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Planned Giving is a Win-Win Situation

If you are interested in developing a personalized gift plan and want to discover which gift options are right for you, follow ORT’s Gift Guide. 

de Gunzbourg Society:  Earn income for life, avoid capital gains tax, receive current income tax deductions, become part of the elite de Gunzbourg Society and best of all, ensure an ORT education for generations yet to come. View our Scroll of Life Eternal to see the names of dearly departed members and friends who during their lifetimes made arrangements to leave a bequest to ORT America. Currently more than 1,100 members of ORT America have included us in their estate plans, thereby ensuring the continuity and expansion of ORT programs for many generations to come.  Please visit our de Gunzbourg Society page to see a list of current members and to learn more about this very special society.

Planned Giving Options: ORT America, Inc. offers several planned giving options that can be tailored to your individual goals:

  • Bequest: Defer your gift until after your lifetime.
  • Gift Annuity: Earn partially tax-free income for life at a return rate of up to 9.5%.

If you are interested in discussing any of ORT America's Planned Giving opportunities, please contact Senior Director of Planned Giving Hugh Williams at 800.519.2678, ext. 226, or e-mail plannedgiving@ortamerica.org. Not sure which planned giving option is right for you? Click here to follow ORT’s Gift Guide. 
 

This information was prepared as an educational service and is not intended as legal, tax or financial advice. Donors should obtain legal, tax and financial opinions from their own professional advisors.

  

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YOUR DOLLARS AT WORK
Have you ever wondered how your dollars translate into the good, services and help ORT provides students around the world? Here are only some of the ways that generosity like yours supports the ORT programs and helps the over 300,000 students and beneficiaries in over 60 countries each year become productive citizens and lead their families and communities forward.
  • $75 helps ORT provide the latest technologies to schools so students are prepared to enter today's job market and pursue fulfilling careers.
  • $150 covers the cost of textbooks and school supplies for a student for one year.
  • $250 helps an e-learning center bring students from St. Petersburg or Haifa together with students Prague or Santiago to learn and interact.
  • $550 supports one Student at Risk by providing essential needs such as books, school supplies, hot meals, clothing and transportation vouchers to an economically disadvantaged student for a year.
  • $1,000 covers the cost of a computer and related software so an economically disadvantaged ORT student in Israel can keep up with school assignments.
  • $1,800 trains teachers in Israel for one semester on the use of new science and technology labs as well as their applications.
  • $2,500 supports tuition for one child to attend ORT Renzo Levi, the only Jewish day school in Rome.
  • $5,000 covers the cost of a five-year scholarship for one Jewish student to attend ORT Uruguay University.
  • $10,000 covers the cost for an entire grade of student participation in extracurricular programs, such as school trips, after school programs, and art and theater projects.
  • $18,000 covers the cost of an after school program in math, physics and chemistry.
  • $100,000 funds the installation of a state of the art computer lab in Israel, Argentina or the former Soviet Union.

 

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