How to Leave a Legacy of Handball
Discover the benefits of leaving a gift to the United States Handball Association in your will or trust. Join our planned giving program and help us grow and promote the game of handball for future generations!
Have questions about Planned Giving to the USHA? We are happy to connect with you to provide more information.
By making a planned gift, you are creating a lasting investment that will help preserve and grow our game. Planned gift opportunities, many of which are listed below, can range from bequests to donor advised funds. In addition to supporting U.S. Handball Association’s Mission: To Organize, Promote and Spread the Joy of Handball…The Perfect Game, a planned gift can provide substantial tax advantages, especially on gifts of stocks and real estate.
The benefits may include:
- An income tax deduction
- Reduced capital gains taxes
- Reduced probate costs and estate taxes
Discover how You and the USHA benefit from Planned Gifts: How and why to plan a gift.
| Your Goal | Your Gift | Your Method | Your Benefit |
| Make a gift while leaving more of your estate to your heirs | Gifts of Retirement Assets (e.g., 401-K, IRA) | Name us as the beneficiary of your retirement plan, and pass less- taxed assets to your heirs | Avoid up to 60% income tax on your retirement assets; pass more of your estate to your heirs |
| Make a gift that costs you nothing during your lifetime | Gifts Through your Will or Trust (“Bequest”) | Include a gift of cash, property, or a share or your estate through your will or trust | A gift that does not affect your cash flow, and you can adjust your gift as circumstances change |
| Make a gift while avoiding capital gains liability | Gifts of Appreciated Securities | Give us appreciated stocks, bonds or mutual funds to sell and use the proceeds | Make a significant gift; receive an immediate income tax deduction; pay no capital gains tax |
| Make a gift and receive a guaranteed “paycheck” for life | Charitable Gift Annuity | Donate cash or securities in a plan where the remainder comes to us after your passing | Receive higher rate of return tax-advantaged payments for life, charitable tax deduction, and avoid capital gains tax |
| Make a gift and receive a steady income for life | Charitable Remainder Unitrust, Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust | Share your assets with us in a plan that gives you an income for life and passes us the remainder | Diversify assets, avoid or defer capital gains tax, receive charitable tax deduction, secure often greater income and possible inflation protection |
| Make a large gift at little cost | Gift of Life Insurance | Donate a life insurance policy you no longer need or name us in an existing one | Take a tax deduction now; take possible future deductions through gifts to pay policy premiums |
| Plan a future gift in the simplest way possible. | Gift the balance of your account (POD or TOD) | Designate the balance of your bank or brokerage account, retirement plan, annuity or life insurance policy to go to us. | Make an extraordinary contribution that costs you nothing now and is as simple as signing your name. |
| Make a gift that preserves your assets for your heirs | Charitable Lead Trust | Use appreciating assets to create a trust that will pay us income for a period of years, and then pass the assets back to you or your heirs | Shelter your growing assets and benefit us right away; reduce or eliminate gift and estate tax |
