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Did you know?
The Frank Melville Park is privately owned and open for public enjoyment – yours! We use your tax deductible donations to make the park as wonderful and welcoming as we can. We depend on your generosity. Please consider making a donation by clicking here.
Other ways to give
Better than cash! Gifts of stocks, Mutual Funds, or other appreciated assets.
- Giving appreciated stock/mutual funds you’ve held for more than a year is better than giving cash.
- You can take a charitable deduction for the stock’s fair market value on the day you give it away.
- You’ll also avoid all capital-gains taxes on the increase in value, which you would have had to pay if you sold the stock then gave us the cash proceeds.
- Your tax preparer may want to help you time things to maximize your tax benefit.
Our broker is a little shy about putting our account information on the website, so please email frankmelvilleparkinfo@gmail.com to get the information you need make the transfer.
Make a gift from your IRA and you may enjoy tax benefits
If you are age 70 1/2, you can donate up to $100,000 a year from your IRA without treating the money as taxable income. These gifts count towards your minimum required distribution.
To make a gift, speak with your IRA’s administrator and request a direct distribution to:
Frank Melville Memorial Foundation
P.O. Box 2967
Setauket, New York, 11733
Sometimes, gifts like this arrive without a name, so please also ask your IRA’s administrator to let us know the identity of such a generous person, or just talk to us about it directly. Contact frankmelvilleparkinfo@gmail.com
Remember, you can also list us as a beneficiary on your IRA. Again, just talk to your IRA administrator. (Note: the IRA Qualified Charitable Distribution provision applies to traditional and Roth IRA’s but not SEP or SIMPLE IRAs
Think of us in your will:
It’s easy and can be done in different ways.
Share your wishes with your attorney or will preparer. Here’s sample language:
“I give, devise, and bequeath $___ (or ___% of my estate) to the Frank Melville Memorial Foundation, a Setauket, New York based, 501(c)(3) charitable organization.”
Talk to us. If you have questions, please contact us.
Sponsor a concert, a movie or other event:
Click here to donate toward our Summer Concert Series
Donor Advised Funds:
DAFs are a great way to support the park and enjoy immediate tax benefits. We are a qualified 501(c)(3) charitable organization and it’s easy to make a distribution to the park (or we can even work with you to help set one up).