Before 2020 Ends - Invest in LUM

Before the End of 2020 - Invest in LUM

Only Days Left - Tax Deductible Gift for 2020

As New Year's Day approaches, we ask that you remember Lafayette Urban Ministry in your end of the year plans.

While preparing for holiday celebrations, it’s important to stop and reflect on the joy and blessings in your own life while also being aware that not everyone in your community is so fortunate. Please consider setting aside part of your budget to support the work of Lafayette Urban Ministry with a tax-deductible charitable donation.

If you review the list below, you will see that LUM persevered during the pandemic and continued to provide a number of essential services to needy families and children in our community. LUM appreciates your support of our mission, services and programs, especially during these difficult times when it's needed to most.

During the past year, Lafayette Urban Ministry served 2,725 families through one or another of our 22 programs.

196 at-risk youth have learned and grown because of the LUM 5th Quarter Summer Learning Program, LUM Camp and After School Program
LUM Emergency Shelter has continued to compassionately serve individuals experiencing chronic homelessness in our community. The shelter and Winter Warming Station have served more than 600 guests during 2020.
LUM Tax Assistance Program served 258 low-income workers, returning to them $386,730 in tax credits and refunds
LUM Good Samaritan Program has served dozens of families each day – who are in the throes of eviction, utility disconnects, health care or transportation emergencies. LUM has aided more than 1,550 such families so far this year.
More than, 438 households have received emergency food assistance from the LUM Protein Food Pantry
LUM Community Thanksgiving Feast served 750 meals
LUM ID Clinic has assisted more than 122 clients in obtaining a birth certificate
Our Legal Immigration Program has served 145 individuals
And of course Jubilee Christmas – gave Christmas to close to 1,500 children

Explore our website to see how you can make your donation to LUM more meaningful to you.

The donation process has been simplified allowing supporters to donate online, by phone, in person or by mail. Donate Online by clicking the button below -or- Call us at 765-423-2691. Mail or Drop off your donation to the LUM Office, 420 N 4th Street, Lafayette, Indiana 47901.

End of the Year - Donation

Plan Ahead for 2021 - Consider a Legacy Gift

As you welcome in the NEW year consider making it your goal to create your own personal legacy by continuing to invest in the mission of Lafayette Urban Ministry beyond your own lifetime.

The kind of help provided by Lafayette Urban Ministry to this community doesn’t happen automatically and won’t happen without your support. Jesus said, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” At the Lafayette Urban Ministry we take those words seriously. LUM offers dozens of innovative programs of service, assistance, self-help, education and social justice advocacy. We will always need to help provide these vital services to the families in our community. During our lifetimes, we invest in these programs and support the families in our community with our gifts to LUM, but creating a legacy through Planned Giving means the ministry will continue for all time.

Giving to Lafayette Urban Ministry is a win-win Estate Planning strategy for you (the donor) and LUM. In addition to the altruistic benefits, your charitable gift to Lafayette Urban Ministry brings tax relief — and also allows you to make a larger gift to LUM than you could make from your income alone. Whether you use cash, appreciated securities/stock, real estate, artwork, partnership interests, personal property, life insurance or a retirement plan, the benefits of Estate Planned Gifts can make this type of donation attractive to you as a well as LUM.

Meet with your professional advisor to learn how informed estate planning can increase the overall value of your estate with a gift of tax-burdened assets (like IRAs, 401(k), or savings bonds) to Lafayette Urban Ministry. We hope you would consider a legacy gift that would support Lafayette Urban Ministry in your plans. Create your legacy this new year to support the mission of LUM now and beyond your lifetime. We are ready and willing to help you leave a legacy and fulfill your philanthropic goals of supporting LUM. If you are interested in beginning the conversation, please email or call Wes Tillett, LUM executive director (wtillett@lumserve.org | 765-423-2691). To give to LUM online, click the button below.

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Consider an IRA Charitable Rollover to LUM

Satisfy Your Required IRA Distribution & Pay No Tax

DID YOU KNOW?

You are mandated by law to take "required minimum distributions" from your IRA(s) each year soon after you turn 72 years old?*

When planning your IRA withdrawal strategy, you might consider making charitable donations to Lafayette Urban Ministry through a Qualified Charitable Distribution, also known as an IRA charitable rollover. Since LUM is a qualified 501(c)(3) charity, your gift can be made directly from your IRA to LUM.

The ADVANTAGES are as follows:

It’s an easy way to make an investment in LUM from one of your major assets.
It satisfies all or part of your annual mandatory distribution requirement at age 70 ½ and older.
It is excluded from income so you pay no federal tax on this amount, and avoid potentially being moved into a higher tax bracket.
For more details, visit the IRS site HERE

Once you’re ready, direct the administrator of your IRA(s) to make the charitable distribution(s) directly from your IRA(s) to Lafayette Urban Ministry, Inc. For more information, you may email or call Wes Tillett, LUM executive director (wtillett@lumserve.org | 765-423-2691).

Here is some helpful information:

For more details, visit the IRS site HERE
To calculate your mandatory minimum withdrawal use the IRA Required Minimum Distribution Worksheet, click HERE
For a sample letter to your IRA administrator, click HERE

* If you reached the age of 70½ in 2019 the prior rule applies, and you must take your first RMD by April 1, 2020. If you reach age 70½ in 2020 or later you must take your first RMD by April 1 of the year after you reach 72.

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