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Watch informational and testimonial videos and read tax and charity advice on Planned Giving topics.
Tax and charity advice
What’s your philanthropic plan?
Six steps to help you create one
Discover your hidden potential to give
Setting philanthropic goals is a great way to get your affairs in order
Giving back to enrich your life
Desire alone shouldn’t be the sole force that drives a planned gift
Your charitable gift can offset estate taxes
How registered monies applied to a legacy gift go a long way
See the fruits of your generosity — today
A gift of shares is one of the most tax-effective forms of philanthropy
Demystifying charitable gift annuities
Learn about a planned giving vehicle that can benefit more Canadians and charities
The kind of gift that keeps giving
An endowment makes for a sustained impact
Unlock your potential to help others
How planned giving can enable donors to identify their legacy
Leave a legacy of generosity
Donors who support higher education improve society
How donors share common ground
From one of Concordia’s founding institutions to the Vancouver Art Gallery — philanthropists have similar motivation
What does giving say about your values?
Concordia engineering professor and donor Hugh McQueen was motivated by a cause
Lessons from Warren Buffett’s planned giving
How to derive the most satisfaction from what you give
Learn how designating registered monies — RRSPs or RRIFs — to a charity in your will can significantly reduce eventual estate taxes.
There are two ways to make a planned gift through life insurance — by either designating Concordia as the beneficiary of a policy or assigning ownership of the policy to Concordia.
Concordia’s planned giving team demystifies charitable gift annuities — a form of planned gift that guarantees fixed income to the donor.
These are the benefits to making a gift of shares, which include an exemption of the capital gains taxes and a donation receipt for the full value of the shares.
PODCAST: What’s your legacy?
Hear three experts discuss charitable giving, family values and ways to impact higher education: Me Troy McEachern, Estate and Trust Lawyer, Partner, Miller Thomson SENCRL; Me Silvia Ugolini, Principal Director, Concordia Planned Giving; Jennifer Gold, Associate Director, Concordia Planned Giving.