It is very simple to name CAIR as a beneficiary.
Start by requesting a change-of-beneficiary form from your policy administrator or download the form from your provider's website. Make your desired changes and return the form to establish your gift.
Beneficiary
Not everyone wants to commit to making a gift in their wills or estates. Some prefer the increased flexibility that a beneficiary designation provides by using:
IRAs and Retirement Plans
Life Insurance Policies
Donor-Advised Funds
Commercial Annuities
If you are 70 or older and have a traditional IRA, consider using your IRA to support CAIR. You fulfill your required minimum distribution and you won’t have to claim the distribution in your taxable income
Three simple steps to make this type of gift
Step 1
Contact the administrator of your retirement plan, insurance policy, bank account or donor-advised fund for a change-of-beneficiary form or simply download a form from your provider's website.
Step 2
Decide what percentage (1 to 100) you would like us to receive and name us, along with the percentage you chose, on the beneficiary form.
Step 3
Return the completed form to your plan administrator, the insurance company, bank or financial institution.
HOW IT WORKS
Yousef and Mariam treasure the financial help they've been able to give their children and CAIR over the years. The couple recently updated their will to leave stocks and real estate to their kids. They left CAIR a $75,000 IRA to be transferred following their lifetime. Because CAIR is tax-exempt, all $75,000 will help support our mission.
If Yousef and Mariam had left the IRA to their children, approximately $18,000* would have gone to pay federal income taxes—leaving only $57,000 for their family's use. Yousef and Mariam are happy knowing they are making the most of their hard-earned money thanks to their updated estate plan.
*Based on an assumption of a 24% marginal income tax bracket.
Next Steps
Step 1
Contact CAIR at donate@cair.com for additional information
Step 2
Talk to your financial or legal advisor to learn which assets will or will not trigger taxable income when paid to a beneficiary.
Step 3
If you include CAIR in your plans, please use our legal name and federal tax ID.
Legal Name: CAIR Foundation, Inc.
Federal Tax ID: 77-0646756
Address: 453 New Jersey Ave SE, Washington DC, 20003