Planned Giving

Your will or trust is a meaningful way to care for loved ones and support causes that are important to you. Ask the Lord to inspire your heart and guide your steps with principles from His Word.

To make an impact that reaches future generations through your will or trust:

• Get Inspired. Seek the Lord’s wisdom.
• Get a Will. Create or update a will that reflects your personal values.
• Have Peace. Tell your family about your plan to leave this long-lasting legacy. Learn more here.
• Let us know. Contact us at [email protected] to let us know you’ve remembered Water Mission in your will. We’d love the opportunity to say thank you and share about the ways your gift will save lives through safe water.

The following language and legal address may be useful when updating your will:

“I give, devise, and bequeath to Water Missions International, doing business as Water Mission, 1150 Molly Greene Way, Bldg. 1605, N. Charleston, SC 29405, the sum of $__________ or the following described property, or ____ percent of the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate.”  

Tax ID Number: 57-1116978 

One of the simplest ways to give real estate, stocks, mutual funds, or commodities is through a donor advised fund. A donor advised fund is created directly with a public charity. It sets aside money or assets, allows you to receive immediate tax benefits, and provides flexibility to distribute gifts over time.  

Please let us know that you’ve decided to bless the ministry in this way by contacting us at [email protected]. We’d love the opportunity to say thank you and share about the ways your gift will save lives through safe water!

Real Estate
By giving real estate to Water Mission, you will be impacting future generations with safe and Living Water. Donating real estate unhindered by debt can also yield tax advantages. Donors can potentially receive a charitable deduction based on the property’s fair market value while avoiding capital gains taxes.

Appreciated Securities
You can transfer appreciated stocks, bonds, and mutual funds from a taxable investment portfolio to Water Mission. Giving long-term appreciated securities rather than cash can avoid potential capital gains taxes, allowing you to give more at the same net cost. With certain limitations, you may receive a fair-market-value tax deduction on securities donated. 

Vehicles
Donating a vehicle to Water Mission is a great way to free up garage space and help provide safe water to people around the world. We partner with CARS, an organization that will take care of everything from pick-up and sale to sending the donation receipt and necessary tax documents. Thanks to vehicle donors like you, CARS has returned more than $450 million to nonprofits like Water Mission. 

Business Interests
To give a business interest to Water Mission, you can directly donate a portion of your ownership stake in a company. This will require an appraisal to determine the fair market value of the interest, as well as proper legal procedures to transfer the ownership. This is often done through a donor-advised fund or by consulting with a charitable giving advisor to ensure compliance with IRS regulations. 

Mineral Interests
Do you own mineral interests such as oil, gas, coal, iron, sulfur, or precious metals, that give you the right to mine or produce minerals? If so, you can donate your interests to Water Mission. We will hold the interest and collect the royalties, or sell it for immediate impact. This is a simple way to support our work without impacting your cash flow, allowing you to receive an immediate tax deduction and possibly reduce estate tax liability. 

Grain
In the same way you nurture your crops, you can nurture the next generation by helping people have safe water. By giving grain to Water Mission, you avoid reporting the grain as farm income, which can offer tax benefits. You generally will not receive a charitable income tax deduction, but you can still deduct the cost of growing the crops, helping reduce your taxes. 

Life Insurance Policies
Designating Water Mission as a beneficiary of your life insurance policy is an easy way to help transform the lives of men, women, and children in developing countries and disaster areas through safe and Living Water.

When you set up a permanent life insurance policy with the insurance company of your choice, simply name Water Mission as a beneficiary. Alternately, you may assign the policy to Water Missions International, doing business as Water Mission, and use the cash value as a charitable deduction.

Please let us know that you’ve decided to bless the ministry through a life insurance policy by contacting us at [email protected]. We’d love the opportunity to say thank you and share about the ways your gift will save lives through safe water!

Retirement Plans
You can designate a charity, like Water Mission, as a beneficiary of your retirement account. This gift is not taxable to your heirs and will help bring safe and Living Water to people around the world.  

Please let us know that you are blessing the ministry through your retirement plan by contacting us at [email protected]. We’d love the opportunity to say thank you and share how your gift transforms lives through safe and Living Water. 

People who hold Individual Retirement Accounts must take a required minimum distribution (RMDs) each year beginning at age 73, increasing the IRA holder’s total taxable income. However, those aged 70 1/2 or older can reduce taxes by directing up to $108,000 of their RMD to charity through a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD), which is not taxable. While 401(k) or 403(b) plans are not eligible, rolling them into a traditional IRA allows you to give to charities like Water Mission via a QCD.

If you would like to make a QCD, please send an email to [email protected] and we will send you the information needed to make this type of gift.

Charitable gift annuities are a simple arrangement that involves a charitable gift and an annuity. You can easily make a gift (part of which is tax deductible) and receive fixed annuity payments each year for the remainder of your life. At the end of your life or agreed upon term, the charitable gift goes to support our work. Although Water Mission does not currently offer charitable gift annuities, you might be able to establish a gift annuity through a community foundation that will benefit Water Mission.  

Please let us know that you’ve decided to bless the ministry in this way by contacting us at [email protected]. We’d love the opportunity to say thank you and share about the ways your gift will save lives through safe water! 

You can make a donation to Water Mission in honor or memory of a loved one. Once received, we will send the honoree’s family members or friends a tribute card with a personalized note. This is a wonderful way to bless those in need while honoring the memory of a loved one.