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Giving from Your 401k or IRA Retirement Plan

Leave family the balance of savings and checking accounts, and donate double-taxed assets like IRAs to us.



You've worked hard and planned for retirement. Now, with a little creativity, you can leverage your retirement assets to benefit you and your family, reduce federal taxes, and support United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley far into the future.

How It Works

  • Name or designate United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley as a beneficiary of your IRA, 401(k), or other qualified retirement plan.
  • Pass the balance of your retirement assets to United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley by contacting your plan administrator.
  • Important! Tell United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley about your gift. Your plan administrator is not obligated to notify us, so if you don't tell us, we may not know.

70 ½ or older? Make a “Tax-Free” Gift Through Your IRA

Benefits

  • Continue to take regular lifetime withdrawals.
  • Maintain flexibility to change beneficiaries if your family's needs change during your lifetime.
  • Your heirs avoid the potential double taxation on the assets left in your retirement account.


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“Giving through United Way provides us with a simpler and more structured way to support the charities and organizations we believe in.”

Paul and Rebecca Francis
Tocqueville Society Members

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