The Lord's Acre

 Dear Friends of Comeca,

Thank you for your interest in Comeca’s Ministry.  Through the generosity of people just like you who choose to partner with us, Comeca is able to make real differences in real lives.  In my years at Comeca, I’ve come to see that those changed lives have a big, positive impact on our world.  Many campers and counselors make decisions at camp to live the rest of their lives in service to Christ.  The spirituality of Comeca has a lifelong effect on people’s lives.  Thank you for being a part of it. 

Mike Mook
Director, Camp Comeca United Methodist Camp and Retreat Center

Planned Giving Guide for Comeca Camp and Retreat Center
Your Goal	Your Gift	How to Make Gift	Your Benefits	What to do today?
Make a quick and simple gift	Outright gift	Donate cash, securities, or personal property	Income tax deduction; avoidance of any capital gains tax
Defer a gift until after your lifetime	Bequest in will	Name Comeca in your will	A donation exempt from federal estate taxes	Call Us!
Make a large gift with little cost to yourself	Life insurance gift	Give an old or new policy with Comeca named as beneficiary	Current income tax deduction; possible future deductions	Call Us!
Avoid the twofold taxation on retirement plan assets	Retirement plan gift	Name Comeca as beneficiary of all or part of the remaining assets after your lifetime	Avoidance of heavily taxed gift to heirs	Call Us!
Avoid capital gains tax on the sale of a home or other real estate	Real estate gift	Donate the property or sell it at a bargain price	Immediate income tax deduction and avoidance of capital gains tax	Call Us!
Give your personal residence or farm, but continue to live there	Retained life estate	Designate the ownership of your home to your favored cause, but retain occupancy	Charitable income tax deduction and lifetime use of home	Call Us!
Secure a fixed and often improved income	Charitable remainder annuity trust	Create a charitable trust that pays you a set income annually	Immediate income tax deduction and fixed income for life	Call Us!
Create a hedge against inflation over the long term	Charitable remainder unitrust	Create a trust that pays a percentage of the trust's assets, valued annually	Immediate income tax deduction, annual income for life that has potential to increase	Call Us!
Supplement income with fixed annual payments	Charitable gift annuity	Enter into a contract that pays you fixed payments annually	Current and future savings on income taxes; fixed payments for life	Call Us!
Reduce gift and estate taxes on assets passing on to heirs	Charitable lead trust	Create a trust that pays a fixed or variable income Comeca for a set term and then passes to heirs	Reduced size of taxable estate; keeps property in family, often with reduced gift taxes	Call Us!
Make a gift that allows flexibility and your input on how funds will be used	Donor-advised fund	Create an agreement where the Foundation manages assets, you suggest beneficiaries	Immediate income tax deduction, option to provide input on how funds will be used	Call Us!