The Endowment Ministry is pleased to distribute the following series of articles from Thrivent Financial for Lutherans that explain the basics of charitable giving. Any questions you may have about the information in these articles can be directed to our Thrivent local representative, William Leach: william.leach@thrivent.com or call him at 732-598-0839.

To view an article, just click on (pdf). Then to save an article to your computer, place the cursor near the bottom of any page and click on the icon furthest to the left.

Bargain Sale as a Charitable Gift (pdf)
Charitable Contributions from IRA's (pdf)
Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust (pdf)
Life Insurance and Charitable Giving (pdf)
Outright Gift to Charity (pdf)
The Best Property to Give to Charity (pdf)

We are also pleased to make available the following article that explains how you can make charitable donations tax-free through your IRA's annual Required Minimum Distribution (RMD).

Donate Your IRA RMD Tax-Free to Charity (pdf)