Planned Giving
Including NCFL in your retirement plans, will, living trust, or related methods offers an opportunity for you to extend your legacy of learning to future generations.

Planned gifts—large and small—are a lasting way to help families start their own legacy of learning. To learn more about how to arrange a planned gift to NCFL, please e-mail Emily Kirkpatrick, Senior Director, or call (502) 584-1133.

Sponsorship and Grants
NCFL has a wide range of sponsorship and grant opportunities. Foundation and corporate grants support NCFL’s programming, outreach efforts, and special events for families and teachers. Opportunities include:

• Sponsoring the annual National Conference on Family Literacy, the premier professional development event for educators, volunteers and supporters
• Model program initiatives designed to research and implement new solutions that increase literacy rates for parents and children
• Special projects that make a strategic impact on specific communities, the literacy field, and/or one-time organization needs

For more information about current sponsorship or grant opportunities, e-mail Emily Kirkpatrick, Senior Director, or call (502) 584-1133.

In-Kind Giving
In-kind gifts can offset the recurring costs NCFL experiences in its day-to-day operations. Areas of need include:

• Printing
• Travel (lodging, air travel vouchers, car rental)
• Technology (new computers, presentation hardware)
• Books (new books for families)

In-kind contributions allow NCFL to make the best use of every dollar. For more information about in-kind donations, please e-mail Andrea Peters, Development Specialist, or call (502) 584-1133.

Stock Transfers
Giving stock donations to NCFL is a relatively simple process. The steps involved depend on how you, the donor, hold the stock.

1. Stock is held in a brokerage account
If your stock is held in a brokerage account, the following steps apply:

• Contact your Broker and request their assistance in transferring the stock to NCFL.
• Your Broker may require a Letter of Authorization that includes the stock name, number of shares to be donated, and your signature.
• Provide your Broker the following  information regarding NCFL’s  account:
  • Stock Yards Bank & Trust Co. DTC# (901)
  • Account number 347871

2. Stock is held directly by the company in which you are invested 
Please e-mail Andrea Peters, NCFL Development Specialist, or call (502) 584-1133 x131.

3. You have the physical stock certificates
Please e-mail Andrea Peters, NCFL Development Specialist, or call (502) 584-1133 x131.

NCFL has earned the Better Business Bureau’s charity seal, a designation that confirms the organization’s compliance with the BBB’s comprehensive accountability standards. To read more about NCFL’s use of funds, click here.