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Planned Giving Newsletter

June 2020

Do you have questions about estate planning? Planned giving? Your will? Each month, we feature new articles and interactive features. We also share news about the charitable endowments under the umbrella of Hindu Heritage Endowment.

Woodlands Temple

The Hindu Temple of The Woodlands Endowment, fund #79, provide funds for the maintenance, repair and improvement of the Hindu Temple of The Woodlands

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Life Moves Fast:
Keep Your Plans Up to Speed

Life changes – sometimes suddenly and unexpectedly, sometimes with careful preparation. Read on to learn when and how to make sure your estate plans are up to par.

Update your plan. Through a new will or revocable living trust – or a codicil or amendment modifying your old documents – you can address changes in your life, save estate taxes and leave a legacy for the future. Some examples:

  • Your family. With births, deaths, marriages or divorces, you may want to add or delete beneficiaries or increase or decrease their shares of your estate.
  • Your property. Events such as growth (or decline) in the value of your estate, the acquisition of a new home, or the sale or gift of property may necessitate changes to bequest provisions.
  • Your new location. Your will should be updated if you move to a new state. Different requirements for the execution of a will as well as different state inheritance taxes and probate laws may make revisions necessary. Contact an estate planning attorney in your new state.
  • Your charitable interests. Will your good works continue after your lifetime? Consider including a bequest to us by designating a percentage of your estate to us. Give us a call for sample bequest language to use in your will.

Review your choice of executor. Recognizing the intricacies of estate settlement, you may want to consider a professional fiduciary for the role as co-executor to serve with your individual executor. A professional fiduciary is an individual or institution that acts as a representative for the assets of others. A fiduciary’s experience in saving taxes and prudently managing investments can be invaluable.

Look over the beneficiary designations of your life insurance, retirement plans and IRAs. These should be coordinated with your overall estate plan to make sure your entire estate is left the way you intend. If you want to remember us in your plans, retirement assets are the most highly taxed assets to leave to your family, making them excellent charitable gifts to support our mission.

Create a durable power of attorney. This authorizes someone you choose – perhaps your spouse or another trusted family member – to handle your financial affairs during your lifetime when you are unable to do so.

Execute a power of attorney for health care. This empowers someone you choose to make health care decisions on your behalf if you are unable to make them yourself.

Sign a living will. This tells people what life-sustaining medical treatment you want to receive, if any, if you become terminally ill and can no longer communicate your own decisions.

© The Stelter Company: The information in this publication is not intended as legal advice. For legal advice, please consult an attorney. Figures cited in examples are for hypothetical purposes only and are subject to change. References to estate and income taxes include federal taxes only. State income/estate taxes or state law may impact your results.
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Planned Giving Guidance

Can he give away his home and keep it, too?

HPI

Hindu Press International Endowment Fund

Supports the daily collection and distribution of non-biased Hindu news throughout the world

Toolkit

Family Life at Udayan Care

This eight minute film introduces the Udayan Care ghars, homes for displaced children in India

Toolkit

Estate Planning Toolkit

Download our toolkit to help with your estate and gift planning preparation. The Toolkit can help you save money in attorney's fees. New: Toolkit for Canadians now available.

Toolkit

Essentials of Financial & Estate Planning

In this animated short video we explain some basic essentials of financial & estate planning

Toolkit

What is an Endowment?

This 101 second animated video explains the three types of endowments