About Endow America Network Foundation, Inc.

 
The Endow America Network Foundation, Inc. is a 501c3 organization under the Internal Revenue Code of the United States.
EIN #  26-0521329
 
Attention grantmakers - if you support public education about planned giving, we would like to be invited to apply for a grant.   
 
Attention Corporate Sponsors - If you are a corporate sponsor of public education about planned giving, we have corporate sponsorships available.     
 
  

Our Team:

Les Winston, CAP, Chairman of the Board

John Capurso, CEO

Jaclyn Farnham, CAP, Executive Director

Wanda Myles, Director, Station Programming & Operations

Les Haber, Media Broker

Ossman J. Darwiche, Copy Writer

Guido Gonzalez, Illustrator

 
The Endow America Network is a national community foundation (501c3) raising awareness of tax-advantaged solutions that enable individuals, and the charities they support, to establish long-term financial stability and sustainability.
 
Our Mission
Endow America Network’s mission is to foster financial self-reliance, independence and community betterment.
 
Our Vision
Endow America Network’s vision is to cultivate a financial education ecosystem that encourages and elevates generational understanding and philanthropic giving.
 

Endow America Network Foundation Programs: 

Our Pooled Income Funds are powerful financial planning tools.
A Pooled Income Fund is a type of trust that enables donors to make tax-deductible cash or noncash contributions in exchange for tax avoidance and income. After the lifetime of the last income beneficiary, the donor's interest in the fund is transferred to the charity. Minimum gift is $10,000.
 
Pooled Income Fund benefits to the financial advisor include:
▪ The advisor can maintain his/her clients’ assets under management;
▪ A gift of this type can deepen and enhance the advisor’s relationship with his/her client.
 
Pooled Income Fund benefits to the NGO include:
▪ Using these tools will attract larger contributions that will help grow endowment for the charity.
▪ Use the PIF to accept Noncash assets to help you build a bigger personal endowment, i.e., public investments, closely held business interests, real estate, collections, intellectual property.
▪ Endow America Pooled Income Funds require no administrative or legal fees from the NGO.
▪ The NGO receives immediate cash contributions relative to the size of the gift and the age of the youngest income beneficiary.
 
Pooled Income Fund benefits to the donor include:
▪ Immediate access to favorable income and tax incentives;
▪ Cost to the donor is minimal and tax deductible; and
▪ The donor directs to their favorite charities the remainder of their fund at death.
 
Les Winston, Endow America Network Founder and Social Secharity creator (receiving Fithian Leadership Award from Todd Fithian)
Initial Scholarship Gift Which Funded the First Scholarships Awarded
 
In 2010, AiP Foundation, Inc. (now the Endow America Network Foundation) was named a recipient of the Eva Marder Charitable Remainder Trust. The donation was earmarked specifically for $500 CAP® Scholarships and allowed the Foundation to award 68 scholarships.   Les Winston, AiP Foundation Chairman of the Board, gave us the story behind the Eva Marder Charitable Remainder Trust gift:
 
Eva Marder was a hard working retail merchant alongside her husband David. For many years, they owned a ladies wear store near Lincoln Road on what is today known as South Beach, Florida. The business was successful and operated until they retired in 1981. Evie's life was thrown into upheaval when David died soon after retirement, and she was left alone to handle everything that had been done by David for all the years they were married.
 
I met Evie in 2000 through a referral from a client. Evie was 85 at the time and had been managing her own plans and investments. She had recently gone through some medical issues, and she became very anxious about her future.
 
I began advising Evie and together we reached a plan that would do everything Evie wanted. I spent many delightful hours with this affable, good humored, and generous lady. Evie used to refer to me as the son she never had, and I was happy to be her most trusted advisor. Many times, she would thank me for how relieved and calm she felt about her future.
 
In 2005, I told Evie about the CAP® designation I had earned from the American College. Evie said, "what did you need that for, you did all of that for me already". I explained that it took me 20 years to learn by my own experiences, what could now be taught in three graduate courses. That must have impressed Evie because just prior to her passing in 2009 at age 94, Evie made the AIP Foundation the sole beneficiary of the Eva Marder Charitable Remainder Trust for purposes of endowing scholarships for the CAP designation. She said at the time,"I hope this will make more (advisors) like you".
 
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