Your gift to True Friends may have an even greater impact if your employer offers a matching gift program.
Matching your donation is easy! Here is a list of companies who match employee donations to nonprofits. It is not comprehensive, so if you don’t see your workplace listed, we encourage you to contact your human resources or business office for more information.
Most companies will require you to complete and return a form that may require True Friends’ tax identification number: 41-1543013.
If your employer does offer a matching gift, please send your completed form to:
True Friends
10509 108th Street NW
Annandale, MN 55302
Community fundraisers are an easy and fun way to give to True Friends. They directly support children and adults with disabilities. The opportunities are endless! For more information or ideas, contact our Development Officer or call 952.852.0102.
Community Fundraiser Ideas
– Dance With Courage Event
– Dart Tournament
– Birthday Fundraiser
If your workplace participates in a United Way campaign, you can designate your contribution to True Friends, True Friends Foundation, or Children’s Disability Service Association (a division of True Friends). Find us with these listings:
Giving stocks or bonds often has significant financial advantages for you. It’s also one of the most tax-efficient ways to support True Friends. Giving stock that has been held more than 12 months, offers a two-fold tax savings: a tax deduction for the full fair market value of the stock on the date of the gift and capital gains can be avoided. If you would like to make a gift of stock please complete this form, or for stock transfer information call 952.852.0101 or email [email protected].
In-kind gifts have allowed many other needed projects, large and small, to go forward. There are times when an individual, group, or business can donate gifts in kind that make a huge difference. True Friends can only accept specific items, so please contact 952.852.0101 or [email protected] to learn more.
More than 1,000 volunteers are needed each year to support True Friends programming. Please come lend a hand. Find more information on our Volunteer Services page. If you know high school or college students, retirees, or others looking for a unique and rewarding experience, tell them about True Friends. Volunteer opportunities are available for individuals and groups age 14 and up.
If you volunteer for True Friends please let us know where you work. Often, when we seek corporate support, they request to know if any of their employees volunteer for us. If we can respond positively, our chances to receive support greatly increase.
Enjoy the ease and convenience of being a monthly donor while providing ongoing support and stability for our work. Donate online and select “make this donation monthly.” Your gift will be automatically charged to your credit card monthly, on the date of your choice. You are able to adjust your giving level or cancel your commitment at any time.
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There are many ways to give a planned gift to True Friends.
An arrangement in which a donor gives their home to the nonprofit while retaining the right to live there for the remainder of their life. The donor receives an immediate income tax deduction. The charity may sell the property upon the donor’s death.
A provision in a will or estate plan that allocates all or part of the individual’s estate to a designated charity. Click the button below for more information and sample language.
Name True Friends Foundation as a beneficiary in your retirement plans such as IRA’s, 401K’s, and 403B’s. This is simple and avoids the probate process.
Occurs when a donor sells property to a charitable organization for less than the property’s fair market value. The charitable gift is usually the difference between the appraised fair market value and the selling price.
Similar to a charitable remainder trust, but the principal reverts back to the donor or their designated heirs at the end of the trust term. If the principal reverts to the donor, they get a charitable income tax deduction; if an heir, that person gets a charitable gift tax deduction.
An irrevocable transfer of property (e.g. cash or securities) in exchange for a contract to pay the donor an annuity for life. Because the value of the property exceeds the value of the annuity, it is partially a gift to the institution.
An arrangement in which a donor gives a life insurance policy to the charity. The cash value of that gift is tax deductible, as are any future premiums the donor may opt to pay on that policy. Note that only life insurance policies that are paid in full qualify as planned gifts.
Establish a permanent legacy through the True Friends Foundation, a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization that encourages, receives, and manages bequests and planned charitable gifts on behalf of True Friends. Any of the below ways of giving qualifies donors to become members of the Forever Friends Society. Membership can be anonymous. Call our gift planning office for more information at 952.852.0111.
Donors may endow gifts during their lifetime or through a testamentary provision. No gift can be permanently endowed or restricted unless in writing by the donor or a signed provision in the donor’s estate. Contact our Gift Planning Officer for more information.
A gift that allows the institution the flexibility to use the return on investment as best serves the immediate needs of the institution for a specified purpose. Examples might be an endowment for a specific program, camp scholarships, technology, etc.
A gift that requires the institution to use the return on investment for a specified purpose. Examples might be an endowment for a specific program, camp scholarships, technology, etc.
A gift that requires the institution to use the return on investment for a specified purpose. Examples might be an endowment for a specific program, camp scholarships, technology, etc.
A quasi-endowment (aka board designated endowment) is established when an institution designates assets to be invested as an endowment, but the fund is not permanent and is at the discretion of the board of directors. Unrestricted bequests are examples of the types of gifts that go towards the quasi-endowment.
Donors wishing to name a fund can establish a named endowment fund with a minimum gift or pledge of $25,000 or more. A donor can set this fund up while living and fund the endowment through a testamentary gift.
Just give us a call friend, we are happy to help you.