Giving Opportunities

The Foundation is a Section 501(c) 3 nonprofit, tax-exempt corporation. Giving opportunities are available to individuals, groups, schools, companies and/or corporations. Some of these opportunities are:

  • Cash
  • Memorial Gifts
  • Honorariums
  • Life Insurance Policies
  • Bequests
  • Securities
  • Charitable Gift Annuity
  • Deferred Charitable Gift Annuity
  • Flexible Deferred Charitable Gift Annuity
  • Pooled Income Fund
  • Charitable Remainder Unitrust (CRUT)
  • Charitable Lead Trust
  • Real Estate
  • Retained Life Estate
  • Bargain Sale
  • Vacation Time-Shares
  • Tangible Personal Property
  • Bank Accounts and CD's
  • Retirement Plan Assets
  • Charitable Remainder annuity Trust (CRAT)

For more information on these and other ways to make a tax-deductible donation to The Foundation, contact Adam Guess at (254) 754-9900.

Methods of Planned Giving

For detailed explanations, see the following articles published in The Extra Point

Author, Michael V. Bourland, one of the directors of The Foundation, is the founding shareholder of the Forth Worth law firm of Bourland, Smith, Wall & Wenzel, P.C. Bourland received his BA and JD degrees from Baylor University and an LL.M. in Taxation degree from the University of Miami, Florida. Bourland is Board Certified (Estate Planning and Probate Law)-Texas Board of Legal Specialization, a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and a former member of the Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Council (State Bar of Texas Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section).

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