Helping You Reach Your Goals

We're very pleased that you are interested in supporting Wycliffe. Your generosity will help us meet our current goals and reach farther in the future. For our part, we encourage you to plan your gift thoughtfully. Now is the time, and this website is the place, to consider how your gift can benefit you as well as us.

Your gift can take multiple forms and can help you address a variety of personal financial goals. Will you commit significant resources during your lifetime, or would a gift as part of your estate work better? Do you have a particular asset that you are thinking of donating? Do you want to increase your retirement income, or is your primary goal estate preservation? Are you carrying excess life insurance or a large balance in your retirement plan?

We are ready to work with you and your advisers to craft the gift plan that satisfies you.

Give Now, or Give Later?

A significant lifetime gift to Wycliffe will allow us to meet immediate objectives. It will provide salary and support for a linguist; it will fund a literacy program in an indigenous community; it will purchase print and audio materials.

In turn, an outright gift will give you maximum tax benefits, especially attractive if you are in high earnings years. It can also be the simplest gift to arrange.

You may, however, prefer to leave your assets and cash flow alone until your death, and instead make your gift through your estate. Even though we would not use this gift immediately, it will be critically important to our long-term financial strength and help ensure our ability to meet the opportunities and challenges the future will present to us.

You can use a will to make a gift from your estate. You may also use life insurance or the balance remaining in your retirement plan. These gifts help you keep your lifetime financial planning flexible. You will need professional assistance to set up most estate-plan gifts.

Wycliffe Bible Translators of Canada Inc. is a registered Canadian charitable organization (CRA Charitable Donation #10822 3371 RR 0001) and a charter member of the Canadian Council of Christian Charities (CCCC).

Organizations displaying the CCCC Seal adhere to the following 10 standards: They ...

1. have an independent, active board;
2. have an independent audit of their financial statements;
3. will provide their financial statements to any person upon request;
4. have an audit review committee that reports to the board;
5. carry on their activities with the highest standards of integrity;
6. have a declared doctrinal position expressing a commitment to the Christian faith;
7. have a declared stewardship policy which affirms, among other things, that no person receives a commission based upon gifts received by the ministry;
8. maintain confidentiality of all information about donors and mailing list addresses;
9. respect the privacy of the beneficiaries of their ministry;
10. adhere to a written Code of Ethical Fundraising and Financial Accountability.

To learn more about the CCCC visit www.cccc.org