Planned Giving

The legacy gift allows you to express your commitment to the Orchestre Métropolitain and its future, by making a significant contribution to its current and future development.

This type of gift can take several forms:

• Particular bequest: Gift of a specific asset.
• Residuary bequest: Gift of all remaining assets after other bequests have been made.
• Universal bequest: A gift of all your assets.

The advantages of a legacy gift:

• It preserves the integrity of your financial resources during your lifetime.
• It also allows you to control your assets until your passing.
• It gives you access to significant tax benefits.

Besides offering protection to you and your loved ones, a life insurance policy is a way to make a meaningful yet affordable gift to the Orchestre Métropolitain.

The advantages of a gift of life insurance:

• Preserve the majority of your financial resources during your lifetime.
• Invest a marginal amount that will grow into a substantial gift.
• Access to attractive tax benefits.
• Facilitate a major gift using a smaller amount without depriving your beneficiaries.

Easy to arrange, a donation of publicly traded securities lets you support the Orchestre Métropolitain while also enjoying significant tax savings.

The advantages of donating listed securities:

• The tax treatment is particularly advantageous.
• Tax receipt equivalent to the market value of the securities at the time of transfer.
• No tax is payable on the capital gain.
• A quick and simple process that can be completed in just a few days.