Throughout the year Metro CareRing help families with more than food- a warm smile, an encouraging word, a needed referral, a sense of hope. Making a financial contribution to Metro CareRing ensures that low income and fixed income individuals and families in need receive the services they need to keep them from being hungry or becoming homeless. All gifts to Metro CareRing are tax deductible to the extent provided by law.

Metro CareRing use contributions received to fund the costs of operating and managing the critical programs available to and advocacy efforts on behalf of the at-risk population we serve. Thank you for your interest in giving to Metro CareRing.

Make a Gift Now:   Cash gifts Colorado Economic Enterprise Zone credit Workplace Giving Options Honor and memorial gifts Stocks, Bonds and Mutual Funds
	Make a Planned Gift: Gifts of Retirement Plan Assets Gifts Through Wills Life Income Gifts Charitable Lead Trusts Life Insurance Real Estate Sponsorship Opportunities: Events

Gifts

Cash Gifts

Gifts made by cash, checks or credit cards are the most common ways of making a contribution to Metro CareRing. The following are ways to make a cash contribution to Metro CareRing:

• Send a contribution with your name and address to:
  Metro CareRing
  P.O. Box 300459
  1100 E. 18th Ave.
  Denver, CO
• Save a stamp and time by making an online donation. Click on the Donate Now to be linked to Groundspring.org to make your credit card contribution online.
  Donate Now
• E-mail your information to Vicki Edmundson, Development Director: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to arrange for a contribution.

 Thank you for your support!

Colorado Economic Enterprise Zone Tax Credit:

The Enterprise Zone Tax Credit Program offers significant benefits to Metro CareRing donors. Your contribution in excess of $250 receives all the normal federal and state benefits of making a charitable contribution to a non-profit organization plus a 25% Colorado income tax credit, Unused credits may be carried forward for up to five years. The minimum eligible contribution is $250. Cash contributions, in-kind donations and gifts of stock in excess of $250 all qualify for this tax credit.

For more information on the Enterprise Zone Tax Credit Program and how to make an eligible contribution, please click here.

Workplace Giving:

Caring Connection

One way to support Metro CareRing is through your workplace. Metro CareRing is a member of Caring Connection. You can give to Metro CareRing through Caring Connection at your employer. Please visit Caring Connection for more information.  Metro CareRing's Caring Connection number is 1049.

Combined Federal Campaign

If you work for the federal government or are serving in the military, visit Combined Federal Campaign to learn more about the Combined Federal Campaign Workplace Giving Program.

Metro CareRing is a partner charity of the Metro Denver Combine Federal Campaign. Metro CareRing’s CFC number is 36267.

Other Campaigns

Metro CareRing  Denver Employees Combined Campaign (#0509) and the Colorado Combined Campaign (#1809).

 Honor and Memorial Gifts

Honor and memorial gifts are thoughtful ways to express your sentiments on a special occasion or to memorialize a loved one.

Honor gifts can be given to celebrate:

• Graduations, birthdays, anniversaries, or weddings;
• Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, or Grandparents’ Day;
• A retirement, birth, or job promotion.

Memorial gifts are thoughtful ways of remembering friends and family members.

Metro CareRing will send an acknowledgement to the person being honored, or to the family of the person being memorialized. Please include the correct spelling of the person’s name you are recognizing, as well as the name and address to whom the acknowledgement should be sent.

Stocks, Bonds and Mutual Funds

Stocks, bonds and mutual fund shares that have been held long term (i.e., held for more than a year and a day), and have appreciated in value, can provide Metro CareRing with a significant contribution. With a gift of securities, you will owe no capital gains taxes and you will be able to claim an income tax deduction for the full fair market value of the asset at the time of the gift.

You can also make a tax-effective gift using securities that have decreased in value. By selling shares and donating the proceeds to Metro CareRing as a cash gift, you can get a tax deduction for the charitable gift, as well as deduct any losses on your income tax return.

If you have any questions, please contact the Development Office at 303-350-3616.

Thank you for your support!

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Planned Gifts 

Gifts of Retirement Plan Assets

Gifts from your individual Retirement Account (IRA), 401(k) plan, Keogh plan, or other qualified retirement savings plan can be highly advantageous to both you and Metro CareRing.

If you intend to leave these assets to anyone other than your spouse, they could be the most heavily taxed of all your assets through both income and estate taxes. By naming Metro CareRing as a beneficiary of your retirement plan assets, you can make a contribution and potentially save significant taxes for your heirs.

Gifts through Wills

Gifts made through wills of living trusts (bequests and other types of testamentary arrangements) can provide considerable support for Metro CareRing while helping reduce estate taxes. You can direct your gift to be in the form of cash or a specific asset. You can also set a dollar amount or designate a percentage of your estate to Metro CareRing in your trust or will.

Life Income Gifts

While many want to make a significant gift to Metro CareRing, they often feel they cannot afford to give up current income from their assets. It is possible to make gifts that will allow you and/or another beneficiary to receive income for life.

These types of gifts include charitable gift annuities and charitable remainder trusts. You can earn an income tax deduction and reduce estate taxes. When the last beneficiary of a life income gifts passes, the remainder then comes to Metro CareRing.

Charitable lead trusts can be an appealing means of transferring assets to your heirs at reduced, or even eliminated, gift or estate tax costs, while providing immediate support to Metro CareRing. The lead trust pays income to Metro CareRing for a set period of years, at the end of which the trust’s assets revert either to the donor or to your heirs.

Life Insurance

A gift of an old unneeded policy, or of a new life insurance policy, can help leverage a relatively small outlay on the part of the donor into a very significant gift for Metro CareRing. Flexibility in arranging the gift can be attractive.

For example, you can simply name Metro CareRing as the beneficiary of a policy, which will allow you to maintain ownership. Or, you can sign over the policy to Metro CareRing as the owner and beneficiary, thus maximizing your charitable tax benefits.

Real Estate

Gifts of real estate can take various forms, including the outright gift of a home, building, or property; or a retained life estate arrangement in which you make a gift of your residence to Metro CareRing today, but continue to live in it. Such gifts provide a substantial contribution to Metro CareRing while giving you tax benefits, such as savings on capital gains and estate taxes.

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