Cash

Please make your checks payable to:

Friends of the University of the Philippines in America
50 Stanford Heights
San Francisco, Ca. 94127

Non-cash gifts

You may realize substantial tax benefits by donating appreciated assets, such as stocks and real estate, to FUPFA. Please e-mail us at UPfoundationamerica@yahoo.com or write to us at the mailing address above for more information if you are interested in making this type of donation.

Bequests

Your bequests may be in the form of cash, securities such as stocks and bonds, real estate or other assets. You should specify in your will that FUPFA is to receive a certain amount or a percentage of your estate assets.

IRAs and Retirement Plans

Gifts from your IRAs (or 401Ks, or other retirement plans) are an easy and tax-effective way of providing support for FUPFA. Simply instruct your IRA trustee, through the form that they provide, to send us the amount you want to contribute from your IRA. It is important that this gift is sent directly by the trustee or custodian of your IRA.

If you are seriously considering making a donation to FUPFA, and you are at least 70 ½ years old, making this gift through your IRA in 2007 may provide extra tax benefit in that:

• This gift will count towards your required minimum distribution for 2007, and
• It will be excluded from your gross income.

Remember, this tax benefit is only available in 2007, unless new legislation is passed.

Life Insurance

For most people, the need for life insurance declines with age, If you are one of these people, you may want to consider naming FUPFA the beneficiary and assigning FUPFA the ownership of your existing policy. Alternatively, you may take out a new policy with FUPFA as owner and beneficiary. Your premium payments are income tax deductible.

United Way

United Way campaigns are run locally and most of them allow pass-through donations to other charities. If this is the case, you can make your donation to FUPFA through your local United Way. If you do not find us on the list of charities provided, simply write-in FUPFA’s name and address in the donor card.

Corporate matching gifts

Many employers offer matching gift programs, whereby they will match dollar-for-dollar or even two-dollars-for-one-dollar the charitable contributions made by their employees. If your employer has such a program, fill out a matching gift form and send it to us with your gift. This is one way of enhancing your gift to FUPFA.