How does a pooled income fund work? Your gift is added to the fund for investment and managed along with the gifts of other donors. Each year you receive your proportionate share of the fund’s annual earnings. We agree to pay you this income for the rest of your life.

Your advantages include the following:

• You acquire an assured source of income for life.
• You may increase your effective yield on the assets donated and benefit from professional and diversified investment management.
• You have the choice of determining the size of your initial gift and making additions later. (Shriners Hospitals for Children’s minimum is $5,000 for the initial investment, and for additional contributions.)
• You are entitled to an immediate income tax charitable deduction, if you itemize.
• You can name another person as successor beneficiary.
• You feel good knowing that your gift ultimately becomes available to Shriners Hospitals for Children to support our vital needs.