Join the Leadership Circle
by making an annual contribution of $1,000 or more

Some of the benefits include:

• Receipt of the quarterly insider mailing
  
  
• Invitations to insider events, including the Roger N. Baldwin Medal of Liberty Award Ceremony
  
  
• An acknowledgement in our annual report
  
  
• Gifts of $5,000 and above entitle the donor to receive invitations to breakfast briefings with human rights activists, invitations to LCHR lobby day in Washington, and the chance to participate in quarterly conference call briefings with Lawyers Committee leadership.
  
  
• Gifts of $10,000 and up merit invitations to private dinners with key human rights leaders and personal briefings by key Lawyers Committee staff on issues of interest.

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To make a gift of stock to the Lawyers Committee, call:

Ms. Sandy Smith
M.J. Whitman, LLC
(212) 888-2290

Sandy will arrange for a wire transfer, which is the most common and efficient way to make a gift of stock.

Please note: In addition to supporting the Lawyers Committee, a gift of securities can provide the donor with added tax advantages. For example, if you are in the 39.6 percent tax bracket and make a $10,000 cash gift to the Lawyers Committee, you would realize a tax savings of $3,960. But if you make that same gift of $10,000 with appreciated stock, for which you paid only $2,000 some years ago, then you would realize a tax savings of $5,560 (the $3,960 plus a savings on capital gains taxes of $1,600, assuming a 20 percent tax on the appreciation of $8,000).

Thank you for considering including the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights in your estate plans. It is a wonderful way to help ensure the organization’s future, and it is easy to carry out. A charitable bequest for the Lawyers Committee may be included in your will when it is written or revised. You may also add a bequest through a codicil, a separate document consisting of an amendment to an existing will. All charitable bequests are fully deductible from your gross estate.

The following examples are meant to illustrate a variety of bequest techniques. You should consult an attorney to adapt this language to your individual circumstances as part of an overall estate plan.

A specific bequest is a gift of a particular dollar amount or a particular piece of property.

For example: I bequeath (dollar amount or description of property) to the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (or its successor).

A residuary bequest is a gift of all or part of the property remaining in your estate after debts, expenses, and specific bequests have been paid. When you use a percentage instead of a specific amount, your gift will stay relatively the same in proportion to your entire estate, regardless of unexpected increases or decreases in its value.

For example: I give, bequeath, and devise (all, or XX percent of) the rest, residue, and remainder of the property, both real and personal, wherever situated, which I may own or be entitled to at my death, to the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (or its successor).

A contingent bequest is a gift that takes effect only if the primary beneficiary or beneficiaries of the bequest predecease you.

For example: If neither my husband nor any descendants of mine survive me, then I give, bequeath, and devise all the rest, residue, and remainder of the property, both real and personal, wherever situated, which I may own or be entitled to at my death, to the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (or its successor).

Life Insurance

If you own a life insurance policy that is no longer needed for the protection of your family or for other purposes, you may use it to make a gift to the Lawyers Committee. The simplest way is to make the Lawyers Committee both owner and irrevocable beneficiary of the policy, which would entitle you to an income tax deduction based on either the total value of the premiums paid, or the cash surrender value, whichever is less. An alternative is to name the Lawyers Committee beneficiary of a policy you receive through your place of employment.

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