Make a lasting investment in the future of
The Open Door & Your Community

Your planned gift ensures your legacy as a hunger fighter in Dakota County.

Continue your charitable giving while benefiting from potential significant tax savings. We offer multiple Planned Giving options. Learn more below on what fits best for you.

Concerned about how exactly to do it? We can make planned giving hassle-free. To learn more, simply contact Development Manager, Melissa Miller, at 651-888-05630 or melissa.miller@theopendoorpantry.org.

PLANNED GIVING at THE OPEN DOOR

Click here to download a Giving Letter of Intent

Wills and Bequests

Continue providing fresh and healthy food to families across Dakota County by leaving a bequest to The Open Door in your will or living trust.

Provide for your loved ones AND your community as you plan your legacy. Leave a set amount of cash from your estate to The Open Door.

You may also donate specific assets like life insurance, individual stock(s), or mutual funds.

Organization Legal Name: The Open Door
Address: 3000 Ames Crossing Road, Suite 100, Eagan, MN 55121
EIN: 27-0415900

For more information on Wills and Bequests, please contact Development Manager Melissa Miller at 651-888-05630 or melissa.miller@theopendoorpantry.org.

Download our Free Will Planning Guide

For estate planning advice, please contact your attorney, financial planner or accountant.

Beneficiary Designations

As you plan your legacy, you will likely name loved ones as beneficiaries on your accounts, assets, and insurance policies.

You also have the option of designating The Open Door as a beneficiary of select assets and continue to fight hunger across Dakota County.

Organization Legal Name: The Open Door
Address: 3000 Ames Crossing Road, Suite 100, Eagan, MN 55121
EIN: 27-0415900

Sample Bequest Language:

Bequest of cash: ” I bequeath the sum of $100,000 to The Open Door, 3000 Ames Crossing Road, Suite 100, Eagan, MN 55121, Tax Identification Number: 27-0415900.

Bequest of property: I bequeath [all of my interest in my home and real property located at 1 Main Street, Mytown, USA] [all shares of ABC stock owned by me at the time of my death] [my art collection] to The Open Door, 3000 Ames Crossing Road, Suite 100, Eagan, MN 55121, Tax Identification Number: 27-0415900.

Bequest of Portion of Estate: I devise and bequeath 20% of the remainder and residue of property owned at my death, whether real or personal, and wherever located to The Open Door, 3000 Ames Crossing Road, Suite 100, Eagan, MN 55121, Tax Identification Number: 27-0415900.

Contingent Bequest: “If my brother Atticus James survives me, I devise and bequeath 20% of the remainder and residue of property owned at my death, whether real or personal, and wherever located to Atticus James. If Atticus James does not survive me, then I devise and bequeath 20% of my residual estate, whether real or personal property, and wherever located to The Open Door, 3000 Ames Crossing Rd, Suite 100 Eagan, MN 55121, Tax Identification Number: 27-0415900.

For more information on Beneficiary Designations please contact Development Manager Melissa Miller at 651-888-05630 or melissa.miller@theopendoorpantry.org. For estate planning advice, please contact your attorney, financial planner or accountant.

Qualified Charitable Distributions (IRA Rollovers)

Donors who reach the required minimum distribution age of 72 (or 70½ if born before 7/1/1949) can experience tax benefits by donating via a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) from an existing IRA.

These QCD donations can be used to fulfill your Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) for the year, which may decrease your tax burden while furthering The Open Door’s mission.

Gifts of up to $100,000 total from your IRA(s) could potentially be made without being taxed via a QCD donation IRA gifts may not be deductible; however, they might increase your ability to make other deductible charitable gifts.

Charitable donations to The Open Door through your IRA may limit the increase to your taxable incomes even if you do not itemize deductions.

Organization Legal Name: The Open Door
Address: 3000 Ames Crossing Road, Suite 100, Eagan, MN 55121
EIN: 27-0415900

Fight Hunger with The Open Door while enjoying potential tax benefits! To learn more about a QCD gift contact Development Manager Melissa Miller at 651-888-05630 or melissa.miller@theopendoorpantry.org.

Download our IRA Distribution Form

For estate planning advice, please contact your attorney, financial planner or accountant.

Charitable Gift Annuities

A Charitable Gift Annuity (CGA) is a simple, tax-effective gift that mutually benefits you and the charitable organization of your choice.

When you make a charitable gift to fund a CGA, you receive an immediate tax-deduction on a portion of that gift. You then receive fixed payments every year for the duration of your life.

Your legacy lives on after your passing as the remaining balance of your gift goes to support The Open Door.

Organization Legal Name: The Open Door
Address: 3000 Ames Crossing Road, Suite 100, Eagan, MN 55121
EIN: 27-0415900

To learn more or discuss a CGA contact Development Manager Melissa Miller at 651-888-05630 or melissa.miller@theopendoorpantry.org. For estate planning advice, please contact your attorney, financial planner or accountant.

Stock Donations

Stock donation is an increasingly popular way to creatively fund the hunger relief work of The Open door. It is simple and also potentially beneficial from a tax standpoint.

Here are two primary tax benefits associated with giving stock that is held more than 12 months:

Potentially avoid paying capital gains tax on any increased value of your stock.
Potentially receive a tax deduction for the full fair market value of the stock on the date of the gift.

Organization Legal Name: The Open Door
Address: 3000 Ames Crossing Road, Suite 100 Eagan, MN 55121
EIN: 27-0415900

To learn more about Stock Donation giving contact Development Manager Melissa Miller at 651-888-05630 or melissa.miller@theopendoorpantry.org.

Download our Stock Donation Form

For estate planning advice, please contact your attorney, financial planner or accountant.

Donor Advised Funds

A Donor Advised Fund (DAF) is an increasingly popular charitable vehicle due to its favorable tax benefits. Part of the increased popularity comes from the flexibility to make multiple contributions to the DAF and control when distributions are made to The Open Door.

Did you know you can set up a monthly gift from your DAF? Contact us or your Donor Advised Fund administrator on how you can contribute monthly.

To make a gift to The Open Door via your Donor Advised Fund, please use the information included below.

Organization Legal Name: The Open Door
Address: 3000 Ames Crossing Road, Suite 100 Eagan, MN 55121
EIN: 27-0415900

To learn more about DAF giving contact Development Manager Melissa Miller at 651-888-05630 or melissa.miller@theopendoorpantry.org. For estate planning advice, please contact your attorney, financial planner or accountant.

Disclaimer

Information on this website is not intended as legal or tax advice. For information on how any gift may affect your tax situation, please consult with your own professional advisor, attorney, or accountant.

Planned Giving

Make a lasting investment in the future of The Open Door & Your Community

Your planned gift ensures your legacy as a hunger fighter in Dakota County.

Continue your charitable giving while benefiting from potential significant tax savings. We offer multiple Planned Giving options. Learn more below on what fits best for you.

Concerned about how exactly to do it? We can make planned giving hassle-free. To learn more, simply contact Development Manager, Melissa Miller, at 651-888-05630 or melissa.miller@theopendoorpantry.org.

PLANNED GIVING at THE OPEN DOOR

Sample Bequest Language:

Disclaimer

Make a lasting investment in the future of
The Open Door & Your Community