You believe in the work of marcfirst, and you want to ensure that we will be here for the lives of generations of individuals with developmental disabilities for years to come. You want your gift to make a difference. Many grateful families and friends have provided for marcfirst as part of their estates, you can too, any planned gift you create helps us build a secure future.

Through planned giving, it is possible to make gifts to marcfirst that you thought impossible. A planned gift to marcfirst is a prudent choice for many reasons:

  Maximizing your charitable contribution

  Allowing a advantageous tax deductions under both state and federal law

  Turing appreciated assets into income for yourself and/or family members.

Three kinds of gifts you can make to marcfirst

  During your lifetime you can make an outright gift of cash, securities, or other property (real estate, personal property).

  Upon your death you can make a gift through your will, bequests, revocable trust, or through distribution from a retirement plan or life insurance policy.

  You also have the option of making a gift that returns lifetime payments to you, your spouse, or other individuals, such as a charitable gift annuity, or charitable remainder trust.

You can leave a wonderful legacy to help change the outcome for the people we support.

What if marcfirst earned a penny every time you searched the Internet?
Or how about if a percentage of every purchase you made online went to support our cause? Well, now it can!

GoodSearch.com is a new Yahoo-powered search engine that donates half its advertising revenue, about a penny per search, to the charities its users designate. Use it just as you would any search engine, get quality search results from Yahoo, and watch the donations add up!

GoodShop.com is a new online shopping mall which donates up to 37 percent of each purchase to your favorite cause! Hundreds of great stores including Amazon, Target, Gap, Best Buy, ebay, Macy's and Barnes & Noble (and many more) have teamed up with GoodShop and every time you place an order, you'll be supporting your favorite cause.

Just go to www.goodsearch.com and be sure to enter marcfirst as the charity you want to support or use the convenient links found in the right margin of our Web pages. And, be sure to spread the word!

Disclaimer

The information on this site is not intended as legal, tax, or investment advice. For such advice please consult an attorney, tax professional or investment professional.

marcfirst
1606 Hunt Dr.
Normal, Illinois 61761
phone
(309) 451-8888
fax
(309) 451-8989
TTY
(309) 451-0077