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The Best Charitable Gift Strategies in 2017
Winton Smith
This Session explains the best Major Gift Strategies in 2017. The focus is on the need for major donors to act now if they wish to make the largest possible gift at the lowest possible cost. The session includes a clear explanation of the largest gifts that are made to charitable organizations and the reasons why they are made now.
Learning Objectives:
1. Understand the best major gift strategies in 2017.
2. Understand the reasons why these are the best major current gifts in 2017.
3. Understand the reasons why these are the best major deferred gifts in 2017.
CFRE: Approved for 1 point
CAP: Approved for 1 PACE credit