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Pick up your free copy at any Las Vegas area Albertsons, Whole Senior Connections does not endorse political candidates. Foods or Walmart locations. You We invite candidates and elected may also request a monthly copy be representatives to share their views delivered directly to you by e-mailing us with the community so long as they your name, address and either phone do not attack their opponents on our platform. We provide this as a service number or e-mail to: Subscribe@ to the community to help voters know SeniorConnectionsNV.com more about their candidates. 2 Senior Connections Magazine January 2020 Tips on Planning Charitable Giving for the New Year By The Smith Center for the Performing Arts A new year has arrived, marking now as an important time for Southern Nevadans to focus on financial planning for the approaching tax season – especially if they’re exploring charitable giving. It might interest some to learn that nonprofits like The Smith Center for the Performing Arts, as well as many institutions like hospitals and universities, depend on planned giving to sustain their operations for future generations. Planned giving – a flexible donation option that involves some form of financial planning – can include gifts left in a will, estate plan or life insurance policy, as well as donations in the form of stocks and real estate. If you’re considering planned giving this year, check out a few tips below on how to best tailor this for your financial needs. Planned Gifts That Make You Income Some forms of planned giving can both provide revenue to a deserving nonprofit, while also making income for the donor. This can be helpful for retirement and estate planning. A few of these options include a charitable gift annuity, a chari- table remainder trust, and a charitable lead trust. Tax Breaks Older community members might be interested in a change in federal law that has made one form of planned giving easier. It’s now possible every year for individuals 70 and a half or older to make tax-free, charitable gifts up to $100,000 per year directly from their Individual Retirement Accounts to eligible charities. This allowance used to be dependent on an annual extension by the federal government, but was recently made permanent. This allows donors to reduce the gift amount from their gross yearly income, earning a potentially significant tax deduction. Defer Gifts After Your Lifetime Many Southern Nevadans want to make a community impact, but they might not have enough assets or resources to make chari- table gifts immediately. Various planned giving options, such as designating donations in a will or trust, or listing a nonprofit as a beneficiary for a life insur- ance policy, allow individuals to pledge a gift so they don’t have to give right now, but at a future date. If an individual pledges a planned gift this way, the recipient organization can count on that gift coming in at a certain time, and can plan accordingly. Some donors consider this an opportunity to leave a legacy. Learn More Interested to learn more? The Smith Center offers a Financial Advisors Network (FAN) of professional advisors like accountants, attorneys and bankers to give free financial guidance for donors. 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When: nightly 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. performances Cost: Tickets start at $25 for Las Vegas locals January 1–5 (Showcase): Rocky Dale Davis, Kathleen Dunbar, Leo Flowers, Quinn Dahle and Mark Cohen Rocky Dale Davis (EPIX comedy special, “Dating Not Filter” on E!, “Hart of the City” on Comedy Central, “Greatest Party Stories Ever” on MTV), Kathleen Dunbar (Las Vegas Comedy Festival), January 13–19 (Showcase): January 27–February 2 (Showcase): Leo Flowers (“Comics Unleashed,” Dean Delray, Ty Barnett, Nicole Butch Bradley, Dean Edwards, “Staan ‘Dup” on Starz and MTV), Aimee, Quinn Dahle and Mark Cohen Yamaneika Saunders, Matt Quinn Dahle (“The Tonight Show,” Dean Delray (“WTF with Marc Maron,” Kirshen and Mark Cohen Showtime, Comedy Central) and Mark “Mohr Stories” and his own weekly Butch Bradley (Comedy Central, Cohen (Comedy Central, “The Sarah podcast “Let There Be Talk”), Ty “The Late Late Show with Craig Silverman Program,” “Louie”). Barnett (NBC’s “Last Comic Standing”), Ferguson,” Comics Unleased), Dean Time: 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Nicole Aimee (Comedy Central Edwards (“Saturday Night Live,” the January 6–12 (Showcase): “Roast Battle,” Oxygen “Funny Girls”), films “Spider-Man,” “Goyband” and Quinn Dahle (“The Tonight Show,” “New Wave”), Yamaneika Saunders Jessica Kirson, Don McMillan, Showtime, Comedy Central) and Mark (“The Tonight Show,” Comedy Central Emma Willmann, Dustin Cohen (Comedy Central, “The Sarah Presents, Showtime’s “Nasty Show,” Ybarra and Mark Cohen Silverman Program,” “Louie”). “Grown and sexy” on VH1, “The Jessica Kirson (Recent Comedy Central Time: 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Degenerates” on Netflix, “LaffMobb/ special “Talking to Myself,” “The Laff Tracks” on TrueTV, “Roast Battle” Comedian,” NBC’s “The Apprentice,” January 20–26 (Showcase): on Comedy Central), Matt Kirshen “The Tonight Show,” “Last Comic Jackie Fabulous, Tom Thakkar, Erica (“The Tonight Show,” “The Late Late Standing,” VH-1, Bravo and Comedy Rhodes, Leo Flowers and Mark Cohen Show,” “Last Comic Standing”) and Central’s “Premium Blend”), Don Jackie Fabulous (“The Tonight Show,” Mark Cohen (Comedy Central, “The McMillan (“The Tonight Show,” HBO, “Last Comic Standing”), Tom Thakkar Sarah Silverman Program,” “Louie”). $100,000 “Star Search Comedy” Grand (Comedy Central, CONAN, co-host of Time: 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Champion), Emma Willmann ((“The Late Comedy Central Radio/SiriusXM's You Show with Stephen Colbert,” MTV, Vh1, ABOUT COMEDY CELLAR Up with Nikki Glaser), Erica Rhodes host of “The Check Spot” on SiriusXM), (HBO’s “Veep,” ABC’s “Modern Family,” The Comedy Cellar discovered Dave Dustin Ybarra (“Kevin (Probably) Saves Fox’s “New Girl,” Comedy Central), Chappelle, Ray Romano, Jon Stewart, the World, recurring role on Fox’s Leo Flowers (“Comics Unleashed,” Dave Attell, Amy Schumer and Chris “Gotham” and NBC’s “The Player”) and “Staan ‘Dup” on Starz and MTV) and Rock. In addition to these household Mark Cohen (Comedy Central, “The Mark Cohen (Comedy Central, “The names, virtually every important Sarah Silverman Program,” “Louie”). Sarah Silverman Program,” “Louie”). comedian of the last 30 years began their Time: 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Time: 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. careers at the iconic venue. 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