Frequently Asked Questions

How can I give today?

The GSGA Foundation accepts gifts in the form of cash, stock, life insurance policies, retirement assets (including donations via Required Minimum Distributions), Donor Advised Funds, Charitable Remainder Trusts, and Charitable Lead Trusts.

How can I give through my estate?

You may wish to contribute your giving after death to create a legacy through the GSGA Foundation. Naming the GSGA Foundation as a beneficiary under your will or trust enables you to continue your charitable intent while also providing for your loved ones.

The gift may be a specific dollar amount or a percentage of your assets at your death.

In addition to making a gift for the GSGA Foundation's unrestricted purposes, you have the option of limiting the gift for a specific purpose.

How do I include the GSGA Foundation in my living will or trust?

The most common way people remember the GSGA Foundation in a will or living trust is through a charitable bequest. You do not have to rewrite your current documents. You simply add an amendment, called a codicil, to your will or living trust. Here is some suggested language you can gave your attorney review:

"I give devise and bequeath to the Georgia State Golf Association Foundation (tax I.D. 58-1614105), located in Atlanta, Georgia, the sum of _____ dollars (...or state a percentage of your estate, or describe real or personal property, including exact location) for the benefit of its general purposes (or specify which program you wish to support)."

Your bequest is entirely under your control during life and becomes irrevocable at death.

How can I give through life insurance policies and retirement plans?

Naming the GSGA Foundation as a beneficiary to life insurance policies, retirement, bank, or investment accounts is a simple way to make a gift to support golf in Georgia.

By doing this, you will continue to use your account as you need to, and when it comes to settle your estate, your gift will reduce the burden of taxes on your family, and your estate will receive a tax charitable deduction.

To make this gift, contact the person who helps you with your account or insurance policy, such as your broker, banker, or insurance agent. Ask them to send you a new beneficiary designation form, complete it, and when your estate is settled, the account or insurance policy will be paid or transferred to the GSGA Foundation.

This gift is the most flexible gift. Even after you complete your form, you still control and can take distributions from your accounts. This is non-binding, so you can change your mind in the future for any reason, including if you have a loved one who needs your financial help.

What is next?

Once you have made your intentions known in your estate plans, please share with those who will be involved with your estate distribution.

With your gift or intended gift, we would like to recognize you as a member of our GSGA Foundation Play On! Society. Please fill out the Play On! Gift Intention Forms, so that we can be aware of your planned gift and include you in the Play On! Society.

The signed Play On! Gift Intention Forms are not a binding agreement or pledge. It does allow the GSGA Foundation to recognize your generous gift, to record the estimated gift value, and allow us to assist you with keeping your gift documents for future use.