Charitable Remainder Trust

This type of trust provides you or other named individuals income each year from assets you give to the trust you create. At the end of the trust term, the balance in the trust goes to NSPR.

Trusts: Choose From Two Ways to Donate

Uncover the Option That Matches Your Goal

What if you could support NSPR and our work, provide for your heirs and reduce your taxes with one gift? With charitable trusts, you can do all of it. This guide offers helpful information on two popular types of charitable trusts.

There are two types of charitable trusts a charitable remainder trust and a charitable lead trust. Both types of trusts split the assets between charitable and non-charitable beneficiaries. The main difference between a charitable remainder trust and a charitable lead trust is when NSPR receives your gift.

Remainder trust: NSPR receives the remainder after your lifetime or a term of years.

Lead trust: NSPR receives the gift first, with the remainder going to individuals you choose.

Receive Income for Life or a Term of Years

With a charitable remainder trust, you receive a stream of income for your lifetime or a set term of up to 20 years. The income may be greater than what the assets currently yield. If you wish, your spouse or another individual can receive an income from the trust after your lifetime. At the end of the trust term, the remaining balance goes to CapRadio.

Use this chart to help you choose from two basic types of charitable remainder trusts.

Reduce Taxes and Give to Your Heirs

With a charitable lead trust you transfer cash or assets, which are appreciating in value, into a trust with the intention of supporting NSPR first, then returning the remaining assets to your family.

The major benefit of creating a lead trust is in transferring assets to family members at very little gift or estate tax costs. You could potentially pay a relatively small gift tax for eventually transferring a large amount of assets to your children. This type of gift provides you with a gift tax deduction, not an income tax deduction. But, if you are looking for an income tax deduction, a grantor charitable lead trust may be a better option for you. In this case, the trust assets are returned to you after the trust term ends. Check with your professional advisor to determine which type of trust is best for you.

Types of Payments

The trustee makes payments from the trust to the selected charity or charities as either a fixed annuity payment or a percentage of the trust.

An annuity payment: With this type of payment, NSPR receives the same amount annually whether trust assets appreciate or depreciate. If the trust income is insufficient, the trustee uses principal to make up the difference.

A unitrust payment: With this option, we receive a variable amount based on a specified percentage of the fair market value of the trust assets, valued annually. You set the percentage upon creating the trust. The payments fluctuate with trust appreciation or depreciation. If the trust income is insufficient, the trustee uses principal to make up the difference.