Welcome to California-Nevada United Methodist Foundation Planned Giving
Susan Peters Executive Director
One dimension of the Foundation's mission is its role of promoting the importance of financial and estate planning in the life of individuals and local churches. We offer seminars, consultations, and educational resources for churches and individuals within the Annual Conference. Beyond education, the Foundation also provides planned giving options that enable individual United Methodist donors to fulfill charitable goals by creating legacies for the churches they love. We offer a wide variety of planned gift opportunities for the consideration of donors and their professional advisors, as well as provide planned gift and trust administration services. Planned gifts may be current or deferred, and include the many options presented in these pages.
Wills Guide Presentation
Learn how you can avoid an accidental disinheritance. View our Wills Guide Videos. Click here to learn more.
Personal Planner
Income for Surviving Spouse Harold and Helen were concerned about planning for the future. They had built a substantial estate of $1,200,000. When Harold was 70, he rolled over his $400,000 qualified retirement plan into an IRA. More ...
Benefits for Family and your Local Church There are several types of plans. Many of these have wonderful benefits for the gift donors, and allow our local churches to receive charitable gifts. 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.
Peace of Mind Gift Annuity Many years ago, Clara Lehman bought a home. Since she was so pleased with the home, she decided to buy stock in the company that builds and sells homes like it. Over the years, the stock has increased in value many times, but the value has been volatile. More on Peace of Mind Gift Annuity >>.
Sale and Unitrust Gene and Carol White purchased stock in a small medical service company several years ago. The company has done well. A larger company is now discussing the possibility of buying the smaller company. Gene and Carol are looking for a way to save taxes. More on Sale and Unitrust >>.
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.
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 susanp@canvumf.org.
If you are a professional advisor, you may take the following steps on this site.
Harold and Helen were concerned about planning for the future. They had built a substantial estate of $1,200,000. When Harold was 70, he rolled over his $400,000 qualified retirement plan into an IRA. 
Steps to Wise Giving