As a steward of the Lord's gifts entrusted to you, now is the time to plan for the distribution of your assets after your death. Ask yourself these questions:

• What plans have I made to distribute my assets after I'm gone?
• Will my children receive more than is good for them?
• Does my estate plan include a gift to Home Missions and other charities?
• Will the IRS or Revenue Canada be the single largest beneficiary of my estate? (They could be, unless you legally direct part of your estate to government approved charitable organizations.)

Do you have retirement accounts? If so, you should know that tax deferred accounts such as IRAs, 401ks, 403bs, and others are only income tax deferred, not tax forgiven. Leaving these balances to your children will present a significant income tax burden. If, however, they are left to a charity such as Home Missions, the full value of the gift without income taxes assessed can be passed on to Home Missions.

Lifetime Planned Gifts: Home Missions gladly receives planned gifts. You can fund current mission efforts and provide a lifetime consistent income for yourselves through the prudent purchase of a Charitable Gift Annuity with Home Missions, using cash, stock, or property. You can name Home Missions as a beneficiary as part of your will or estate planning. It may be that you are interested in some other method of distribution of your assets now or in the future.

Home Missions partners with the Barnabas Foundation in the USA and Christian Stewardship Services in Canada, both of which have professionals on staff covering all of North America. These professionals serve you at no cost to you and can provide advice so that you can accomplish your wishes through your estate plan, no matter how complex your circumstances.

Gift Acceptance: Home Missions accepts current gifts of cash, transfer of stock, and, with prior agreement, gifts of real property.

Gifts of Stock: Can easily be transferred electronically directly to our stockbroker:

Stifel Nicolaus & Company, Inc.
2100 Raybrook, SE, Suite 200
Grand Rapids, MI 49546

The DTC# of the brokerage is 0793, and the Home Missions account number is #2182-6851. The name on the account is Christian Reformed Board of Home Missions .

Note: Please tell us if you transfer stock to Home Missions . Electronic transfers do not always include the name of the donor.
Our legal name. If you or your estate planning professional wishes to know the formal name of what is commonly known as Christian Reformed Home Missions , please refer to the following:

In the USA:
Christian Reformed Church
Board of Home Missions
2850 Kalamazoo Ave. SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49560
Voice: 616-224-0768
IRS Tax Exempt 501c3 number: 38-1532469

In Canada:
Christian Reformed Board of Home Missions of Canada
3475 Mainway
P.O. Box 5070
Burlington, ON L7R 3Y8
Voice: 905-336-2920
Revenue Canada business tax exempt number: 10691 9640 RR0001

Thank you for remembering Christian Reformed Home Missions in your will.