whether the policy is paid up or there are remaining payments to be made.