A Tradition of Support
Lutheran Senior Services is a not-for-profit organization that is built on financial stability and sound stewardship. We invite you to share our commitment to seniors by making a gift that will advance our Christian mission of honoring and cherishing those we serve. Your gift will directly help people.
Our tradition of caring for those who outlive their financial resources directly depends on the generosity of our many friends in the church and the community. You can give security, peace of mind and dignity to our residents and staff who have contributed to their faith communities and to society.
Make your legacy part of the Lutheran Senior Services legacy. You may designate your gift for a specific area of care or simply request that it be used for the area of greatest need. You may also select a specific community or service area that will be helped by your generosity.
Ways to Give
Our gift consultants can offer free and confidential advice without obligation. Find out more about making a cash gift or a gift of appreciated stocks or securities, property or insurance. We can also help you determine the best way for you to plan a gift that will benefit others beyond your lifetime.
Giving by Check
To give a cash gift, simply make your check payable to ‘Lutheran Senior Services’. Please indicate on the memo line of your check (or with a note) how you want your gift to be directed. If you do not indicate a preference your gift will be placed into our Benevolent Care Fund. Mail your gift to: Administrator of Stewardship, Lutheran Senior Services, 1150 Hanley Industrial Ct., St. Louis, MO 63144.
Giving online from your checking or savings account
You may make a one-time gift from your checking or savings account, OR you may have regular gifts withdrawn electronically. You determine the duration then the frequency of your automatic gifts – weekly or monthly. The options are yours. Click here to get started.
Giving online with your major credit/debit card
You may make a one-time gift from your debit/credit card, OR you may have regular gifts withdrawn automatically. You determine the duration then the frequency of your automatic gifts – weekly or monthly. The options are yours. Click here to get started.
Transferring appreciated stocks or securities
Lutheran Senior Services encourages gifts of appreciated stock. In most cases, gifting stock will help you avoid or reduce the capital gains taxes owed if the stock were sold. Donors may gift securities that are held electronically, such as: 1) Individual shares of stock 2) Mutual funds and 3) Bonds. Donors may also gift individual stock certificates. Be sure to consult your accountant or tax advisor regarding the benefits of gifting stock. For specific instructions, please call 877.THANX2U (877.842.6928).
Including LSS in your estate planning
Please consider making a planned gift that will benefit others beyond your lifetime. Such planning is an excellent way to be a good steward of your God-given resources. Examples include:
- Simple Will Bequests
- Charitable Trusts
- Charitable or Deferred Gift Annuities
- Assignment of Life Insurance
- Designation as Beneficiary of Qualified Retirement Plans
Such farsighted estate planning allows you to extend your influence beyond your lifetime to help ensure high quality, Christ-centered senior care for generations to come. For assistance in exploring ways you can maximize your stewardship, please call 877.THANX2U (877.842.6928).
Want to Know More?
Our stewardship directors are always available to discuss your options. To learn more, please call 877.THANX2U (877.842.6928), or contact the stewardship director at the Lutheran Senior Services community near you.
Giving Opportunities
Benevolent Care
Contributions to our Benevolent Care Fund endow future financial assistance for residents who have exhausted their financial resources and are no longer able to afford service at their care level.
Good Samaritan
Good Samaritan donors support residents who are currently in need of additional funding to maintain their present level of care.
Christ Care
Donations to the Christ Care Fund help provide relief for Lutheran Senior Services staff members who are experiencing emergency financial needs.
Christian Artwork
Donors to the Christian Artwork fund help to purchase inspirational decorations for LSS communities, creating a feeling of home for our residents.
Clinical Pastoral Education
Funds donated to LSS’ CPE program help support future ministry workers as they train for specialized ministries related to pastoral care, counseling, and/or older adult ministry.
Good Neighbor Program
Funds donated to the Good Neighbor Program help to support volunteers who provide referral to independent caregivers who provide basic household tasks and/or non-medical personal care.
Affordable Housing
Donations to LSS’ Affordable Housing communities help provide housing and services for older adults with fewer economic resources.
Hospice Care
By giving to Hospice Care, donors assist this program in providing faith-based, end-of-life care that focuses not only on physical needs, but also on spiritual, emotional, and psychosocial health.
Outreach Social Services
Donations to the Outreach Social Services program help provide funds for the assessment of needs, resource identification and referral, and geriatric care management services.
Pastoral Care
Supporting Pastoral Care aids the efforts of our specially trained chaplains. The Pastoral Care team provides comfort and spiritual guidance our residents, families and staff.
Staff Scholarships
Donations to the staff scholarships assist with educational opportunities that keep staff throughout the Lutheran Senior Services organization current on the most advanced methods for caring for and supporting the senior lifestyle.
Volunteer Money Management
Supporting Volunteer Money Management provides funds for volunteers who assist seniors with day-to-day financial tasks.
Area of Greatest Need
Your unrestricted gift will go directly to the area of greatest need
Giving Comparison
| Goals and Benefits | ||||
| Your Goals | Your Strategy | Your Benefits | ||
| Maximize your deduction; minimize the gift details | Use cash to make your gift to LSS | Claim your deduction against a larger portion of your adjusted gross income, and make an immediate impact on LSS | ||
| Afford a larger gift to LSS — and avoid capital gains liability | Give appreciated securities or bonds held over one year | Buy low and give high — make a gift that costs you less than the benefit it delivers to us, while avoiding capital gains tax | ||
| Make a gift for LSS’s future that doesn’t affect your cash flow or portfolio now | Put a bequest in your will (cash, specific property, or a share of the estate residue) | Today — a gift that costs you and your family nothing
Tomorrow — an estate tax deduction |
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| Retain income benefits from the assets you give to LSS — and thus afford a larger gift | Create a charitable gift annuity or a charitable remainder trust | Receive income for your lifetime; receive a charitable deduction; diversify your holdings | ||
| Reduce high tax liability now; gain additional income later | Establish a deferred gift annuity | A larger deduction and a higher income rate than our other life-income gifts offer | ||
| Tap one of the most valuable assets in your portfolio to make a gift to LSS | Use real estate to make your gift to LSS | Avoid capital gains tax, receive an income tax deduction — and have the option of a gift that doesn’t affect your lifestyle | ||
| Reduce gift and estate taxes and control the timing of passing assets to your children and grandchildren | Create a charitable lead trust which supports programs at LSS for a fixed, finite period with the principal going to your heirs | Reduce gift and estate taxes, and freeze the taxable value of growing assets before they pass to your family | ||
| Locate an overlooked asset that you can easily give to LSS | Name LSS as beneficiary of your retirement plan, leave other assets to family | Eliminate income tax on retirement plan assets; free up other property to pass to your heirs | ||
| Make an endowment gift from income rather than capital | Create a new life insurance policy, or donate a paid-up policy whose coverage you no longer need | Increase your ability to make a significant gift to LSS |
