Major Gifts & Planned Giving

With a gift to Goodwill, you help people with disabilities get the training they need in order to become self-supporting. Your donation provides the vehicle that allows hundreds of individuals each year, who were never given the encouragement or the chance, an opportunity to give themselves and their families a better life. Please contact our Marketing Department or email our CEO for more information. We are happy to provide you with a receipt for tax purposes.

ITEMS OR CASH DONATIONS OVER $500.00


If you plan to make a contribution of cash, real estate, stocks and bonds, or other significant assets or would like to include Goodwill in your estate, we request that you call (888-446-6394)or email our CEO
or Marketing Director. These types of donations are only accepted at our corporate offices. Cash donations are also accepted online at https://eservices.goodwill.org/donate/index.cfm


If you plan to donate antiques, jewelry, furniture or collectible items with an individual value of $500 or more, please contact our Marketing Department at 1-888-446-6394 (within San Diego County) or email us. If you have had the items appraised, we would appreciate a copy.

We can assure you that your generous donation will be displayed and sold at a price higher than the norm in our stores. It will be placed in a venue that will allow Goodwill to maximize the return on your generous donation outside of our regular retail stores. Goodwill operates specialty boutique departments in our retail stores and we also have an e-bay online store for unique collectible items. To visit: Goodwill's Ebay Store.

MOTOR VEHICLES
COMPUTERS

REAL ESTATE


We would be pleased to consider the donation of unrestricted gifts of unencumbered real estate. Please email our CEO or Marketing Director or call us at 888-446-6394 to discuss the possibilities.

STOCKS & BONDS


We are happy to accept the donation of stocks and bonds. Please email our CEO or Marketing Director or call us at 888-446-6394 to discuss the transfer.

HONORARIUMS


A gift to Goodwill is a very satisfying way to recognize the celebration of a birthday, anniversary or other special occasion - particularly for those that "have everything". Upon receipt of your donation, we'll send a card to your friend or relative acknowledging your gift on their behalf, and provide you with a receipt for tax purposes. Please email our CEO or Marketing Director or call us at 888-446-6394.

MEMORIAL DONATIONS


Consider honoring the memory of a friend or relative by making a contribution to Goodwill in the form of a memorial gift. More and more individuals ask that friends and relatives make a contribution to a charitable organization that the deceased has supported during his or her lifetime instead of sending flowers. Examples of memorial gifts are endless - many organizations can attribute buildings, equipment, endowment funds, and a multitude of services to gifts made in memory of loved ones. We will be glad to assist you in choosing an appropriate commemoration for our gift in honor of someone special to you. Please email our CEO or Marketing Director or call us at 888-446-6394.

PLANNED GIVING


Sound financial planning may allow you to include charitable giving in your long-range plans without sacrificing your economic security. With the assistance of your financial planner, tax advisor, and Goodwill's board of directors, your charitable gift to Goodwill may enable you to:
  • Increase cash flow from low-yielding investments or other property that has appreciated in value
  • Enjoy welcome tax savings
  • Add to your retirement income
  • Manage your assets for a surviving spouse or other loved ones


We would be happy to discuss Endowments, Charitable Bequests, and many other ways that a donation to Goodwill could enhance your financial plans today and for the future. We have listed below some possibilities for you to consider. We suggest that you speak with your financial planner, and tax advisor for more details on the benefits that you will gain by using one of these vehicles to donate to Goodwill. Please email our CEO or Marketing Director or call us at 888-446-6394.

CHARITABLE BEQUEST


With your attorney, you revise your will or add an amendment to make a gift of a dollar amount, specific property, a percentage of your estate, or what is left after your beneficiaries have been taken care of.

REVOCABLE LIVING TRUSTS


If you have established a revocable living trust to pass your property to loved ones while minimizing probate costs, you can also provide that at the termination of your trust a portion of the assets in the trust be used for charitable purposes that you designate.

CHARITABLE LEAD TRUST


This transfers the specified assets to a trust that pays income to a charity for a specified number of years. At the end of the trust, the assets are returned to you or your beneficiaries.

LIFE ESTATE ARRANGEMENT


This allows you to make a gift of your home to a charitable organization now but retain the security of knowing you may live there as long as you wish. There are also annual tax benefits to this arrangement. You continue to take care of the property, pay the taxes, and receive any income it generates. When you are deceased, the property legally becomes the responsibility of the charity and does not pass through your estate.

LIFE INSURANCE GIFTS


A simple way to make a significant gift in the future is to name a charitable beneficiary to receive all or a portion of the proceeds of a policy no longer needed for its original purpose. Another way is to purchase a new policy naming the charity as a beneficiary or co-beneficiary.