There are a number of ways your gift can apply to Prairie Rivers of Iowa’s current needs. Visit here for our program-specific current needs. 

Making a gift from your IRA is simple. If you are 70 ½ or older, you can make an outright gift directly to Prairie Rivers of Iowa (PRI) up to $100,000 annually from an IRA with an IRA charitable rollover gift, also known as a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD). Distributions can only be directed from a traditional IRA (not from a retirement plan such as a 401(k), 403(b), etc.) and possibly from a Roth IRA. 

Contact your IRA administrator to request a direct distribution to PRI. They will likely provide a form for you to complete and may request PRI’s EIN and mailing address (see above). Please ask your IRA administrator to ensure your name and contact information is associated with the transfer.

A donor-advised fund, or DAF, is like a charitable investment account for the sole purpose of supporting charitable organizations you care about.

When you contribute cash, securities, or other assets to a donor-advised fund you are generally eligible to take an immediate tax deduction. Then those funds can be invested for tax-free growth, and you can recommend grants to an IRS-qualified public charity such as Prairie Rivers of Iowa.

Be sure to indicate your intentions to the DAF fund managers and include your name and contact information as part of your gift so we can properly acknowledge your support. You will also want to check with the fund managers to make sure you are in compliance with IRS rules pertaining to DAFs and that the fund is in agreement with your grant intentions.  

A financial gift has the potential to be life changing. Anyone can make a personal donation to Prairie Rivers of Iowa through Thrivent online giving or by contacting your local Thrivent Finacial professional. Thrivent will pay the processing fees* so your entire gift goes to the organization you choose – making the most of your gift.

Your crops are your livelihood, your life. You prepare, you plant, you nurture and it grows. Donating a gift of grain to Prairie Rivers of Iowa is a way to make a lasting difference. The value of the grain can be a general cash value gift, or can be designated to one of our endowment funds. 

By giving grain, you avoid including the sale of the grain in your farm income. Although a charitable income tax deduction is generally not available to you, the significant benefit to you is the avoidance of declaring it as income. You deduct the cost of growing the crops which typically results in saving self-employment tax, federal income tax and state income tax. You can benefit even if you don’t itemize your deductions and take the standard deduction.

To learn more about, or to make a specific gift to one of our Endowment Funds or Gifts of Grain, please contact our Executive Director Penny Brown-Huber, or the Story County Community Foundation.