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  • 1.  Present Value of Recovable Bequest (IRA)

    Posted 04-16-2024 11:58 AM

    Hello Community, 

    We have been notified of being named 25% beneficiary of a donor's Roth IRA. As of the time when the donor signed the form, 25% of the Roth IRA is valued at $2,000,000. However, this donor will not be 65 by the time our current campaign ends (in fact, he is only 57) so we cannot simply count $2,000,000, though we have been pushed to do so by our Stewardship and Donor Relations Team. 

    This one seems tricky. I imagine he will continue to contribute to the IRA and then will subsequently live on it during his retirement. 
    How would we calculate the actual current value of this gift? We have PGM Anywhere but I cannot seem to figure out the best tool for this scenario. 

    Any insight would be greatly appreciated! 



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    Cameron Alzubi
    Director, Gift Administration
    Illinois Institute of Technology
    calzubi@iit.edu
    giftadmin@iit.edu
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  • 2.  RE: Present Value of Recovable Bequest (IRA)

    Posted 04-16-2024 12:30 PM
    As with a bequest, you must record the expectancy based on the current value only.

    If the donor adds more to the IRA you can record an additional expectancy of 25% of the NEW addition only.

    John

    John H. Taylor
    919.816.5903 (Cell/Text)

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  • 3.  RE: Present Value of Recovable Bequest (IRA)

    Posted 04-16-2024 12:55 PM
    As a postscript, you never add a new gift or calculate a new value based on earnings (much like when a donor establishes an endowment). You count only new money added to the corpus.

    John

    John H. Taylor, Principal
    John H. Taylor Consulting, LLC
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