"FRIENDS OF ECI"

YOUR SUPPORT IS VITAL!

Contributions

  The Endependence Center, as a non-profit organization, is continually pursuing funds
  necessary to serve the South Hampton Roads area.  If ECI is going to maintain the level of
  services it currently is providing, or if ECI is to expand services to more fully serve South
  Hampton Roads, we must depend on contributions from supporters of independent living in
  the community.  Individuals that believe in the work of ECI can show support by making an
  annual contribution.  Your tax-deductible donation can make possible the continuation and
  expansion of needed services to individuals with disabilities in the community.

Endowment Fund Program

Ways To Support This Fund Include:

Cash Contributions

  Cash is the easiest and most popular form of gift and offers the donor a tax deduction equal
  to the full value of the gift.

Life Insurance Policy

  You may donate an old policy to this Fund, receiving an immediate tax deduction, usually in
  the amount equal to policy cash surrender value, or you might choose to name this Fund as a
  beneficiary to your insurance policy.

Charitable Bequests

  A bequest is a gift of property or cash stated in your will that goes to a person or organization
  at the death of the person making the will.  A charitable bequest is completely deductible from
  the donor's estate, likely lowering estate taxes owed.  This Fund continues your good work in
  your name permanently, a living symbol of your caring.

Gifts Of Personal Property

  Through inheritance or investment, donors may have accumulated personal property that can
  be valuable-yet sometimes costly to insure or sell. This could include art collections,
  antiques, real estate (residential, farm, developed, or undeveloped), even oil, gas, or mineral
  rights may be converted into assets to be given to this Fund.

Publicly Traded- Securities

  You donate stocks and bond to this Fund and get the maximum allowable tax deduction for
  their full market value and ECI receive continuing income from the proceeds of the sale of
  these securities.

Gifts From an Estate or Trust

  You as the executor or trustee under a will, have instructions to allocate a certain amount of
  money to charity.  You may establish a Memorial Fund, honoring the deceased and with the
  approval of the court, if necessary, you may arrange to have the charitable portion of the
  estate paid to this Fund.

Your Contribution

  With 40 years of combined service to their community, the Endependence Center, Inc. and
  the Virginia Beach Foundation are pleased to announce their partnership in providing an
  opportunity for charitable giving that will assure services to the local disability community
  continue far into the future.

 

  Your gift will become a part of the principle in a Fund that generates interest to support
  Independent Living Programs and Services provided by the Endependence Center to
  persons with disabilities in South Hampton Roads.

For further information or consultation, please contact:

The Virginia Beach Foundation
P.O. Box 4629
Virginia Beach, VA 23454
(757) 422-5249