More Options for Giving

Donor Advised Funds

Joseph’s House is an IRS-qualified public charity and gratefully accepts gifts through Donor Advised Funds. It simplifies the giving process for you and it provides lots of benefits for the women and children in our home and programs. All Donor Advised Funds support the programs and services provided at Joseph’s House. Simply make a request through your DAF provider. When we receive your DAF contribution, we will mail you a thank you and acknowledgment letter.

Joseph's House for Women, Inc.

Mailing address is: 802 Court St. Syracuse, NY 13208

EIN: 46-2485173

Please email Bronson Kopp at bkopp@jhfw.org if you have any questions.

Qualified Charitable Distribution

If you are age 70 1/2 or over you could benefit from making a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) from your IRA. Your required minimum distribution can make a difference in the lives of the women and children at Joseph’s House. All QCD gifts support the programs and services provided at Joseph’s House. Learn more about QCD at www.irs.gov/retirement-plans or contact your financial planning professional.

For questions regarding your QCD, please email Bronson Kopp at bkopp@jhfw.org.

Stock Gifts

Joseph’s House for Women is grateful to receive Stock Donations. There are many benefits to you and to Joseph’s House when you make a Stock Gift. Your appreciated stock can make a difference in the lives of the women and children in our home. By donating your appreciated stock, you can avoid capital gains tax on the appreciated value and claim a tax deduction on the value of the shares you donated. To find out all of the benefits to donating appreciated stock, contact your financial planning professional.

To give a gift of stock to Joseph’s House, please email Bronson Kopp at bkopp@jhfw.org or call the office at (315)701-4981. We will provide you with the necessary information your financial professional will need in order to make your gift. Once your gift is realized, Joseph’s House will provide you with an acknowledgement letter including the details of your stock gift.

BEQUESTS

Donors can make a bequest to Joseph’s House by designating Joseph’s House as a beneficiary in a new will or codicil to an existing will. A bequest can be made as a percentage of the estate or as a fixed amount to Joseph’s House. The donor can also give a residuary bequest that gives Joseph’s House all or a portion of the estate after all debts, taxes, expenses and other bequests have been paid. The donor may arrange, after the death of a named beneficiary, that the principal or some of the surviving estate will become the property of Joseph’s House.

For model language to be used in a will or for more information on including Joseph’s House in your estate planning, please email Bronson Kopp at bkopp@jhfw.org.

Retirement accounts

Joseph’s House can be named as the sole or partial beneficiary of your IRA, 401(k) or other retirement plan accounts. Joseph’s House does not incur any income taxes on your gift because we are a non-profit organization.

Life Insurance

Joseph’s House can be named as a beneficiary of a donor’s life insurance policy. Joseph’s House will also accept tax-deductible gifts of life insurance policies in which the donor has transferred ownership of the policy to Joseph’s House, including whole life, variable and universal life policies, in which the policy is fully paid.