Support
Generations to Come Fund
While tuition provides the foundation for excellence, gifts to the Generations to Come Fund will enable Grace Baptist Christian School to implement valuable enhancements and significant improvements in the following areas:
• Faculty/Staff Development
• Facilities
• Student Programs
• Technology
• Financial Aid Specifically, gifts to the Annual Fund will help Grace Baptist Christian School
• Renovate and equip classrooms, offices, and other campus facilities
• Maintain excellence in the academic, athletic, and fine arts programs
• Integrate ever-changing technology into the classroom and overall operation
• Provide increased financial aid to students
• Minimize tuition increases
Easy Money
Here are several additional ways you can easily support Grace Baptist Christian School. For more information, please contact Marie Cook 989-614-5079.
Target Cards: Take Charge of Education
Use your Target Visa or Target REDCard, and Target donates up to 1% of your Target and Target.com purchases, and ½ % of Target Visa purchases everywhere else Visa is accepted. For more information about Take Charge of Education go to www.target.com/tcoe.
General Mills Box Tops for Education - General Mills
Clip box tops and labels from hundreds of your favorite brands which have the statement “Earn Cash for your School! General Mills Box Tops for Education." Return the box tops and labels to the school office or Mrs. Marie Cook and they will be redeemed to benefit our school. View the participating product list online at BoxTops for Education.
Shop With Scrip
The Shop with Scrip program enables Grace families and friends to purchase gift certificates from national and local retailers; the same gift certificates that you would purchase directly from the store, and earn money for Grace at the same time. Many popular retailers participate in our Scrip program including JCPenney, The Gap, Shell, Pizza Hut, Red Lobster and many, many others. By simply purchasing your gift cards through Grace's scrip program, you earn money for Grace without spending a single additional penny. Visit www.glscrip.com for more information, and then sign up at www.shopwithscrip.com. GBCS program coordinator Marie Cook can answer specific questions.
Planned Giving
Planned gifts are an effective way to make a contribution to GBCS while maximizing your personal financial goals and tax-wise estate planning needs. There are a number of planned gift vehicles to meet almost every need, and the advantages are equally as numerous:
• To provide income for yourself and other loved ones
• To avoid or delay capital gains taxes on appreciated long-term assets
• To increase income
• To reduce federal estate taxes and probate costs
• To provide diversification and management of your investments
• To know that you are making a meaningful gift to Grace Baptist Christian School.
Bequests
Bequests can be a specific amount, a percentage of your estate, or a percentage of the residual amount of your estate. By naming Grace in your will, you may avoid considerable estate taxes. IRAs, 401(k)s, and other qualified retirement plans, for example, may be subject to estate and income taxes that can total up to 80% of their value. When bequeathed to Grace, these investments come to the school tax-free.
Charitable Lead Trust
A charitable lead trust enables you to provide Grace with the income from the trust over a period of years. When the trust term expires, the remaining assets revert to you or your beneficiaries. Significant savings of gift or estate taxes may be realized when the lead trust principal passes to your beneficiaries. This is an excellent way of retaining hard-earned assets within your family, while simultaneously making a generous gift to Grace.
Charitable Gift Annuity/Charitable Remainder Trusts
Many different assets can be used to fund a planned gift that will pay income for life including securities, real estate, closely held stock, life insurance, and qualified retirement plans. The donor's needs and gift planning instrument will determine the best asset to be used to fund the gift plan.
A charitable gift annuity is a simple contract between you and GBCS. In exchange for your irrevocable gift, GBCS agrees to pay one or two annuitants you name a fixed sum each year for life. The payments are guaranteed by the general resources of GBCS. GBCS uses the rates recommended by the American Council on Gift Annuities.
A charitable remainder trust is a gift plan defined by federal law that allows you to provide income to yourself or others while making a generous gift to Grace. The income may continue for the lifetimes of the beneficiaries you name, a fixed term of not more than 20 years, or a combination of the two. When the trust term ends, the trust's principal passes to Grace to be used as you designate. When considering a planned gift to Grace Baptist Christian School, we recommend that you consult your tax advisor. We would be pleased to provide you with additional information and to work with you and your personal tax advisors to discuss a gift plan best suited for your circumstances.
To Invest In Quality Christian Education, Contact Us Today.
Grace Baptist Christian School Office
989.732.5676
gracebaptistcrusaders@yahoo.com
Pastor Chad Vest
989.614.1906
chad_vest@yahoo.com