IRA Gifts

If you are at least age 70½ and share a strong and loving commitment to Nonviolent Peaceforce, you can donate up to $100,000 of your IRA tax-free.

Peacekeepers in Training: NP 2006 Core Training in South India by Santosh Nair

This is a one-time offer by the US Government in 2008 and 2009 only. The US Government's offer could be extended for future years, pending new legislation, but right now it expires at the end of 2009.

Contact your IRA agent directly. Your IRA agent will ask you for Nonviolent Peaceforce's account information.
Please call me for more information or if you have questions, Erika Shatz (612) 871-0005, eshatz at nonviolentpeaceforce.org .
Please let us know once you have finalized your IRA gift transfer, so we are aware of your incoming securities to our bank account. Call (612) 871-0005, or email us: stockgift at nonviolentpeaceforce.org.

Older Americans flock to give in response to tax incentives

Americans older than 70½ have a onetime opportunity to give donations up to $100,000 tax free.

Bob Edgerton phoned Nonviolent Peaceforce in December to say he was giving a “magnificently generous” donation to NP using this incentive. “We know that giving to the Nonviolent Peaceforce is a very good use for this money. We have a special attitude toward NP. There is something special about NP and the projects that they are working on.”

“Our gift is a seed. NP does not have a long history and it is a critical innovation going on in the world. It's a seed that is ready to grow rapidly and needs to be launched. It has a lot of potential.”

Bob's wife, Elizabeth Lowe Edgerton, is in full support. “NP is so closely aligned to our family's core values in an action form,” Elizabeth said. “The first time we went to a Nonviolent Peaceforce event we immediately felt enthusiastic to be supporting its work. It's Bob's IRA, and I am delighted with his decision to support NP!”