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Discover the Benefits of Giving Strategically
to San Francisco Opera
Federal Estate Tax Repealed for 2010. Read More.
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Federal Estate Tax Repealed for 2010
Planned gifts provide the financial resources
that create extraordinary opportunities to ensure and enhance the
future of San Francisco Opera as the most vital, exciting opera company in America.
The stimulating, artistically elegant programs of San Francisco Opera depend upon your continuing generosity and goodwill. We aim to maintain state-of-the-art education, community engagement, and young artist training programs, and to take full advantage of electronic media and other emerging technologies. As an integral part of this vision, and with your help, we plan to increase our permanent endowment to four times our annual operating budget. To that end, there are a myriad of easy planned giving options from which you can choose - from naming us as a beneficiary in your will or retirement plan to more complex trust arrangements.
 We've created this easy-to-understand
website to help you find the planned gift that's right for you.
Here you can learn how to plan a gift to San Francisco Opera that
helps us and meets your needs.
We'll tell you about creative giving strategies that can enhance
the well being of you and your loved ones and also support the
future of San Francisco Opera.
This website is interactive and engaging; we
hope you'll find it helpful:
- If you're already considering certain giving options, simply
click on Compare Gift Options and
select the gifts you want to learn more about.
 If
you're not sure how our gift plans can meet your financial goals,
enter the Legacy Planner™,
and follow the trail to the gifts that will work best for you.
Each option you select leads to more choices, letting you design
your own gift plan.
- You may also request a personalized
gift illustration from us that details your plan, read our most
recent Tip
of the Day, and refer to the Frequent Questions and Glossary sections.
Welcome! We hope you enjoy the site, and we
appreciate any comments you may have about it. Thank you for your
consideration and support of San Francisco Opera.
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You can make a gift that costs you nothing during your lifetime.
Up to 70% of your retirement plan can be consumed in taxes.
You can support San Francisco Opera and receive income for life.