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Why do we need your help?
TEAM’s administration expenses are less than 10 cents on every dollar! Though programs receive funding from a variety of sources, including federal and state funding, programs often face the challenges of the demand for services without any additional funding, and in some cases, funding reductions. Donations from the community help ensure TEAM can help everyone who walks through our doors.
How to Donate
There are several ways in which individuals, organizations or corporations can donate to TEAM to help support and continue the agency’s mission of helping those in need. You can donate by using the form to the left or clicking the “Donate” button on our website header. You can also send a check to TEAM at 30 Elizabeth Street, Derby CT 06418. If your donation is meant to support a certain program, please be sure to include that on the memo line.
Corporate Giving
TEAM welcomes both monetary and in-kind donations of any size. These donations can be designated as a general gift or to support the program of your choice. Corporate Partnerships can include goods and services (such as computers, children’s books, gift baskets for the elderly or toys for our Annual Toys 4 Kids drive) or employee volunteerism (such as income tax preparers for our Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, or moving food with TEAM’s Project MANNA).
Individual Giving
TEAM offers many opportunities for individuals to gift monetary donations, in-kind donations or donations of your time throughout the year. No gift is too small to support our mission and continue to improve the quality of life for members of our community.
You can also take advantage of outright or deferred planned giving options.
In 2010, TEAM’s President & CEO and Board of Directors established an endowment at the Valley Community Foundation to support TEAM in perpetuity. Individual contributions can be made the TEAM’s Richard K. Knoll Endowment Fund. These contributions are invested with the contributions of others to achieve a greater collective impact. Distributions from the fund are used to help with general operating and program related costs.
You can donate through the Valley Community Foundation or if you prefer, you can mail a check to TEAM at TEAM Inc. 30 Elizabeth Street Derby CT 06418. If you would like your donation designated to a particular program, please indicate that on the memo line.
Planned Giving
TEAM Legacy Society
TEAM has established the Legacy Society to celebrate and thank those individuals who share our mission and believe that TEAM should be around to serve our community in perpetuity. Should you choose to include TEAM in your will or other estate plans, we would be honored to know of your intentions and have you as a member of our Legacy Society.
Members of the Legacy Society will not only be recognized in our publications and on our web site, but will also receive a Legacy Society lapel pin.
Joining the Legacy Society requires two steps.
First, submit the Legacy Society Form informing us of your intentions to include TEAM in your bequest. Second, complete the Bequest Notification Form stating your confidential wishes of your bequest. The agreement is non-binding and does not constitute a legal promise of any future donation to TEAM.
Please send the completed forms to:
TEAM, Inc.
Attn: David Morgan
30 Elizabeth Street
Derby, CT 06418
These forms are also available at TEAM.
Leaving a gift is easy
Careful planning of your gift to TEAM can help maximize the benefits to both you and TEAM. Federal income, estate, and gift tax laws encourage individuals and their families to make gifts to charity by offering tax savings, credits, and deductions. There are many ways you can make a significant gift to TEAM and take advantage of these tax savings:
Deferred Gifts
Bequests from a will or trust are the most common way to leave a gift to TEAM. Some people set aside a certain dollar amount. Others leave a percentage of the estate or assets left over after providing for their family. TEAM can be made the beneficiary of 401K/IRA plans or insurance policies, or a Charitable Gift Annuity or a Charitable Remainder Trust can be designated to TEAM.
Outright Gifts
If you make an outright gift to TEAM of cash, appreciated securities, real estate, or personal property, and your total deductions exceed your maximum permitted federal deduction for one year, you can claim the excess as deductions on your federal tax returns in the 5 subsequent years.
Lastly… Thank you.
We are so pleased, through the Legacy Society, to recognize the people who are planning for gifts today that will provide significant benefits to TEAM in the future. Because of the generosity of people like you, TEAM will be able to continue to provide innovative, quality and caring program services today and tomorrow for individuals and families in need!
For more detailed information on how you can establish a planned gift, please visit the Valley Gives Back – our region’s community-wide planned giving resource for the Valley. Here, you will see simple explanations about how different planned gifts work, short videos, templates and tools to help start the conversation with your professional advisor. For more information and greater details about TEAM’s giving programs, please contact TEAM’s President and CEO, David Morgan at 203-736-5420 x1218.
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