Insurance

Gifts of Life Insurance

You can make a significant gift to Josh McDowell Ministry even without a large estate. Life insurance allows you to leverage your resources while providing an extraordinary gift to the Ministry.

You can donate your existing policy by making Josh McDowell Ministry the owner, and receive an income tax deduction. And you can receive an income tax deduction equal to the cash surrender value of the policy. You also may be able to use the cash value of your policy to fund a gift that delivers income, such as a deferred gift annuity.

There are two ways to give: 

  1. Josh McDowell Ministry as beneficiary: You can maintain ownership of your policy and name the Ministry as a beneficiary. This way you maintain the flexibility to change beneficiaries if your situation changes. 
  2. Josh McDowell Ministry as owner/beneficiary: You can donate your fully paid up policy to the Ministry. Gifts of policies that are not fully paid up will normally be cashed out by the Ministry, unless you’re willing to make future premium payments, which are tax deductible.

 

Please contact your life insurance administrator to complete an updated designation of beneficiary form. If you choose to name Josh McDowell Ministry as beneficiary of your life insurance policy, please share your plans with us. Your plans will remain confidential, and we will be able to ensure that when the time comes we understand and can abide by your intentions. Contact us so we can assist you through every step.

Josh McDowell

Founder

JMM Development Team

Shelley Komoszewski

Director of Advancement

Bill Daly

Senior Ministry Representative

Mark A. Brown

Senior Ministry Representative

plannedgiving@josh.org
469 722 1419

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Checks can be mailed to:
Josh McDowell Ministry
2001 W. Plano Parkway
Suite 2400
Plano TX 75075

Josh McDowell Ministry is a ministry of Cru (formerly, Campus Crusade for Christ, Inc.), a California non-profit corporation (tax identification # 95-6006173), located at 100 Lake Hart Drive, Orlando, Florida 32832.

DISCLAIMER
The purpose of this website is to provide general gift, estate, and financial planning information. Watch for tax revisions. State laws govern will, trusts, and charitable gifts made in a contractual agreement. Advice from legal counsel should be sought when considering these types of gifts.

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