Search Our Site » Planned Giving Home Donor Stories Create Your Plan Meet the Staff Finance News Reading Room Donor eNewsletter Professional Advisors Tax News Calculator Tax References Advisor eNewsletter Home » Planned Giving Rev. LaRue Owen Director of Development Welcome to The Mississippi United Methodist Foundation, Inc. Planned Giving Thank you for your interest in The Mississippi United Methodist Foundation. Our hope is to serve you and your family with helpful information. We have an increasing number of friends at the Foundation who now are benefiting from life income gifts, gift annuities and other plans. Thank you for taking the time to explore the benefits of gift planning. Personal Planner Chronic Illness – Care of Your Person If you have a chronic illness, your personal planning will need to involve careful consideration of your condition. Many Americans experience ALS disease, Alzheimer's, Huntington's disease, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis (MS) or other types of chronic diseases. More ... Benefits for Family and The Mississippi United Methodist Foundation There are several types of plans. Many of these have wonderful benefits for the gift donors. Many of these families have enjoyed increased income and generous tax savings. You might start by meeting these friends. Just click on the picture and you can view each story. Major IRA Gift Tom is a retired CPA. With good investments, his IRA had grown to become over 80% of his total estate. Tom was looking for a way to rebalance his estate. He wanted to make a major gift to charity, but needed to protect his home and personal savings. More on Major IRA Gift >>. Generous IRA Gift Jerry is a fireman who volunteers for a number of charities in his community. Recently, The Mississippi United Methodist Foundation shared an opportunity to join in a new program with a positive impact. Jerry was excited to help, but a lead gift of $10,000 was needed to start the program. More on Generous IRA Gift >>. Sale and Unitrust Gene and Carol White purchased stock in a small medical service company several years ago. The company has done well. A larger company is now discussing the possibility of buying the smaller company. Gene and Carol are looking for a way to save taxes. More on Sale and Unitrust >>. The Retirement Unitrust Mary Friendly grew up on a farm. When her parents passed away, she inherited the farm. When Mary was growing up, the farm was out in the country. The city now has grown until the farm is now within the city limits. Several developers would like to build homes on the farmland. More on The Retirement Unitrust >>. © Copyright 1999-2010 Crescendo Interactive, Inc.