Qualified Charitable Distributions
Donate up to $100,000 per tax year directly from an IRA.
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Donate up to $100,000 per tax year directly from an IRA.
Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCD), otherwise known as IRA charitable rollovers or IRA gifts, are a great way to support our lifesaving work by allowing your dollars to go further: QCDs may be excluded from your taxable income and qualify towards your required minimum distribution (RMD).
Here's how a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) works:
QCDs count toward your required minimum distribution for the year. If you have to take your required minimum distribution but you don't want or need the funds, QCDs are a good way to distribute the amount out of the IRA. As an added benefit, you'll avoid paying income tax on your gross income up to $100,000.
Per IRS regulations, QCDs cannot be made to a donor advised fund (DAF), charitable remainder trust, or charitable gift annuity. A QCD can be made to your sponsoring 501(c)(3) organization if there are programs that you can fund outside of your DAF. Such purposes include general support for the charity or for other programs they may maintain outside of their role as a DAF sponsor.
For additional information on QCDs and DAFs, please contact your charitable sponsor.
Here are the steps to take to make a gift from your IRA:
If you'd like to make a QCD gift, your financial institution should make the check out to "Doctors Without Borders" and identify you as the donor by name and address.
They can mail the check to:
Doctors Without Borders USA
P.O. Box 5030
Hagerstown, MD 21741-5030
If your financial institution cannot include your full name and address with the check, please complete the form below so that we can identify your donation when it arrives.
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