Giving a donation in someone’s honor can be a very special gift. When you make a tribute donation to CDEL, be assured that your donation will go to work for CDEL and its programs.

If you would like to make a donation on behalf of someone, CDEL’s staff would be honored to accept the donation as well as share your generous contribution in a message with whoever you like.

Please consider making a tribute or memorial contribution to CDEL here: using our CDEL Donation Form:

CDEL Tribute Donation Form

A charitable annuity gift helps to sustain CDEL’s work and to benefit your loved ones. CDEL would receive a regular payment, or annuity, based on the value of assets transferred to the annuity for a period not to exceed 20 years. At the end of the annuity period, your designated beneficiaries would receive the remaining assets. Depending on the terms of the annuity, the donor may be entitled to either a charitable income or estate tax deduction.

If you are interested in pursuing this option with CDEL, please email: info@cdelaw.org with the subject line “CDEL Charitable Remainder Gift”.

Giving publicly-traded stock to CDEL is another way to make a sizable gift and receive tax benefits. By donating the stock directly to CDEL, there are no capital gains tax to pay. Plus, you are still eligible to deduct the full fair-market value of the asset you donated from your income taxes, based on the value of the date of transfer, up to the overall amount allowed by the IRS.

If you are interested in gifting publicly- traded stock to CDEL, please reach out to CDEL at info@cdelaw.org with the subject line “CDEL Publicly Traded Stock Gift” to discuss your gift.

If you don’t have the resources to establish a private family foundation, creating a donor-advised fund through a financial institution can be the next best thing. Donate cash, public and private stock, even cryptocurrency into a donor-advised fund and direct the proceeds to the charities of your choice. This fund can provide more immediate income tax deductions as well as potentially reduce your capital gains taxes and estate taxes.

Do you have a life insurance policy that you purchased for a need that no longer exists? Consider giving the policy to CDEL. Donating a life insurance policy allows you to make a transformative gift because CDEL will receive the entire face amount of the policy upon the death of the insured. For upper-income taxpayers, the gift can help lower estate taxes.

The donor can name the Organization as the beneficiary of their retirement account, which would pass to the Organization at the donor’s death without first incurring income tax, allowing for a larger gift. During life, the donor may also withdraw and gift funds from the retirement account or gift their required minimum distribution. These funds would be subject to income tax, but the donor may receive a charitable income tax deduction.

If you are interested in gifting retirement assets to CDEL, please reach out to CDEL at info@cdelaw.org with the subject line “CDEL Retirement Assets” to discuss your gift.

Use our Amazon Smile account anytime you shop with Amazon.

Start at https://smile.amazon.com and then type in "Center for Disability & Elder Law". CDEL will receive a portion of your purchase every time you shop with Amazon. It’s that easy!

Mail your donation (check) to our office:

Center for Disability and Elder Law, Inc.
205 West Randolph, Suite 1610
Chicago, IL 60606