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PHILANTHROPIC AND PRACTICAL
Gifts of Highly Appreciated Assets
The IRS gives donors who contribute long-term appreciated property, such as securities and real estate, two tax breaks: a charitable deduction and the reduction or avoidance of capital gains taxes on the transfer to the Jewish Foundation of GNH.
You can thus leverage the impact of your donation to a greater degree than you could with cash—and receive a tax benefit. When you buy low and give high, you make a gift that costs you less than the benefit it delivers.