We are also available to meet with your legal or financial advisor at no charge. Please contact us for more information. Again, the capital gains tax on the sale of appreciated property can be avoided. Life Estates . Donors can gift their home, vacation home, or farm to Historic Charleston Foundation, while retaining the right to live there until their deaths.
Donors can also gift a percentage of the property.
Gifts of real estate must follow certain procedures, including a site visit, an environmental assessment, and Board approval of all details. Please contact us for more information. Gifts of Insurance Gifts of life insurance enable donors to make a future major gift to the Foundation at a relatively modest cost. Donors may name the Foundation as the owner and beneficiary of existing policies that are no longer needed. Alternatively, a donor may purchase a new policy and name the Foundation as the owner and beneficiary.