Many donors make outright gifts and pledges in the form of appreciated securities rather than cash, in order to benefit from extra tax advantages. If you itemize, gifts of securities are based upon the full, fair market value and are deductible for federal tax purposes, up to a limit of 30 percent of your adjusted gross income for the first year, with a five year carryover.
You avoid paying a tax on capital gains, which you would owe if you sold the securities.
Instructions:
Gifting Stocks
For securities held in "street name" by bank or brokerage:
Your broker can simply transfer the stock from your account to the Inova Health System account, via electronic transfer. To do so, we suggest:
1. Call/write/email your broker and give them the following information:
Foundation DTC Number: 0997
Customer/Fund Name: Inova Health System Foundation Customer Account number: 06D6
ABA#: 011-000-028
Bank: State Street Financial Center
Attn: Kelley Condon
State Street Bank & Trust Company 2 Avenue de Lafayette, LCC2 Boston, MA 02111-2900 Phone: 617-664-9812 Fax: 617-769-6644
2. Send a follow up letter to your broker (with a copy to the Inova Health System Foundation office), which confirms your instructions. Attached is a letter with suggested copy.
3. You or your broker must contact the Foundation or our accounting office before the stock transfer procedure begins. This is important because our broker must be notified and instructed to accept the gift. Otherwise there is a possibility that gift might be delayed or rejected, which might inhibit the completion of your gift by the desired gift date. The information we will need from you or your broker is: type and name of stock you plan to transfer and the approximate number of shares and contact information for your broker and brokerage house.
Please contact:
Patricia Bowen, Development Specialist, Inova Health System Foundation, 703-289-2056 or Patricia.Bowen@inova.org or
Seema Khan, Senior Accountant - Corporate Finance, Inova Health System 703- 289-2429 or Seema.Khan@inova.org
For securities held by you:
1. Send your certificate by ordinary first class mail, without any endorsement or other notation to:
Inova Health System Foundation 8110 Gatehouse Road, Ste 200EFalls Church, VA 22042
Enclose a letter stating your intent is to make a gift to benefit the Inova Health System hospital, facility or program of your choice.
2. Then, under separate cover, forward by first class mail a stock power (one for each certificate), endorsed in blank (your signature only, exactly as your name appears on the face of the certificate) along with a copy of the letter mailed with the certificate. Since the certificate becomes negotiable only when joined by the stock power, this method provides both safety and simplicity. Stock power forms are readily available at your bank or brokerage house or from the Inova Health System Foundation. In some cases, you may need a “signature guarantee” from your bank or broker for the stock power. Please call us for details and further instructions.
Important Don’ts:
Please contact Linda Robertson at the Inova Health System Foundation with questions about other planned gift options: 703-289-2097 or Linda.Robertson@inova.org .