Gift Planning Resources

Explore additional resources to help you with your tax planning and making a gift in support of our CMC mission. Your designation will determine use of your gift for operations or endowment with the CMC Foundation. Undesignated gifts will be used in the area of greatest need. Contact us for more information about ways you can support our organization or let us know if you have given to us in the past.

Your Legacy Helps Us Climb Higher

Many people who care deeply about Colorado’s mountains choose to support the Colorado Mountain Club in different ways, including gifts that sustain education, stewardship, and access for future generations to inspire and care for the places that shape us.

Learn More

IRA Charitable Rollover

An IRA charitable rollover allows individuals 70½ and older to reduce their taxable income by making a gift directly from their IRA.

You may be looking for a way to make a big difference to help further our mission. If you are 70½ or older you may also be interested in a way to lower the income and taxes from your IRA withdrawals. An IRA charitable rollover is a way you can help continue our work and benefit this year.

Benefits of an IRA charitable rollover

  • Avoid taxes on transfers of up to $111,000 from your IRA to our organization
  • Satisfy your required minimum distribution (RMD) for the year
  • Reduce your taxable income, even if you do not itemize deductions
  • Make a gift that is not subject to the deduction limits on charitable gifts
  • Help further the work and mission of our organization

IRA charitable rollover video

How an IRA charitable rollover gift works

  1. Contact your IRA plan administrator to make a gift from your IRA to us.
  2. Your IRA funds will be directly transferred to our organization to help continue our important work.
  3. Please note that IRA charitable rollover gifts do not qualify for a charitable deduction.
  4. Let us know if you wish for your gift to be used for a specific purpose.

Contact us

If you have any questions about an IRA charitable rollover gift, please contact us. We would be happy to assist you and answer any questions you might have.