Their are several ways you can donate your Time, Talent, and/or Assets to build eternal rewards and to further the work of BSF ministry around the world.

Current asset gifts

Current asset gifts, besides cash, may be planned to provide optimum benefits to you and to BSF. Select from the choices below for some of the most common types of current giving, including cash and non-cash gifts.

• CASH GIFTS - Gifts of all sizes, will allow us to accelerate our ability to fund new projects and expand the sites ability to provide the quality bible studies 24 hours per day, seven days a week in the native language people arouund the world. You may give a cash giftto BSF by:
  • Mailing a check to:
    Biblical Studies Foundation
    1101 E. Arapaho Rd
    Suite 200
    Attn: Development Coordinator
  • Donate online with your credit card
  • If you would like to discuss your gift or need more information contact our Development Coordinator at 800-575-2425. You can also Email us for more information
• APPRECIATED ASSETS - Would you like to support the ministry of BSF but thought it could only be done with cash? You can give almost any kind of non-cash personal property and do it in a number of ways. Tax benefits are greatest if the asset you give is worth more than you paid for it.
• REAL ESTATE - Another way to give to our ministry without giving cash is by donating real estate. This is a tremendous way to avoid paying any tax on the increase in the value of the property.
• LIFE INSURANCE - Do you have a policy that is no longer needed for its original purpose? This may be an ideal asset to transfer to BSF. Your wishes will be carried out promptly, and your gift will not be delayed by settlement of your estate nor diminished by probate costs. In addition, you may receive valuable benefits in the form of income tax deductions.
• MEMORIAL GIFTS - A memorial gift is a meaningful way to express honor and tribute to a loved one by giving a gift of lasting worth. You may give any type of gift in memory of another person. Trusts, Wills, Annuities, and other charitable giving plans can also be used to further your gift.

Deferred Giving

Deferred gifts are gifts that you establish now for a future date. The actual gift may be made after your lifetime or in a term of years. In some cases, you can receive income and tax benefits during your life. For more information about the most common types of deferred gifts, select from the choices below:

• RETIREMENT ASSETS - Perhaps you have found that after setting aside assets for when your income declines at retirement, God has blessed you with more funds than you will use (reduced expenses? greater income than anticipated?) The result is an excess of assets that are available for distribution at death. Even at death, however, these assets are subject to income tax unless they are distributed to charity.
  In cases of larger estates (subject to estate tax), the combined income and estate tax may exceed 75%. Some may find that rather than losing the benefits of the majority of their retirement assets, these make an ideal gift to support BSF’s 501(c)(3) non-profit ministry. By making BSF the beneficiary of all or a portion of your retirement assets, you can be assured that there will be ZERO taxes paid on these assets that are given to the Lord’s work.
• WILLS - Only about 4 out of 10 Americans have planned for their family and heirs by executing a will. A will directs how a person wants his or her property distributed at death. It is also used for other purposes, such as naming a guardian for minor children, tax and estate planning, and providing for charitable causes. When a person dies, the will is filed with the court to be probated.
  Probate is simply the procedure for passing property to the rightful heirs, under court supervision. The probate court relies on a person's will to determine who are the rightful heirs.
  If someone dies without a will, the court does not have guidelines to determine the rightful heirs. So your state, in effect, "creates" a will for those who do not do their own planning. The Problem Of Not Having a Will-

  People who leave no will of their own have died intestate, which means without a testament or, literally, without a will. The laws regarding your "state will" generally are called the rules of intestate succession.

  An intestate decedent may create unnecessary future estate taxes by permitting everything to pass to the surviving spouse. To some extent, the payment of federal estate taxes is "voluntary." If you do not plan properly, you may have volunteered to pay much more than necessary. The decedent could have done better planning through a properly drafted will.

  Also, intestate succession does not avoid probate---it only complicates the proceeding and makes things more difficult and expensive for your heirs.

  The BSF Urges: That everyone have a will and any other trust documents needed to directs the distribution of your estate after death. It ensures that what you desire to give to your loved ones and to Christian causes will be given. We would hope that you would consider BSF as a ministry that you would like to support from your estate.

  You Have Numerous Options: The Choice Is Yours.

  You can name the The Biblical Studies Foundation as a beneficiary, giving you many choices:

  1. Give us a bequest of a fixed dollar amount.
  2. Give us a percentage of the estate. This allows you to keep the division of the estate residue in desired proportions, regardless of its size.
  3. Make us a contingent gift. That is, the funds would go to a certain individual if that person survives you. If not, they would be paid to us.
  4. Create a trust to pay you an income for life, with the remaining principal to be given to us thereafter.
  5. Give us a gift without restrictions. This allows us to apply the funds to our most pressing needs and is the best way to give to us to help us achieve our mission.

  Your attorney should, of course, be involved in planning your will. If your plans include a deferred gift or bequest to us, we would also like to be included in the discussion and recognize your generous commitment during your lifetime. Please contact our Development Coordinator at 800-575-2425 .

How To Leave A Lasting Legacy

1. IN A WILL - The following is the correct language to use if it is your intent that your bequest benefit The Biblical Studies Foundation in your will.

   "I give, devise, and bequeath to The Biblical Studies Foundation with its web site at http://www.bible.org the sum of __________ dollars." (Or designate the percentage of the estate or otherwise describe the gift.)

   If you include us in your will --- please send us a copy of it or the portion which mentions us --- so we can recognize you as a member of our "Golden Circle" legacy society. Recognition benefits include a listing of the names of our Golden Circle member on a special plaque in the lobby of our Chapter Headquarters (with each donor's permission, of course): and a recognition event to be held with our Chairman and other leaders of the organization.

2. REVOCABLE LIVING TRUSTS - A Revocable Living Trust does the work of a will and more. It not only provides for the distribution of your resources at the time of death, but allows you to prepare for your living needs (e.g., you become incapacitated and unable to manage them, or you prefer not to). Assets in a Revocable Living through probate, saving both time and money.
3. CHARITABLE REMAINDER TRUSTS - The Charitable Remainder Trust is a way for you to receive a lifetime income from assets that you ultimately want to go to the Lord’s work. It is an excellent way to convert appreciated assets and receive income without capital gains tax, all the while ultimately supporting BSF and receiving a current tax deduction.
4. PULL-THE-STRING GIFT - Many people would like to benefit BSF, but have a fear they may need the money at some point in the future. The Pull-The-String Gift allows you to control the money and to have it anytime you wish. However, at your death, if you have not used the money, then it would go to BSF’s ministry, without tax and without probate.

   Also, if you have any further questions about any particular estate planning needs, please call or write to our Development Coordinator. We are here to serve.

Golden Circle Planned Giving - The Bible Studies Foundation is very grateful to those who have remembered the Ministry in their estate plans. To recognize these special benefactors, it has created The Golden Circle. The Golden Circle members will be listed, with their permission, on a special plaque in The Bible Studies Foundation headquarters lobby.

TIME/TALENT

In addition to donations of cash or assets, God expects us to be good stewards of our time, knowing that we will give an account of ourself to God. He expects us not grow weary in doing good, for in due time we will reap, if we do not give up. He commands us to do good to all people, and especially to those who belong to the family of faith.

Gal 6:9-10; Col 4:5; Rom 14:12 commands us to donate our time and talents to further Christ's Kingdom. Therefore, BSF wants to offer the means where people can donate their time by volunteering for one of the many available funded or unfunded projects.

You are invited to review our projects and select a project you would like to contribute to. If you have an idea for a project not on the list and it would contribute to the body of Christ, please fill out a unfunded project idea sheet.

If you are outside the USA and have access to printers and would like to market BSF studies in your area and use the proceeds to support local ministry, please email us your proposal, as this supports our vision to use the BSF model to support those people who want to impact their local world.