Ways To Give

There are many ways to make a gift and you can decide what your gift will benefit.  Unrestricted gifts will be used where there is the greatest need, while restricted gifts may be contributed to a specific program or fund.

• Outright Gift – A one time gift (cash, check or credit card) without conditions or terms of trust.
• Pledge -A signed and dated commitment to make a gift over a specified period of time.
• Stock Gift – A donation of stock
• IRA Distribution – Make a gift in the form of an IRA distribution*. Contact your bank and the Archdiocese (410-547-5356) to learn how.
• Donor-Advised Fund Grant – Make a grant recommendation* from your donor-advised fund. Contact your bank and the Archdiocese (410-547-5356) to learn how.
• Deferred Gift – A charitable gift arrangement where the Archdiocese’s use of the asset is delayed to some future time.
• Endowments – Funds to be kept permanently and invested to provide income for ongoing support.
• Bequest – A contribution made by an individual after their death through a provision in their will.
• Legacy Giving – Also referred to as planned giving, a term used to describe a variety of charitable gifts that can be given during an individual’s lifetime and whose residual funds indefinitely support the Archdiocese or a specific program or fund.
• Charitable Gift Annuity – Typically an agreement in which cash or other assets are transferred to a charitable organization in exchange for its promise to pay the donor an annuity for life.
• Retirement Plan Assets – Naming the Archdiocese or a specific program or fund as beneficiary or partial beneficiary of a retirement plan.
• Trusts – Money, securities or property that are held under a trust agreement to provide income for the beneficiary.
• Corporate Matching – A donation from an employer matching the employee’s charitable contribution, thereby doubling the contribution of the employee’s gift.
• In-Kind Gift – A contribution of equipment, supplies, labor or other property.
• Work-place Giving – Private sector employees participating in the United Way of Central Maryland Giving Campaign. 

The Department of Advancement wants to help you steward your giving so that you are contributing to ministries and programs that matter to you most.

If you don’t see the archdiocesan institution or initiative you would like to strengthen here, please reach out to us at 410-547-5356 or Engagement@Archbalt.org.  

* The TAX ID to use for Archdiocesan initiatives is #52-0591535. To support endowment funds within the Catholic Community Foundation, please use TAX ID #56-2401335.