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Give Recurring or One-Time Gifts Online

With World Heritage USA’s online giving system, it’s easy to give an automatic monthly gift or a one-time gift via your credit card.

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Write a Check

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Our mailing address is:

US ICOMOS
1701 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20006
United States of America

Donate Stock

Save on capital gains taxes. Donate appreciated stock.

Please write contact us to make a stock gift. We will gladly coordinate the transfer with you. We are not currently providing our investment account information on this website at this time.

Be sure you or your broker provide your name and address to World Heritage USA as well as the name and number of securities you wish to transfer and the stock valuation to transfer stock.

IRA Distributions

You can make tax-free gifts to WORLD HERITAGE USA/US Committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites directly from your Traditional IRA, up to $100,000 each year (postmarked by December 31). These gifts count toward your Required Minimum Distribution. This popular provision in the tax code, made permanent in 2015, applies to all qualified donors, whether you itemize or not. While these charitable IRA distributions are non-deductible, they:

  • Do not increase your taxable income and are therefore tax-free.
  • Count toward your Required Minimum Distribution
  • Can be used to make your annual gifts and pledge payments to World Heritage USA for
    unrestricted support, endowment, and/or other purposes.
  • Another alternative would be making a gift of appreciated securities, which would allow you to avoid paying tax on the gains.
  • These gifts are easy to make, but there are special steps you must follow. Check with your financial advisor to determine if a Charitable IRA distribution is right for you.

Make a Planned Gift

We would love for you to consider a planned gift to us in your estate plan.

For your reference, this is the language you can use in your will.

“I give to UNITED STATES NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON MONUMENTS & SITES (DBA) World Heritage USA, Tax ID # 23-7366110, a not-for-profit corporation located in Washington DC, the sum of $____________ [or property described herein] [or ____ percent (____%) of the rest and residue of my estate] to be used by the organization for its general purposes.”