Planned Giving

A gift in your will or living trust is a meaningful way to support Little City and ensure that individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities continue to live rich, full lives – long into the future.

A generous bequest costs you nothing today but creates a lasting legacy of compassion and opportunity.

Benefits:

• Simple and flexible
• No cost today
• Preserve your values
• Tax advantages

Contact your attorney to update your estate plan and include Little City Foundation as a beneficiary in your will or trust.

Sample language: “I give [% of my estate, or $ specific amount, or __ asset] to Little City Foundation, a nonprofit organization located at 1610 W. Colonial Parkway, Inverness IL 60067, Tax ID [36-2434562], to be used for its general charitable purposes (or specify a program).”

Don’t have a will yet and want to include Little City in your legacy? Create a free legal will or trust today!

One of the simplest and most tax-smart ways to support Little City’s future is by naming us as a beneficiary of your retirement account—such as an IRA, 401(k), or 403(b).

Benefits:

• Easy to set-up
• Revocable
• Tax-smart
• High impact

Contact your plan administrator or log in to your retirement account online and make the beneficiary designation change including the details below:

• Legal Name: Little City Foundation
• Tax ID: 36-2434562
• Address: 1610 W. Colonial Parkway, Inverness, IL 60067

Life insurance is an often overlooked yet powerful way to make a lasting difference in the lives of children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Whether it’s an existing policy you no longer need or a new one created for charitable giving, your gift can help build a more inclusive future.

Benefits:

• Affordable generosity
• Tax advantages
• No impact on current assets
• Flexible giving options

Here are the options you have to make a difference at Little City through your life insurance policies. Contact your insurance provider to get started.

• Name Little City as a Beneficiary
• Transfer ownership of an existing policy
• Open a new policy with Little City as Beneficiary

What you’ll need:

• Legal Name: Little City Foundation
• Tax ID: 36-2434562
• Address: 1610 W. Colonial Parkway, Inverness, IL 60067

Donating real estate is a powerful way to create a lasting legacy while supporting Little City’s mission to empower individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Whether it’s a home, vacation property, land, or commercial building, your gift of real estate can transform lives for generations to come.

Benefits:

• Significant charitable impact.
• Avoid capital gains tax.
• Reduce your estate and inheritance taxes.
• Income tax deduction.
• Flexible giving options.

Ways to Give:

• Outright Gift
  • Transfer ownership of your property to Little City during your lifetime.
• Retained Real Estate
  • Donate your home or farm now but continue to live there for the rest of your life.
• Bequest of Real Estate
  • Include Little city in your will or trust to receive your property after your lifetime.

Contact Tina Maraccini at tmaraccini@littlecity.org to start planning!

A Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) is a simple and tax-efficient way to support the causes you care about—now and into the future. If you have a DAF, recommending a grant to Little City is an impactful way to help individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities live meaningful, fulfilling lives.

Benefits:

• Flexibility
• Tax efficiency
• Simplicity
• Legacy giving
• Strategic giving

Contact your DAF sponsor (like Fidelity Charitable, Schwab Charitable, Vanguard Charitable, etc.) and recommend a grant with the information below and include how you’d like your gift to be used:

• Legal Name: Little City Foundation
• Tax ID: 36-2434562
• Address: 1610 W. Colonial Parkway, Inverness, IL 60067

Donating stocks, bonds, or mutual funds is a powerful way to support Little City’s mission—while offering significant tax benefits to you.

When you donate appreciated securities you’ve held for more than a year, you can avoid capital gains tax and receive a charitable deduction for the full fair market value of the asset. That means more support for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities—and more impact from your generosity.

Benefits:

• Avoid capital gains and give more at no extra cost.
• Deduct the fair market value of the donated securities.
• It’s quick and secure to transfer securities directly to Little City.

Contact Tina Maraccini at tmaraccini@littlecity.org to acquire our account information and request a direct transfer through your broker to Little City Foundation.