Please Note: Because tax laws are always changing and each family and individual situation is unique, De La Salle North Catholic High School encourages you to consult with your family and financial or legal advisors to determine which method of contribution is most beneficial to you. Whether you provide a gift today or tomorrow, we will gratefully accept gifts in various forms:

STOCK/SECURITIES
The easiest way to gift securities to De La Salle North Catholic is by instructing your broker to make an electronic transfer to De La Salle's stock broker. Please click on the information below and share with your broker to ensure that your gift transfer to De La Salle is in a timely and accurate manner.

GIFTS OF APPRECIATED PROPERTY OR SECURITIES
In most instances, highly appreciated propertly such as securities or real estate is deductible at their current fair market value. With a low basis, such gifts provide the donor with a large charitable deduction at low cost. Those who have such gifts in mind can simply deed over a home or farm to the school during their lifetime, continue to live in it the rest of their lives, and enjoy a sizable income tax deduction for making their gift. No money chanages hands, no moving trucks appear. It's the contributor's commitment to a good cause that earns the deduction. Please contact your stock broker or financial advisor for more information.

PLANNED GIVING: De La Salle's Legacy Society
Those who remember De La Salle in their wills, bequests and other estate gifts such as life insurance, annuities, remainder trusts, etc. are vital to preserving the future of De La Salle North Catholic High School.

Legacy Society memebers include those who have indicated in writing that they have made provisions for De La Salle North Catholic High School in their estate plans. Unless otherwise directed by the donor, estate gifts are placed in one of De La Salle's endowment funds where the principal is never spent. Instead, the funds earn interest, which provides income to De La Salle North Catholic High School in perpetuity, helping future generations

In addition to being a meaningful gift to De La Salle, "planned giving" helps to reduce or eliminate taxes on capital gains and federal estate taxes. Please check with your financial planner or accountant for more details on arranging for a planned gift, and the personal benefits associated with that charitable gift.

If you have made arrangements for a gift to De La Salle in your estate planning and wish to be listed as a member of the De La Salle Legacy Society, please contact the Development Office at (503) 285-9385 x 115, or email (thennessy@delasallenorth.org)

All Bequest Society members are also listed each year in De La Salle High Schools' Annual Report