Online Giving/Recurring Donor
One of the most helpful things you can do as a faithful steward of our parish is donate through recurring electronic gifts. Enroll today!
Donor Advised Funds
Recommending a gift to MSW through your Donor Advised Fund (DAF) is simple. You can donate directly to MSW by providing the specific information, found below to the sponsoring organization of your fund.
Each organization will have the appropriate forms to complete these donations, which you can usually access through an online portal or working with your fund adviser. Your sponsoring organization can then complete the transaction to distribute funds to MSW.
Information to Make a Donor Advised Fund Gift
Legal Name: Mary, Seat of Wisdom Parish
Federal Tax ID: 36-2367983
Mailing Address: 920 Granville | Park Ridge, IL 60068
Be sure to specify the desired amount of your gift.
Please request for your name and address to be included. We recommend that you contact MSW to inform us of your gift, so we can thank you for your generosity.
IRA Charitable Rollover
Reduce Your Taxes While Increasing Your Impact
If you are 70 ½ years of age or older and have a traditional individual retirement account (IRA), you can make an immediate impact at MSW through an IRA Charitable Rollover Gift. While there have been recent changes to the tax laws regarding traditional IRAs, owners of these accounts still have the opportunity to make qualified charitable distributions of up to $100,000 in the calendar year.
Make a gift directly from your IRA to MSW;
Satisfy part or all of your annual RMD from your IRA, and exclude part or all of that distribution from your Federal taxable gross income
For your gift to qualify:
You must be 70 ½ years of age or older at the time of your gift.
The transfer must be made from your IRA directly to MSW.
Your total annual IRA Charitable Rollover gift(s) cannot exceed $100,000 in the calendar year of the gift.
Your gift must be made to MSW by December 31 in the year you decide to make the gift.
Your gift must be outright. Gifts from your IRA to donor-advised funds or life-income vehicles such as charitable gift annuities or charitable remainder trusts do not qualify as IRA Charitable Rollover gifts
Before December 31 of this year:
Contact your IRA custodian.
Ask that your distribution be a charitable rollover to MSW.
To ensure that we can promptly and accurately credit your gift, ask them to include your name, address and how you would like the gift allocated in the transfer.
Distributions can be mailed to:
Mary, Seat of Wisdom Parish
Development Office
920 Granville
Park Ridge, IL 60068
Gifts of Stock
Gifts of stock are appreciated by Mary, Seat of Wisdom. Giving through appreciated stock is a simple two-step process.
1. Notify Jamie Chabura, Director of Engagement & Development ([email protected] or 847.825.3153) of the number of shares and name of security that you intend to transfer.
2. To facilitate the transfer, you or your broker will need the following information.
National Financial Services – DTC #0226
Account Number – ESR-005570
Catholic Bishop of Chicago Account
For the benefit of (F/B/O): Mary, Seat of Wisdom Parish, Park Ridge, IL
Click here for additional information and the letter of intent you'll need to submit in order for Mary, Seat of Wisdom to be notified of your gift.
Matching Gifts
Many companies match charitable donations of their employees. Parishioners and friends of Mary, Seat of Wisdom can maximize their generosity through matching gifts. Most corporations' matching gifts programs simply request tax information from the beneficiary of the gift (Mary, Seat of Wisdom). We are happy to supply all of the necessary information to your company's Human Resources department to facilitate a matching gift.
Memorial or Tribute Gifts
A thoughtful way of remembering someone special and creating a living legacy is by making a gift to The MSW Wisdom Fund.
The MSW Wisdom Fund is an endowment that sustains educational projects and activities available to parishioners and friends of all ages. Support of the endowment will benefit all members of our parish community. The purpose of the fund is to deepen understanding of, familiarity with, and love of the Lord, with an expectation that all will come to actively share in the mission of the church.