Testamentary Charitable Remainder Unitrust - Help Family and Charity
A Testamentary Charitable Remainder Unitrust is a popular option that allows you to transfer your IRA or other assets at death to fund a term of years charitable remainder unitrust. This trust can be used to pay income first to your family for a number of years and then distribute the balance of the trust to The Ohio University Foundation.
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Benefits of a testamentary charitable remainder unitrust
- Use the full value of your unused retirement account to provide income to your surviving spouse and/or children or other loved ones for a specified period of time
- Create an estate tax deduction and savings from the charitable gift
- Support the mission of The Ohio University Foundation
How a testamentary charitable remainder unitrust works
- Create a testamentary charitable remainder unitrust.
- Complete an IRA or other retirement account beneficiary designation form, naming the charitable remainder unitrust as the beneficiary, and return the form to the account custodian.
- When you pass away, the custodian will transfer your retirement account to the charitable remainder unitrust.
- The charitable remainder unitrust will pay income to your spouse, children or other individual beneficiaries for their life, term of years or life plus term of years.
- At the conclusion of the payments, the balance of the trust will be transferred to The Ohio University Foundation for your designated purpose.
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