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 HOW
YOU CAN HELP
Contact
us, we welcome
your general comments and ideas.
Membership
You
can join the growing movement to rebuild
public space as the center of community
life by becoming a member today. Gain
access to the resources, techniques and
tools that have made placemaking a success
around the world.
Giving
to PPS
As
a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization,
we gladly accept contributions and grants
to support specific programs and initiatives
or for general support. Please read
through the following tax deductible giving
opportunities:
Cash
Gifts
Cash
contributions to PPS are fully tax-deductible
and can be designated for the support
of specific initiatives or for general
operating support. Contributions
can also be restricted for a particular
use or program. You may make a contribution
by check or credit card using the bottom
of our
order form. Your check should
be made out to Project for Public Spaces,
Inc.
Please contact us for information on
projects you may wish to support.
Revocable
Trusts
Creating
a revocable trust in favor of PPS is as
simple as adding the words "in trust
for Project for Public Spaces, Inc."
to the account title on a bank account,
money market fund, stock certificate,
etc. During your lifetime, you retain
complete control over the asset, including
the right to revoke the trust. When
the asset is transferred to PPS, it may
not be subject to estate taxes.
Your banker or broker can provide you
with the appropriate forms.
Gifts
of Life Insurance and Retirement Assets
Often,
people find that they no longer need term
life insurance policies that they purchased
at earlier stages in their lives.
By naming PPS as the beneficiary of your
term life policy, you may be able to realize
significant tax benefits. The cash surrender
value of the policies may qualify as an
immediate tax deduction and subsequent
premiums to keep the policy in force may
also be tax-deductible. Your insurance
agent can provide you with the necessary
forms.
IRA,
Keogh, 401K and other retirement accounts
may offer another advantageous vehicle
for making deferred donations of significant
value to PPS. The proceeds of such
accounts are generally taxable as ordinary
income to all but charitable beneficiaries.
Thus, while family members or other beneficiaries
would receive only a fraction of the value
of such accounts because of income taxes,
as a qualified tax-exempt organization,
PPS would generally receive every dollar.
You may designate PPS as a primary, partial
or contingent beneficiary of your retirement
assets using a simple form obtainable
from your banker or broker.
Gifts
of Stock or Other Securities
For
many people, there can be significant
tax advantages to making a gift to PPS
in the form of appreciated stocks, bonds
or other securities. You may be
able to avoid capital gains taxes while
deducting the full fair market value of
securities you donate, even if the price
you paid is much less. Your gift
to PPS may cost you significantly less
than the benefit PPS receives.
Bequests
You
may wish to remember PPS in your Will.
Though you will not enjoy any tax benefit
during your lifetime, bequests to PPS
may be free of federal and estate taxes.
And your bequest to PPS will be your gift
to the future of quality public spaces
in communities worldwide. Sample language
you may consider inserting into your Will
to make a bequest to PPS is:
I
give, devise and bequeath the sum of
$_____ to Project for Public Spaces,
Inc., 153 Waverly Place, 4th floor,
New York, NY 10014 to be used for its
general purposes.
You
may also use your Will to make bequests
of specific securities or other pieces
of property or to make a residuary bequest
of all or part of the property remaining
in your estate after other bequests, expenses,
taxes, etc. are paid.
For
more information on giving to PPS, contact
Kate Weingarten, Chief Operating Officer
at (212) 620-5660, or send an email to
Kate at kweingarten@pps.org.
Internships
PPS
periodically employs interns. Preference
is given to graduate students in urban
planning or design, landscape architecture,
sociology, historic preservation or transportation
engineering. Please send cover letter,
resume and writing sample to Ethan
Kent.
Identifying
Great Public Spaces
PPS
is always interested in hearing about
the important public spaces or buildings
in your own community. Please send us
a description of the space, and what your
impression of it. Is it a friendly place?
Is it a community hot spot? Is it the
community eyesore? Does it need some help?
In our work to develop evaluation tools
on ways to improve your public spaces,
we need your input! Please help us to
figure out how we can help you and others
like you.
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