Direct Giving
Invest in the Future of Golf
Giving now allows you to watch your contribution hard at work supporting the Youth on Course initiative.
You can give online or call Loretta Larkin at 248-478-9242 Ext. 125 with your credit card in hand.
Donate OnlineMake checks payable to the GAM Foundation and mail to our office:
GAM Foundation 39255 Country Club Drive Suite B40 Farmington Hills, MI 48831
Stocks, bonds, and some mutual funds are great gifts, and they offer tax advantages as well. Typically, you can avoid capital gains tax on appreciated securities by transferring straight to us rather than selling them and gifting the proceeds.
In 2015 Congress made permanent the fact that you can gift your IRA distribution. You can transfer up to $100,000 per year from your IRA to the Foundation in a direct rollover without first having to recognize the distribution as income. Retirement fund assets that are donated to charitable organizations through a beneficiary designation often pass to the organization free of income or estate taxes, thereby maximizing the impact of this type of charitable gift. You should contact your financial advisor to determine what is best for you.
If you have a Donor Advised Fund you can designate the GAM Foundation as a recipient of support on an annual basis or upon a special request on.
The Golf Association of Michigan Foundation, Inc., is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. Consistent with the overall mission of the GAM to “promote, preserve and serve amateur golf in Michigan”, the foundation allows the GAM to invest in new programming to support access to the game to the broadest possible audience of Michigan residents and to provide tax benefits for contributions from our supporters.
WAYS TO GIVE
BIRDIES FOR CHARITY
DIRECT GIVING
MATCHING GIFTS
PLANNED GIFT
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