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Facebook – Please consider launching a Fundraise with Facebook fundraiser. This is a unique way to celebrate a birthday, honor an individual, or simply encourage your Facebook friends to support our school. If you create a fundraiser to benefit The Pilot School, donations come to us directly from Facebook – it’s easy for you and a big help to Pilot.

PayPal and Venmo also offer opportunities for donors to initiate fundraising campaigns. Just like Facebook, you can ask your contacts to make a donation, via PayPal or Venmo, to The Pilot School in honor of a special occasion or individual or just to help Pilot. All efforts are greatly appreciated!

A planned gift is any gift that is carefully designed to maximize a donor’s financial and estate plans while, at the same time, supporting the long-term financial stability of an institution through endowment. Planned gifts can take a variety of forms.

Gifts from Wills

The simplest planned gift is a bequest, which is the inclusion of The Pilot School in your will. The following are examples of how you may choose to include The Pilot School in your will and specific language you may choose to achieve your giving goal.

Specific Gift

Naming The Pilot School as a beneficiary of a specific amount from your estate with the following statement.

“I give and devise to The Pilot School, Inc. the sum of $_________ to be used for its general support (or for the support of a specific fund or program).”

Residual Gift

A residual bequest comes to us after your estate expenses and specific bequests are paid:

“I give and devise to The Pilot School, Inc. all (or name a percentage) of the rest, residue, remainder of my estate, both real and personal, to be used for its general support (or for the support of a specific fund or program.)”

Contingent Gift

The Pilot School can be named as a contingent beneficiary in your will or personal trust if one or more of your specific bequests cannot be fulfilled:

If (insert a name) is not living at the time of my demise, I give and devise to The Pilot School, Inc. the sum of $______ (or all or a percentage of the residue of my estate) to be used for its general support (or for the support of a specific fund or program).

Retirement Plan Beneficiary

You may name The Pilot School as a beneficiary of your IRA or other qualified retirement benefits. Donors should consult with their tax advisor regarding the tax benefits of such gifts. By naming The Pilot School as a beneficiary of a retirement plan (401(k), 403(b), IRA, Keogh or profit-sharing pension plan), the donor maintains complete control over the asset while living, but at the donor’s death the plan passes to support The Pilot School free of both estate and income taxes.

Making a charitable gift from your retirement plan is easy and should not cost you any attorney fees. Simply request a change-of-beneficiary form from your plan administrator. When you have finished, please return the form to your plan administrator and notify The Pilot School.

Gifts from Retirement Plans

Making a gift to Pilot from your retirement plans offers you flexibility to change beneficiaries if your family needs change, helps your heirs avoid potential double taxation on your retirement account, and lets you continue to take regular lifetime withdrawals.

Through this mode of giving, you name The Pilot School as a beneficiary of your IRA, 401(k), or other qualified retirement plan and the balance comes to our school as a gift. Please let The Pilot School know you have made this arrangement. Your plan administrator is not obligated to notify us we may not know if you do not tell us.

Gifts from Life Insurance

Making a gift to Pilot from a life insurance policy which you and your family no longer need, enables you to support our school while you receive an income tax deduction equal to the cash surrender value of the policy. You simply transfer the ownership of a paid up life insurance policy to The Pilot School.

Other Planned Gifts

There are many additional forms of planned gifts, such as life-Income gifts, charitable gift annuities, deferred gift annuities, charitable remainder annuity trusts, charitable lead trusts, and more. Please contact our Development Office if you would like to discuss alternate giving options.

Qualified Charitable Distribution

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The Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) is an excellent way for donors age 70 ½ and older to show support for The Pilot School and receive tax benefits in return. As you plan your required minimum distributions (RMD), consider using your IRA account to make the most of your charitable giving. You receive a tax benefit even if you take the standard deduction!

To qualify

You must be 70½ or older at the time of gift.
Distributions must be made directly from a traditional IRA account by your IRA administrator to The Pilot School. Distribution to donor-advised funds or life-income arrangements such as a charitable gift annuity, do not qualify.
Gifts from 401k, 403b, SEP and other plans do not qualify. Ask your financial advisor if it would make sense for you to create a traditional IRA account so you can benefit from an IRA Qualified Charitable Distribution.

Tax Benefits

IRA Qualified Charitable Distributions are excluded as gross income for federal income tax purposes on your IRS Form 1040.
The gift counts toward your required minimum distribution for the year in which you made the gift.
You could avoid a higher tax bracket that might otherwise result from adding an RMD to your income.

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AmazonSmile is a simple way for you to support The Pilot School every time you shop, at no cost to you. AmazonSmile is available at smile.amazon.com on your web browser and can be activated in the Amazon Shopping app for iOS and Android phones. When you shop AmazonSmile, you’ll find the exact same low prices, vast selection and convenient shopping experience as Amazon.com, with the added benefit that AmazonSmile will donate 0.5% of your eligible purchases to the charitable organization of your choice.

Open the Amazon Shopping app on your device
Go into the main menu of the Amazon Shopping app and tap into ‘Settings’
Tap ‘AmazonSmile’ and follow the on-screen instructions to select The Pilot School as your charity.

Many companies match employee contributions dollar for dollar. Forms may be obtained from your employer’s human resources department and forwarded to Pilot. Some companies also process gifts online. This is a cost-free way to our donors to increase the impact of their generosity.

Gifts of Stock or Appreciated Securities

By gifting stock or appreciated securities to Pilot, you receive an immediate income tax deduction for the fair market value of the securities on the date of the transfer. This is particularly attractive if you paid significantly less for the stock than its current value as you pay no capital gains tax on the transfer when the stock is sold. Giving appreciated stock can be more beneficial for you than giving cash.

The Pilot School is pleased to accept gifts of securities and mutual funds. Please provide the following information to your broker so that your gift will be directed to Pilot School’s account.

M&T Securities LPL Financial (Clearing Agent) 1-800-724-7788 option #2

The Pilot School Account: 4889-5150

DTC: 0075

Pilot School Tax ID: 51-0080692

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Annual Fund

It’s easy to make a gift to the Annual Fund through our secure online giving page. Visa, MasterCard, and American Express are accepted.

You may write a check payable to The Pilot School and mail it to: The Pilot School, 208 Woodlawn Road, Wilmington, DE 19803

The endowment for The Pilot School enhances our long-term stability and financial viability. Gifts to our endowment benefit today’s students and lay the foundation for a well-managed, secure institutional future, which will aid in our ability to help every future Pilot student.

Tuition Aid

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Inspired by the conviction that our mission begins and ends with the child, The Pilot School’s trustees are committed to increasing the school’s tuition aid so that a family whose child requires Pilot’s curriculum can receive the educational value the school offers.

The Pilot School provides evidence-based intervention to children with average to above-average intellectual potential who are underachieving as a result of learning differences. We do so regardless of their family’s ability to pay. Parents do not elect to send their child to Pilot because they can afford to pay tuition costs. Rather, these parents are compelled to consider Pilot because of their child’s learning challenges. While any family may apply for tuition assistance, grants are based on need and determined on a case-by-case basis.

For sixty five years, The Pilot School has earned the confidence and generosity of hundreds of donors who have viewed their gifts as a meaningful investment in a respected and successful educational organization. To continue to invest in the school’s future, The Pilot School offers a planned giving program that helps its friends and supporters achieve their goals of assisting The Pilot School while generating tax advantages for themselves and their families.

If you are interested in learning more about these advantages, please call the Development Department at 302-478-1740.

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Annual Fund

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The Annual Fund is vitally important to the health of the school. Donations to the annual fund help us in a variety of ways.

Our tuition does not cover the true cost of educating each student. There is a gap between the actual cost of educating each child and the tuition we charge. Your gift helps fill the gap.
Most schools do not have full time occupational, speech, music and physical therapists on the faculty – at Pilot we do. This is part of what sets a Pilot education apart and there is an added cost of offering this specialized support.
No two students are taught the same way at Pilot. We have a small enrollment, expert faculty, and the knowledge & resources to customize each child’s school day.
Based on research and data about what makes the best learning environment, Pilot’s state of the art facility was built around the child. Situated on 50 acres, surrounded by 2,000 acres of parkland, Pilot’s campus is unrivaled.
We know that the best way to help a young person learn, experience self esteem, and become aware of their own needs, is to work closely with them during the important early years of school. Our 5:1 teacher student ratio lets us do this.

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