Planned & Legacy Gifts
Planned and legacy gifts are expressions of Conscious Giving — commitments born from gratitude for life and a desire to keep love present for those who will come after us.
When you include the Center for Conscious Living & Dying in your future plans, you help guarantee that no one will face the end of life without compassion, presence, and community.
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Your foresight ensures that the Sanctuary, our teaching programs, and our circle of volunteers will remain steady beacons for years ahead.
Legacy Gifts -- Sustaining Love Beyond a Lifetime
A legacy gift allows you to extend your values far into the future. By remembering CCLD in your will, trust, or as a beneficiary on an account, you ensure that conscious living and dying remain possible for all.
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Such gifts, given with intention while you are living, affirm that your treasure will nurture meaningful work — care for the dying, support for grieving hearts, and education for those seeking to serve.
Why leave a legacy?
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Ensure that compassionate, no-cost care remains available to future families.
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Sustain grief support, education, and the global conscious-dying movement.
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Reflect your deepest values in a lasting way.
You may add CCLD to your will or trust, or name us as a beneficiary on a bank, investment, or retirement account. Please contact our Director of Development, Courtney Smith at 828-329-0823 or email giving@ccld.community to let us know about your plans so we can honor your vision with gratitude.
Gifts from Established Accounts & Donor-Advised Funds
Family trusts, foundations, and donor-advised funds offer flexible ways to invest in CCLD’s mission with existing philanthropic accounts.
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These gifts can sustain current programs or underwrite special projects that align with your heart.
Contact us at giving@ccld.community with questions or details to make your donation.
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CCLD is a Registered 501c3 nonprofit. Tax ID number: 87-3657907
Gifts from Established Accounts & Donor-Advised Funds
Family trusts, foundations, and donor-advised funds offer flexible ways to invest in CCLD’s mission with existing philanthropic accounts.
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These gifts can sustain current programs or underwrite special projects that align with your heart.
Contact us at giving@ccld.community with questions or details to make your donation.
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CCLD is a Registered 501c3 nonprofit. Tax ID number: 87-3657907
IRA Charitable Distributions (Qualified Charitable Distributions)
You can make a gift from your IRA at any age. If you’re 70½ or older, you can share your abundance directly from your IRA — up to $105,000 per year — without paying income tax on the transfer.
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Why choose this way to give?
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See your generosity at work right away.
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Pay no income tax on the distribution, even if you don’t itemize.
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Your gift can count toward your required minimum distribution.
To make an IRA gift, please ask your plan administrator to send the distribution directly to:
CCLD, PO Box 348, Swannanoa, NC 28778
Tax ID #87-3657907
Please email us at giving@ccld.community to notify us of the incoming gift so we can watch for it and credit you appropriately.
IRA Charitable Distributions (Qualified Charitable Distributions)
You can make a gift from your IRA at any age. If you’re 70½ or older, you can share your abundance directly from your IRA — up to $105,000 per year — without paying income tax on the transfer.
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Why choose this way to give?
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See your generosity at work right away.
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Pay no income tax on the distribution, even if you don’t itemize.
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Your gift can count toward your required minimum distribution.
To make an IRA gift, please ask your plan administrator to send the distribution directly to:
CCLD, PO Box 348, Swannanoa, NC 28778
Tax ID #87-3657907
Please email us at giving@ccld.community to notify us of the incoming gift so we can watch for it and credit you appropriately.
Create an Endowment Fund
An endowment fund supports the long term health of CCLD, providing stable assets that continue to deliver investment income over time.
Creating a fund involves a gift of $100,000 or more, which can be made immediately or over two to five years.
Contact Courtney Smith, Director of Development at 828-329-0823 or giving@ccld.community to discuss your ideas and goals. We would be pleased to work with you.
Our Gratitude
Planned and legacy gifts are not only financial arrangements; they are declarations of love and vision.
By placing CCLD in your plans, you say yes to a future where community, care, and loving presence encircle every person at life’s threshold.
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Thank you for entrusting us with your hope and for sustaining the promise that no one will die without love.
