OTHER WAYS OF GIVING

MATCHING GIFTS
You can increase the value of your cash contribution to the Group for the East End if your employer has a matching gift plan. Please take the time to contact your personnel office to find out if your company will match your contribution.

SECURITIES GIFTS
By making a gift of stock or other security that has increased in value since its purchase, you avoid paying capital gains taxes. In addition, the full fair market value of the security is deductible (as a charitable contribution) up to 30% of your adjusted gross income. Check with your accountant for the most up-to-date tax information. Contact us for transfer instructions at 631-537-1400, extension 20 or 23.

RETIREMENT PLANS*
You can name the Group for the East End as the primary or contingent beneficiary in your IRA, Keough, 401(k), 403(b) or other qualified pension plan. Distributions from these plans are not subject to probate or federal estate taxes.

LIFE INSURANCE*
You can name the Group for the East End as the full or partial beneficiary in either a new or existing life insurance policy. You can also donate a paid-up life insurance policy to the Group for the East End by naming us as the sole owner and sole beneficiary. In this case, you can take a charitable deduction approximately equal to the cash value of the insurance policy at the time of the gift. Consult your insurance agent for more information.

DONOR ADVISED FUNDS*
Most major mutual fund companies offer donor advised funds (sometimes called Charitable Gift Funds) so that you can streamline your charitable giving. Like regular mutual funds, your money is invested in stocks, bonds and/or money markets and managed by a fund professional. Contributions to the fund are tax-deductible. You can choose amounts to be donated to the Group for the East End and other charities.

* Information necessary to name us as a beneficiary in your retirement plan, life insurance policy or donor-advised fund:

Name: Group for the East End
Address: P.O. Box 569
2442 Main Street
Bridgehampton, NY 11932
Tax identification number: 13-6379135
Relationship: Non-profit organization
Legal language:  Group for the East End, a nonprofit corporation, organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, and with principal business address of P.O. Box 569, 2442 Main Street, Bridgehampton, NY 11932.

LAST WILLS AND TESTAMENTS
AND REVOCABLE LIVING TRUSTS

You can make a bequest to the Group for the East End in your will or revocable living trust. We recommend that you consider the following language:

I hereby give, devise and bequeath _______ to the Group for the East End, a not-for-profit tax-exempt organization, organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, and with principal business address of P.O. Box 569, 2442 Main Street, Bridgehampton, NY 11932-0569.

To save the Group for the East End from incurring further administrative costs, it would be helpful if you would consider adding the following language to any restrictions you may wish to impose on your bequest:

“If at some future time, in the judgment of the Trustees of the Group for the East End, it is no longer practical to use the income or principal of this bequest for the purposes intended, the Trustees have the right to use the income or principal for whatever purpose they deem necessary and most closely in accord with the intent described therein.”

If you wish to discuss the language of your bequest with a member of the Group for the East End’s staff or board of directors, or if you would like additional information on planned giving opportunities, please contact our development office at 631-537-1400, extension 20 or 23.

WORKPLACE GIVING
You can contribute to the Group for the East End through Earth Share of New York in your workplace charity campaign. Earth Share manages environmental giving campaigns for nearly sixty local, statewide, national and international organizations.

By contributing to the Group for the East End through Earth Share of New York, you may pledge that a small amount of each paycheck be automatically deducted to help the Group. You can also give a single gift that is distributed among all of its members, covering the widest variety of environmental and conservation issues.

Participating Companies
More and more companies now allow their employees to contribute to the Group for the East End through Earth Share. Among them: American Airlines, Wells Fargo , The New York Times, American Express, Avon Products, HBO, Siemens, Gannett, Hewlett Packard, United HealthGroup, Sears and The Gap.

Giving as a Federal Employee
As a member of Earth Share of New York, the Group for the East End participates annually in the largest workplace giving campaign in the nation -- the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) for employees of the federal government and the U.S. military. If you are a federal government or military employee working in New York State and would like to give to the Group for the East End through the CFC, please enter the CFC code number allocated to the Group for the East End in your campaign booklet on your pledge card during the next fund drive.

Find out more about Earth Share of New York
For more information about Earth Share, including how your employer can host its own campaign, view Earth Share of New York's Web site at www.earthshareny.org. The site contains descriptions of and contact information for Earth Share's member environmental charities, and provides a wide range of environmental resources.

To contact Earth Share of New York directly:
Earth Share of New York
305 Seventh Avenue
15th Floor
New York, NY 10001
USA
212-822-9567
mary@earthshareny.org