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Include KJZZ in your Estate Plan

If you would like to discuss any of the gift techniques mentioned
on this website, please contact us.

We welcome the opportunity to discuss how your bequest can play a
meaningful role in our future and perpetuate your life values.

We will be happy to discuss all of the memorial bequest opportunities
available to you.

Friends of Public Radio Arizona – KJZZ 91.5 FM

2323 West 14^th Street
Tempe, Arizona 85281

Phone: (480) 774-8472
Email: plannedgiving@rioradio.org

Tax ID: 01-0579687

Refer to the following brochures for more information:

Charitable Bequests Brochure

Charitable Gift Annuity Brochure

1.   Why charitable bequests to KJZZ 91.5 Public Radio in Arizona are popular

Bequests are gifts made through a will and are an extremely popular way of  providing long-term support for the charitable organizations that are important in our lives.  There are many reasons donors choose to make bequests to KJZZ public radio.  

• The opportunity to make a statement about personal values.
• The satisfaction of supporting an important cause to benefit future generations.
• The ability to directly support either KJZZ or both.
• Realize financial objectives for your estate through tax benefits.
• Honoring someone with a “memorial bequest”.

Tax planning can also be an important factor in this decision. With some foresight, you can leave a bequest to the radio stations in a way that will permit you to realize other objectives for your estate.

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3.   Ways to make a bequest

It is important to plan your bequest in a way that will best accomplish all of your estate objectives.  The following are flexible options:

1. The bequest can be listed in a will or in a codicil.
2. The bequest can be outright, deferred, or residual.
3. The bequest can be absolute or contingent upon certain events.
4. The bequest can be restricted to either KJZZ,  or in general support of both stations.  It can also be designated to a special project or program that is especially important to you.

When you make a bequest to KJZZ, you retain full use of your property, there is no out-of-pocket cost, reduction in net worth, or disruption of cash flow. You can change any bequest provision at any time, leaving you in control of the process.

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5.   Outright charitable bequest

Typically, a charitable bequest is a direction to distribute a specific asset, or to pay a certain sum of money to a designated charitable beneficiary. This is an outright  bequest, the most popular meth of benefiting public radio. 

 Outright charitable bequests can be made in two ways:

• A specific sum of money: In this case the donor indicates the amount of the bequest within the will.
• A specified percentage of the estate net value:  Under this form of bequest, public radio will share in the increases or decreases in the final value of the estate.

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7.   Residual charitable bequest

A residual bequest to KJZZ may accomplish your objectives.   The “residue” (residual bequest) of an estate is the amount remaining after all costs, debts and taxes have been paid and all monetary and specific bequests have been satisfied.  This form of charitable bequest can be especially appropriate if you want other bequests to have priority.

 Please Note:  You may choose to give to KJZZ only after priority bequests are paid. You can name several residual beneficiaries and direct how the residual   estate is to be divided among them.

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9.   Financial and tax benefits

KJZZ recognizes that charitable gifts and bequests are motivated primarily by the donor’s desire to provide financial support for the charity.  Tax incentives, however, are important.  Tax benefits may permit you to give more to the public radio stations than you may have previously considered.

Every dollar given to KJZZ through a charitable bequest or other testamentary gift is fully deductible for federal estate tax purposes following compliance of all legal requirements.  If your estate is potentially subject to the federal estate tax, steps can be taken to minimize the impact this tax can have on your beneficiaries by leaving a charitable bequest to KJZZ.  A deferred bequest to KJZZ can also minimize estate taxes and add to the financial security of your family and other beneficiaries.

An estate tax deduction is allowed for a deferred charitable bequest to KJZZ even though the bequest provides income benefits to individual beneficiaries.  This way, you can benefit one or more family members or individual beneficiaries while providing “deferred” benefits for KJZZ public radio.

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