{"id":814,"date":"2025-01-17T20:39:33","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T20:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundingmatters.com\/blog\/fmi\/?p=814"},"modified":"2025-01-17T21:41:46","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T21:41:46","slug":"giftabulator-and-bequests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundingmatters.com\/blog\/?p=814","title":{"rendered":"Giftabulator\u00ae and Bequests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Giftabulator\u00ae and similar tools can increase the number of bequests for charities in several ways:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Educate donors: These tools provide interactive, secure online applications that educate donors about tax-efficient giving strategies, including bequests.<\/li>\n<li>Illustrate benefits: They demonstrate the tax benefits of charitable giving from appreciated assets and estates, making complex concepts easier to understand.<\/li>\n<li>Optimize donation processes: By integrating into a charity&#8217;s website, Giftabulator\u00ae guides donors through formulating gifts tailored to their unique financial situations.<\/li>\n<li>Facilitate estate planning: They help donors explore ways to reduce or eliminate tax implications while maximizing their charitable gifts, both for current and future estate planning.<\/li>\n<li>Convert annual donors: These tools can help turn annual donors into major and planned giving prospects more quickly by illustrating the potential of larger gifts.<\/li>\n<li>Provide instant illustrations: They generate outcomes within seconds, showing the benefits of charitable donations based on various scenarios, income tax brackets, and types of appreciated assets.<\/li>\n<li>Support advisors: Financial advisors can use these tools to have more meaningful conversations with clients about charitable planning, potentially leading to more bequests.<\/li>\n<li>Increase donor engagement: By providing an interactive platform, these tools can increase traffic to a charity&#8217;s website and engage donors in the giving process.<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrate achievability: The tools show donors that making a significant gift or bequest is achievable, potentially encouraging more people to consider this option.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>By leveraging these capabilities, charities can more effectively engage potential donors, illustrate the impact of bequests, and ultimately secure more planned gifts for their organizations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fundingmatters.com\/blog\/fmi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Untitled-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-815 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/fundingmatters.com\/blog\/fmi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Untitled-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1506\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fundingmatters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Untitled-5.png 1506w, https:\/\/fundingmatters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Untitled-5-300x109.png 300w, https:\/\/fundingmatters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Untitled-5-1024x371.png 1024w, https:\/\/fundingmatters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Untitled-5-768x278.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1506px) 100vw, 1506px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Giftabulator\u00ae and similar tools can increase the number of bequests for charities in several ways: Educate donors: These tools provide interactive, secure online applications that educate donors about tax-efficient giving strategies, including bequests. 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