How to make a QCD

• Contact your IRA administrator and ask them to make the check payable to the Access to Justice Campaign, 306 Townsend Street, Lansing, Michigan . Please have them identify you as the donor with name and address.
• Let our office know about the pending gift with the amount and the company issuing the check to credit your gift. Please email the ATJ Campaign Coordinator at laura@msbf.org
• The gift must be completed by December 31.

Benefits of making a QCD

• A QCD counts forward your required minimum distribution for the year. If you have to take a minimum distribution and yet do not want or need the funds, a QCD is a good way to distribute that amount to a charity.
• Due to the tax benefits and the ease of making a QCD, it is a wonderful way to make annual contributions to the ATJ Campaign.

QCD Restrictions

• A QCD cannot be made to a donor advised fund, charitable remainder trust, or charitable gift annuity.
• A QCD cannot be made from a 401(k) or 403(b), but assets from those accounts can be rolled over into a traditional IRA.

Please consult your tax advisor to explore how a qualified charitable distribution to the ATJ Campaign can fit into your financial strategy for the current tax year and beyond.