Real Estate Gifts Worth Pursuing Now More Than Ever
BY DENNIS BIDWELL, SAVING LAND, LAND TRUST ALLIANCE, Winter 2010
Real Estate Gifts: Why, and How, to Pursue Their Largely Untapped Potential in Difficult Economic Times
BY DENNIS BIDWELL, PLANNED GIVING DESIGN CENTER, May, 2009
Handing over the Keys
BOSTON GLOBE SUNDAY MAGAZINE, March 22, 2009
Converting Real Estate Wealth to Gifts – Opportunities and Challenges
BY DENNIS BIDWELL AND BRYAN CLONTZ, JOURNAL OF GIFT PLANNING, October, 2008
Charitable Gifts of Real Estate – Findings from a National Survey
BY DENNIS BIDWELL, JOURNAL OF GIFT PLANNING, October, 2008
Making the Right Real Estate Gifts Happen
BY DENNIS BIDWELL, PGCALC CALC-U-LETTER, August, 2008
Real Estate Gifts: Trends, Recent Experience, and Recommendations
BY DENNIS P. BIDWELL, PLANNED GIVING TODAY, January, 2006
Giving Where You Live (In These Cases, Literally)
THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 15, 2004
‘Ever thought about donating your house?’
Donors, estate planners abuzz about property offerings.
BOSTON BUSINESS JOURNAL, April 18, 2003
Real estate donations gain ground
THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, September 22, 2003
Giving It Away: Donations of Property Hot Item for Nonprofits
THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, Sunday, July 6, 2003
Real Estate Gifts: An Important Component of Campaigns in Challenging Economic Times
BY DENNIS BIDWELL
Increasing the Quantity and Quality of Real Estate Gifts to Your Organization
BY DENNIS BIDWELL
Getting Started on a Real Estate Gifts Program
BY DENNIS BIDWELL
The Case for a Real Estate Gift Opportunity Fund
BY DENNIS BIDWELL
Important IRS links:
The Nature Conservancy’s Real Estate Gift Guide: http://www.giftplanning.nature.org/giftguide/ Excellent overview of different real estate gift structures.
PGCalc www.pgcalc.com/default.htm: Provider of planned giving software and consulting services. Website has excellent links to other planned giving information.
Planned Giving Design Center www.pgdc.net/pub: Excellent technical information on planned giving issues and links to professional advisors.
Partnership for Philanthropic Planning (formerly National Committee on Planned Giving) http://www.pppnet.org/ :Updates on professional issues in gift planning, and information on conferences, seminars, etc.
Land Trust Alliance www.lta.org: Includes a directory of land trusts and other land conservation organizations around the country.
Planned Giving Resources www.pgresources.com: Information on state regulation of charitable gift annuities.
Northampton Youth and Community Rowing, Inc www.northamptoncrew.com: Information on youth and community rowing in Northampton.
National Priorities Project www.nationalpriorities.org National Priorities Project analyzes and clarifies federal data so that people can understand and influence how their tax dollars are spent.