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Welcome to The LCMS Foundation Gift Planning Homepage
 Your district Gift Planning Counselor is a fellow Lutheran who shares your love for the Lord and understands your desire to help spread the Gospel. Your counselor is an experienced professional who can assist you with the Transfer of Blessings to family, heirs, and ministry. When you ask for the counselor's assistance you can expect:
· Convenient meeting time and place
· No charge for your counselor's services
· Counseling on organizing an estate Lifetime Plan for Giving
· Complete confidentiality
Counselors share a variety of choices that you may have in developing gift plans, such as Christian preambles, gift annuities and donor-advised funds. They will also give a general overview of other planning techniques like wills, living trusts, and credit shelter trusts.
Having a completed Gift Plan gives you peace of mind knowing that your wishes for the gifts God has entrusted to you are fulfilled.
New!!! Click here to locate and contact a counselor on our interactive map.
For Congregations and Ministry Organizations
The LCMS Foundation gift planning counselors also assist congregations and ministry organizations with establishing, promoting, growing, and managing ministry endowment funds.
Click here to download our free Ministry Endowment Funding booklet (Adobe Acrobat required).
LCMS Foundation Donor Stories
Many of the stories feature actual LCMS donor stories, while other stories are fictional to be used for illustrative purposes only.
Please contact The LCMS Foundation or your gift planning counselor for more information.
 | Bequests
Joe and Anna have been faithful supporters of LCMS Foundation. They believe it is important to support and encourage their mission. More on Bequests >>. |
 | Tax-Free Sale
Gene and Carol White were age 55 when they purchased some development land outside of town. They thought it would be a good investment that they could later sell for a higher price. They have owned the property for 10 years and now would like to sell. More on Tax-Free Sale >>. |
Steps to Wise Giving
There are several steps to help you make wise and prudent gifts. These pages are here to help you learn how gift planning ideas can be of personal benefit. Let us suggest a few steps that would help you in that process.
Terry Gerdts
Senior Vice President of Gift Planning Services
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Thanks very much for visiting us! I would be very pleased to help you. Simply click here to email me at your convenience.
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Professional Advisors
We also have a complete tax update service for CPAs, attorneys, CLUs, CFPs, ChFCs, trust officers and other professional friends. The GiftLaw services are made available to all advisors as a free service. We also are always available to assist in helping you provide clients with clear and understandable gift illustrations. If you would like assistance with a gift illustration, please contact Gift.Processing@lcms.org.
If you are a professional advisor, you may take the following steps on this site.
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