Planned gifts provide the resources that create extraordinary opportunities and preserve our future.

The programs of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra depend upon your goodwill. To that end, there are a myriad of easy giving options from which you can choose - from naming us as a beneficiary in your will to a more complex trust arrangement.

We've created this easy-to-understand website to help you find the gift that's right for you. Here you can learn how to plan a gift to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. We'll tell you about creative giving strategies that enhance your, and your family's, well being and help us as well.

For instance, did you know that:

• You don't have to use cash to make your gift — donate appreciated securities instead. The deduction is the same as for a cash gift, and you pay no capital gains tax on the transfer.
• Give an asset that may help us more than it's helping you — such as a life insurance policy whose coverage your family no longer needs, or real estate like a second home or a parcel of undeveloped land, or even a collection of books or artwork that you no longer have room to display.
• You can make a gift that costs you nothing during your lifetime — name the ASO as a beneficiary of your will or revocable trust, or of your retirement plan.
• You can make the ASO a partner in your giving — you can deed us your home but continue to live there or you can sell us property at a charitable discount.

How do I start?

To find out your giving options, go to Gift Plans. Discover the variety of funding choices at Assets to Give. Compare the plans and see which come closest to your needs at Goals & Benefits.

Be sure to take a look at other gifts friends of the ASO have planned on our Donor Stories page.

When you're ready to hear more, complete the Information Request Form for follow-up information from us.

Welcome! We hope you enjoy the site.

Jessica Langlois, Director of Leadership Gifts & Planned Giving

Ham Smith, Planned Giving Chair