Question 1

Amazon Wishlist

Accepted Answer

Donate an item from our Amazon wishlist!

Question 2

Service & Equipment Donations

Accepted Answer

Maintaining 24 buildings and 23 acres requires a lot of knowledge and tools. We are grateful to our local businesses and patrons who donate their time and equipment to the museum. Contact us If you are interested in donating or partnering with Steppingstone.

Question 3

Artifact Donations

Accepted Answer

The Museum was built on artifact donations; without them we wouldn’t have over 12,000 artifacts. If you are interested in donating your artifacts to the Museum, our Curator would love to help! Please include any pictures or background information of the donation for the archive. Thank you!

Question 4

Stock

Accepted Answer

A gift of stock may provide more benefits than a cash gift. When you make a gift of stock to Steppingstone Farm Museum, you may be able to avoid capital gains taxes that would be due upon selling the stock.

Question 5

Donor-Advised Fund

Accepted Answer

Consider recommending a grant to Steppingstone Farm Museum from your donor-advised fund (DAF).

Question 6

Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD or IRA Rollover)

Accepted Answer

If you are age 70 1/2 or older, you may make a direct transfer of funds – up to $100,000 - from your IRA to a charitable organization like Steppingstone Farm Museum. Gifts like this - a qualified charitable distribution or IRA rollover - are excluded from your taxable income and can count toward your required minimum distribution (RMD). Please click here for a letter template that you can send to your plan administrator to make the transfer.

Question 7

Planned Gifts

Accepted Answer

A planned gift is a donation that is arranged in the present and allocated at a future date. Many of these types of gifts have tax benefits for the donor. Ask your financial advisor for more detail about how these contributions could work for you.

Question 8

Bequests

Accepted Answer

To leave an outright gift of cash, securities, or other property to Steppingstone Farm Museum by designating a specific dollar amount, a particular asset, or a fixed percentage of your estate, you can customize the statement below in your will:

“After taking care of all expenses, debts, and other provisions, I give, devise and bequeath ___ percent of the rest and residue [or $___ if a specific amount] to Steppingstone Farm Museum, Federal Tax Identification Number (EIN) 23-7447724, a charitable organization currently with administrative offices at Organization Address.”

If you already have a will, you can easily amend it by using a codicil. A codicil is a document your attorney can prepare to amend your will or trust without rewriting the entire document. The codicil adds a new gift to Steppingstone Farm Museum while reaffirming the other terms of your will.

Question 9

Life Insurance

Accepted Answer

Complete and return to the insurance company a form (provided by them) designating that Steppingstone Farm Museum  receives all or a portion of the death benefit associated with your life insurance policy. As an alternative to naming the Foundation as the beneficiary, you can transfer ownership of the policy to Steppingstone Farm Museum.

Question 10

CDs, bank accounts and brokerage accounts

Accepted Answer

Naming a charity, like Steppingstone Farm Museum, as the beneficiary of a certificate of deposit, a checking or savings bank account, or a brokerage account is one of the easiest ways to make a gift. The beneficiary you name has no rights to the funds until after your lifetime.

Question 11

Savings Bonds

Accepted Answer

You can leave your savings bonds to your favorite charity in your will. By doing so, you and your heirs will avoid taxes on the interest. Naming Steppingstone Farm Museum as a beneficiary ensures that 100 percent of your gift will support our work.

Question 12

Donor-advised fund residuals

Accepted Answer

Final distribution of contributions remaining in a donor-advised fund (DAF) is governed by the contract you completed when you created your fund. Please consider naming Steppingstone Farm Museum as a successor of your account or a portion of your account value.

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