Make an Impact
Planned Giving or Sustainable Gifts
There are several ways to give to the Community Foundation of Southern New Mexico and structure your permanent endowment fund to help the causes you care about most.
- To make a gift to your existing fund, click the My Fund link at the top of this website.
- To make a gift to any other CFSNM fund, click the Donate Now link at the top of the page.
- You may also mail checks made out to the Community Foundation of Southern New Mexico to 2600 El Paseo Rd., Las Cruces, NM 88001 or drop them off in person at our offices.
Cash gifts
Cash and personal checks are the simplest way to give. Cash gifts enable donors to claim a current income-tax deduction of up to 50 percent of their adjusted gross income in the year of the gift with a five-year carry forward.
Publicly traded securities and mutual funds
Donors receive a double income tax benefit when they give publicly traded securities or mutual funds (i.e., securities for which there is a recognized market, such as the NYSE.) These gifts are deductible at their full market value, and the donor avoids capital gains on the stock’s appreciation. Donors can claim a current income tax deduction of up to 30 percent of their adjusted gross income with a five-year carry forward, if required.
Closely held stock
We review proposed gifts of closely held stock case by case. If accepted, donors are entitled to a deduction for the appraised fair market value of the gift, up to 30 percent of the donor’s adjusted gross income. Capital gains are also avoided.
Life insurance
Donors may name the Foundation as the owner and beneficiary of existing policies that they no longer need. Donors are entitled to a federal tax deduction for the cash surrender value in the year the gift
is made.
Real estate
Gifts of real estate include homes, farms, ranches, commercial buildings or incoming-producing land. All gifts of real estate will require certain procedural steps, including site visit, environmental assessment and a qualified appraisal. The Foundation accepts real estate ona case-by-case basis.