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  • Sample Annuity Rates
    (Rates through June 30, 2008)

    • One Life

      Age

      Rate

      60

      5.7% 

      65

      6.0%

      70

      6.5%

      75

      7.1%

      80

      8.0%

      85

      9.5%

      90

      11.3%

      Please contact us to find your applicable rate.

    • Two Lives

      Age

      Rate

      60/60

      5.4% 

      65/60

      5.5%

      70/65

      5.7%

      75/70

      6.1%

      85/80

      7.3%

      90/90

      9.3%


  • Coalitions & Partners 
    • Learn more about our coalitions & partners:

    • AIDA
      The Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA) is an international non-profit environmental law organization that promotes the ability of citizens to protect their health and environment through development and enforcement of national and international environmental laws.

    • Arctic Refuge Action
      Arctic Refuge Action is a coalition of conservation, labor, religious and other citizen groups representing millions of Americans who believe the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge should remain wild, unspoiled, and free of oil rigs.

    • Central Valley Air Quality Coalition
      The second-most polluted air in the country (after Los Angeles) hovers over (not Houston, not Denver) California's San Joaquin Valley. One reason: big ag and big oil have been allowed to ignore the Clean Air Act. Now, residents are fighting back.

    • The Conservation System Alliance
      The Conservation System Alliance aims to protect the 26-million acre National Landscape Conservation System by making it permanent, well-funded, well-planned, and inclusive of the Bureau of Land Management's very best lands and waters.

    • Ecojuris
      Founded in 1991, Ecojuris is Russia's first public-interest environmental law firm. With a staff of eight attorneys, Ecojuris: analyzes and prepares recommendations on environmental laws and regulations; maintains a database of environmental legislation; consults with businesses and foreign investors on potential violations of environmental and land use laws; and conducts litigation.

    • Herring Alliance
      The Herring Alliance is a coalition of environmental and other public interest organizations dedicated to protecting and restoring marine wildlife populations and Northeastern U.S. marine ecosystems by reforming the Atlantic herring fishery.

    • Highway Robbery
      The Bush administration is conspiring with Utah and other states to allow the bulldozing and paving of potentially thousands of miles of new roads through national parks, national monuments, wilderness areas, and wildlife refuges.

    • The Irreplaceable: Wildlife in a Warming World
      A partnership of faith, science, justice, and art to educate policymakers and the public about the impacts of global warming on wildlife through the beauty and power of images combined with the inspiration and knowledge from science, religion, and conservation law.

    • Judging the Environment
      This joint project of Earthjustice and Community Rights Counsel conducts research to advise the environmental community and to educate the public on the importance of lifetime federal judicial nominees.

    • Save Our Environment
      A collaborative effort of the nation's most influential environmental advocacy organizations harnessing the power of the internet to increase public awareness and activism on today's most important environmental issues.

    • Save Our Wild Salmon
      200 years ago, Snake River wild salmon saved American explorers Lewis and Clark from certain starvation. Now these salmon balance on the edge of extinction themselves.

    • Sierra Legal Defence Fund
      Founded in 1990, the Sierra Legal Defence Fund is an independent, nonprofit, public-interest environmental law firm that provides free legal representation to other nonprofit environmental organizations in Canada. Earthjustice works with the Sierra Legal Defence Fund on transboundary issues and through its participation in AIDA.

    • Stop Mountaintop Removal
      Thousands of acres and hundreds of miles of streams and rivers are being permanently demolished while state and federal governments look the other way. The culture and history of Appalachia is disappearing with each mountaintop that is blown away. Mountaintop removal mining is the worst environmental disaster our country has ever known, and it's time this destructive mining practice ends!

    • Where We Live
      Public health is at serious risk nearly everywhere, from pollution that contaminates air, water, and food. This campaign helps people fight against injustice by providing free legal services to community groups and grassroots organizations worldwide.

 

Life Income Gifts

Charitable Gift Annuities

 

Charitable Gift Annuity Rates Are Going Down

The Board of the American Council on Gift Annuities recently announced a reduction in the recommended maximum gift annuity rates, effective July 1, 2008. The reduction varies from 0.2% to 0.8%, depending on the age(s) of the beneficiary(ies).

Gift annuities are a great way to support Earthjustice while receiving fixed income for life as well as a substantial income tax deduction and other tax benefits. If you have been considering a gift annuity you may wish to act quickly to take advantage of higher rates.

To learn more about charitable gift annuities to benefit you and/or loved ones, please contact the Planned Gifts program via our web form, phone at (800) 584-6460, or via email at legacy@earthjustice.org

Charitable Gift Annuities are our most popular planned gift. Gift annuities are safe and easy to arrange. Also, your income rate is locked in at the date of your gift. Annuities may be funded with cash or appreciated securities and may be set up to provide life income for you and/or another beneficiary.

Benefits of a charitable gift annuity include:

  • Guaranteed fixed income for life
  • Part of your income is tax-free
  • An immediate income tax deduction
  • Partial avoidance of capital gain tax if funded with appreciated securities

Example:
If you were to donate $10,000 of appreciated securities, with a cost basis of $4,000, at age 65, to establish a charitable gift annuity, you would:

  • Receive $600 a year, for life (6.0% annuity rate)
  • Be able to take an immediate income tax deduction of over $3,000
  • Avoid capital gain tax on almost $2,000 of the appreciation
  • Receive part of your annuity tax-free for your actuarial life expectancy
  • This example uses rates effective through June 30, 2008
  • Receive a higher annuity rate by deferring payments with a deferred gift annuity

Every gift is unique. Your benefits will vary with the timing of your gift.

 

 For further information on planned gifts, please contact the planned giving program using our web form, email Legacy@earthjustice.org, or  call 1-800-584-6460.

 

This information is for informational purposes only. Earthjustice is not in a position to offer financial or estate planning advice. We recommend reviewing any gift plan with your personal advisors.