Making a charitable gift to the MCC Foundation is an important and personal decision. The satisfaction of giving comes from knowing that you are investing in the lives of individuals, as well as businesses and communities that benefit from an MCC education.
The information provided in our giving options may be useful, but you should not consider it legal or tax advice. You should contact your attorney, tax advisor or accountant for details.
Ways to give
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Please make check or money order gifts payable to: Metropolitan Community College Foundation
Mail contributions to the MCC Foundation at the following address:
Metropolitan Community College Foundation
3200 Broadway
Kansas City, MO 64111Please use our Gift Form (PDF) for mailed donations and/or pledges.
For actual cash gifts, please hand-deliver to the MCC Foundation at the address above.
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To make a contribution using your credit card, you may donate online. We accept Discover, MasterCard and Visa. If you prefer to make a contribution over the phone, please contact us at 816.604.1195.
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Matching gifts are company-donated contributions that match the contributions made by their employees, thereby doubling or tripling the value of the employee's gift.
To find out if your company participates in a matching gift program, contact your human resources or community relations department for a matching gift form. Then, send it along with your gift to the MCC Foundation.
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MCC employees are some of the MCC Foundation's most loyal donors. Signing up to make a one-time, biweekly or annual contribution through payroll deduction is easy! Just complete the Employee Contribution Form.
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Works of art, books, automobiles, equipment and furnishings are considered gifts of tangible personal property and feature attractive tax benefits. If you are interested in making a gift of personal property, please contact the MCC Foundation at 816.604.1195 for additional details.
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If you are interested in making a gift of appreciated land or other real estate to the MCC Foundation, please contact us at 816.604.1195. Gifts of property provide attractive tax benefits. You can avoid paying capital gains tax and in some cases, receive a tax deduction for the full value of the gift.
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Donors wishing to support MCC through a gift of life insurance will find numerous advantages. Contact the Foundation for assistance.
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Planned giving refers to the process of making a charitable gift of estate assets to a nonprofit organization. This requires consideration and planning in light of the donor's overall estate plan.
Making arrangements for planned gifts requires the assistance of a qualified professional advisor to complete. Because of the size and potential impact of such gifts, a donor should consult with an advisor before completing the process.
Contributions
The MCC Foundation gratefully accepts gifts and contributions that can be allocated across a wide variety of interests.
Other ways to give
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Donors often want to establish a named endowment in honor of their family or place of business. Regular endowments may be started with a first gift of $10,000.
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Relatives and friends often remember loved ones with contributions to memorial funds. This is particularly appropriate for those who have been associated with MCC or the MCC Foundation.
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Another way to benefit Metropolitan Community College is through an employer's matching gift program. Many employers will match any charitable contributions by their employees. If your company offers a matching gift, please fill out the form (PDF) and return it by mail, fax or email to the following:
MCC Foundation
3200 Broadway
Kansas City, MO 64111
Fax: 816.759.1408
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A special gift may be made to the Foundation to commemorate a special event in one's life or the life of another. This act of giving is an extremely thoughtful way of noting a special occasion and remembering the needs of the college.
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All of the Foundation's special events and campaigns provide individual and corporate sponsorship opportunities. Sponsorships will offer a variety of ways underwriters and donors can be recognized.
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Estate gifts provide an excellent opportunity for people to remember the College. Donors can take advantage of various estate-planning opportunities ranging from bequests to life-income gifts. Click here to learn more about making a planned gift and becoming a member of the MCC Legacy Society.
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Employees may sign up to make donations through payroll deduction (PDF).
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An in-kind donation is a gift of goods and services. In-kind goods and services are typically goods and services that your organization would have to otherwise buy if they hadn't been donated. The value of the donated supplies or services may be recorded as the amount that your organization would have to pay for similar items.
The MCC Legacy Society
The lasting impact of bequests -- both large and small -- have helped shape MCC today. For many alumni and friends of MCC, a charitable bequest is the easiest and best way to make a gift to the College. By means of your will or other estate plan, you can name MCC as the beneficiary of a portion of your estate, or of particular assets in your estate. Many of the most powerful gifts with an enduring impact have been bequests.
There are many reasons to make a bequest. A bequest allows you to honor a loved one while providing critical support to the College through a scholarship fund, or another fund underwriting research and teaching.
Giving by bequest costs nothing now, yet it may give you a great deal of satisfaction to know that your future gift will live on.
Types of bequests
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MCC receives a specific dollar amount from your estate.
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MCC receives specific assets, such as securities, real estate or tangible personal property (for example, works of art or antiques).
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MCC receives all or a percentage of the remainder of your estate after the payment of any specific bequests and expenses.
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MCC is designated as a beneficiary of the remainder of your IRA or qualified pension or profit-sharing plan.
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You can establish an MCC-managed trust or annuity through a bequest. This enables you to arrange for a tax-wise gift to pay income to your spouse, children or other beneficiaries for life or a term of years, after which the assets pass to MCC.
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A lead trust can be established through a bequest. MCC receives income for a term of years from the trust, after which the assets pass to your beneficiaries, often at a much-reduced tax cost.
Membership
The Legacy Society recognizes those donors who are honoring Metropolitan Community College in their final wishes. They have strong ties to the College and want their legacy to continue. Legacy Society members have an everlasting impact on students who attend MCC. There are no levels in the Legacy Society. Membership belongs to people who provide required documentation to the MCC Foundation of a planned gift, including:
- Provision in their will or revocable trust
- Life income gift (charitable gift annuity, charitable remainder trust or charitable lead trust)
- Retirement plan
- Life insurance policy beneficiary designation
- Life estate gift (remainder interest in real property)
We can assist you with a customized proposal that looks at which planned gift best meets your philanthropic and financial goals. If you are planning to designate MCC in your will, our official bequest language is:
"I, [name], of [city, state, ZIP], give, devise and bequeath to the Metropolitan Community College Foundation, Federal Tax ID # 51-0181875, [written amount or percentage of the estate or description of property] for its unrestricted use and purpose."
Recognition is up to you whether you prefer publicity, invitations to events or wish to remain anonymous.
Establishing an annual or endowed scholarship
Do you want to make a difference in someone's life? Prepare Kansas City's future workforce? Support a Metropolitan Community College scholar! You can fund a scholarship in your name, the name of your business or in honor or memory of a loved one.
Frequently asked questions
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Please make your check payable to Metropolitan Community College Foundation.
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Mail contributions to the MCC Foundation at the following address:
Metropolitan Community College Foundation
3200 Broadway
Kansas City, MO 64111Please use our Gift Form (PDF) for mailed donations and/or pledges.
For actual cash gifts, please hand-deliver to the MCC Foundation at the address above.
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The Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization as determined and defined by the IRS. It is structurally separate from the College. Metropolitan Community College Foundation's taxpayer identification number is 51-0181875. The MCC Foundation exists solely for MCC's benefit, serving as the preferred channel for private gifts to all areas of the College. All gifts to the Foundation qualify for the maximum allowable deduction under the law. Donors should consult their tax advisor to determine the tax deductibility of any gift as it relates to their situation.
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Matching gifts are company-donated contributions that match the contributions made by their employees, thereby doubling or tripling the value of the initial gift. To find out if your company participates in a matching gift program, contact your human resources or community relations department for a matching gift form. Then send it along with your gift to the Foundation.
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In Honor of
Simply send the gift to the MCC Foundation along with a note telling us who you are honoring and the occasion, if there is one, for which he or she is being honored. Include the person's name, address and phone number as well as yours so we can properly acknowledge the gift. If you're having trouble finding the perfect gift for someone special, consider a gift to the MCC Foundation. We often receive gifts in honor of a birthday, anniversary or retirement.
In Memory of
If it is a memorial gift, please send us the name of the deceased, date of death and the name of the family member to whom notice of this gift should be sent. We are happy to acknowledge gifts made in honor or memory of individuals. If you send us names and addresses, we'd be happy to send an acknowledgment of the gift to the honoree or family. No mention of the dollar amount of the gift will be made.
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If you are interested in making a gift of securities to the MCC Foundation, please contact the Foundation at 816.604.1195 or mcc.foundation@mcckc.edu.