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  • Sample Annuity Rates
    (Rates effective February 1, 2009)

    •  Age at Gift

       Age At Payment Start

       Annuity Rate

       55

       60

       6.1%

       57

       60

       5.6%

       60

       65

       6.5%

 

  • 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.

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

    • 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.

    • 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.

 

Life Income Gifts

Deferred Charitable Gift Annuities

 

Deferred annuities are a form of charitable gift annuity that provide income starting at a future date of the your choice. Deferred annuities are safe since your rate is locked in on the date of your gift and is backed by all of our assets, not just the annuity reserve.

In addition to the benefits of a current annuity, a deferred annuity offers:

  • Higher fixed income rates
  • Larger income tax deductions

Example:
If you were to donate $10,000 of appreciated securities, with a cost basis of $4,000, at age 60, to establish a deferred gift annuity that would begin payments when you reached 65, you would:

  • Receive $650 a year, for life (6.5% annuity rate)
  • Be able to take an immediate income tax deduction of more than $3,700
  • Avoid capital gain tax on almost $2,300 of the appreciation
  • Receive part of your annuity tax-free for your actuarial life expectancy
  • This example uses rates effective February 1, 2009

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.