Looking to make a powerful impact on wildlife without affecting your monthly budget? If you are 70½ or older and have a traditional Individual Retirement Account (IRA), you are eligible to make a gift from your IRA to WWF. These gifts, called Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCDs–also known as an IRA Charitable Rollover), can be made whether or not you itemize your deductions on your tax return. In many cases, these gifts are 100% tax-free, allowing you to protect wildlife without increasing your taxable income. Contact us today!

To qualify

• You must be age 70½ or older at the time you make your gift.
• Transfers must be made directly from a traditional or Roth IRA account to WWF.
• Gift must be outright with no material benefits received and cannot be used to fund gift annuities.

There are 2 ways to make a gift from your IRA

1. Letter of instruction
   • To make your qualified charitable distribution to WWF, please download this letter of instruction, fill it out, and give it to your broker.
     
2. Use a third-party online tool
   • Outside online tools are also available to help you make your tax-free gift from your IRA to WWF. Click here to calculate how much you are required to take out of your IRA and how much you can give back to World Wildlife Fund this year!
     

Benefits

Qualified charitable distributions:

• Can total up to $100,000 per year.
• Can be used to satisfy your required withdrawal.
• May be excluded from gross income for federal income tax purposes.

PLEASE NOTE:

So that we may accurately record your gift, provide your tax receipt, and acknowledge you properly, please take the extra step of contacting us via phone or email to let us know your gift is on the way. This will augment the information provided by your financial institution and ensure smooth processing of your gift.

Contact us

For more information, please contact us at [email protected] or (888) 993-1100. 

One last thing

If you're under the age of 70½, you can still use your IRA to make a meaningful gift to WWF by making WWF a beneficiary of your retirement plan. For more information, please click here or contact our Gift Planning office.

All inquiries are confidential and under no obligation. This page is for informational purposes only and is not intended as legal, accounting, or other professional advice and should not be relied on in making planning decisions. For assistance in planning charitable gifts with tax and other financial implications, the services of appropriate advisors should be obtained.