The other day I was running some errands and flipping through the radio. I stopped the dial once I heard the opening chords to “Band on the Run.” For those... The other day I was running some errands ...

Responding to the changing situation caused by the economy, a key nonprofit umbrella group today recommended that charities lower the amount of money that donors receive in exchange for creating ...

rates that don’t even keep up with inflation, charitable gift annuities -- with guaranteed returns that sometimes reach double digits -- look like good investments for donors. For some colleges, too ...

The American Council on Gift Annuities has recommended that, starting in July, charities reduce rates for donors 48 or older by as much as 0.3 percentage points. For donors younger than 48, the ...

Lifetime income guarantees are growing in popularity as over 10,000 baby boomers retire every year and are looking to solidify their “income floor.” It’s trendy (and uninformed) to say that you hate ...

There are many kinds of annuities, and some of them, such as fixed immediate annuities, are well worth exploring, as they can deliver much-needed income to you during retirement. One kind of annuity - ...

Most of today’s pre-retirees are learning that replacing their employment income isn’t as simple as it was for previous generations, who benefited from a funded defined-benefit (DB) plan. With DB ...

Charitable gift annuities can be a good idea for older Americans looking for extra income, and who like giving to charity. Americans seem to be of two minds when it comes to charitable giving. They ...

A charitable gift annuity is a combination of two things: (1) income for the life of the donor and (2) a charitable gift. A charitable gift annuity is a contract made with a charity which provides ...

With a Charitable Gift Annuity you can make a gift to Bowdoin and receive income for life. With this type of gift, you can arrange to receive income payments quarterly starting immediately or you can ...

Move over, charitable trusts. Make way for the charitable gift annuity. Typically viewed as entry-level gifting methods thanks to low minimum contribution amounts, low cost, and simplicity, charitable ...