Planned Giving

Wills: Create a legacy, with a bequest in your will. Your gift ensures the medical programs and research at Puget Sound Blood Center continues beyond.

Charitable Trusts: A planned gift benefits not only the Blood Center; but also, you and your loved ones. Annuities and trusts provide personal income to you or to another person for life, offering immediate benefits to you and benefiting the Blood Center later. They also qualify for income and estate tax deductions.

• Charitable Annuity Trusts: Depending on your age, a charitable annuity trust offers you a lifetime income between 4.6% & 12% of the gift you make to the Blood Center. You can also defer the payments for a loved one’s future security, which usually results in a greater annual income. For example, if you invest $100,000 in a charitable, you can direct the Blood Center to pay you a fixed payment each year for life or for a specified period of time. When you die or this period of time ends, the balance that remains in the annuity benefits the Blood Center. You receive a tax deduction the year the gift is made, plus tax-free return of principal.
• Charitable Unitrusts: A charitable Unitrust does not provide a fixed annual payment, but instead the amount paid to you or a beneficiary is a specified percentage of the value of the trust, revalued each year. The payout is guaranteed to be at least 5% of the trust. Unitrusts offer protection against the probability of inflation, a current tax deduction, bypass of capital gains taxes and usually result in an increase in annual income.
• To receive more detailed information call our Development Office and learn about your charitable trust options, call 206-292-2544.

Property: Gifts of personal property, real estate, life insurance, works of art or rare coins are fully tax-deductible at fair market value. Leaving these gifts to the Blood Center provides you with the knowledge and satisfaction that you have made a difference.

Tribute & Memorial Gifts
More than words, tributes and memorials partner a special individual with the lifesaving work and traditions of the Puget Sound Blood Center.

Matching Gift Programs
Working with your employer, your generosity can be multiplied with a matching fit. Many companies offer matching fit programs, does yours?

Endowment Funds & Guilds

• Endowments: You can provide permanent support for the Blood Center's research and programs through an endowment.
• Guilds: Gather a group of friends and neighbors or join a group of volunteers in support of the Blood Center. Guilds revolve around particular interests, neighborhoods, communities, or season.

Join the Giving Club
When you make a gift to Puget Sound Blood Center, your membership, unless you choose to remain anonymous, is registered in giving clubs at the following levels:

• Leadership Circle: $25,000 and above
• Founder's Circle: $10,000 to $24,999
• President's Council: $5,000 to $9,999
• Executive Council: $2,500 to $4,999
• Research Council: $1,000 to $2,499
• Fellows: $500 to $999
• Sustainers: $250 to $499
• Patrons: $100 to $249
• Contributors: $99 and below