Three things keep counting after you are gone. This is one of them.
Most people give generously their whole life and then it stops the day they do. It does not have to. You can set up giving that carries on, and it can lower the tax bill your family faces at the same time.
Giving with a structure behind it.
Writing a cheque is good. Building something that keeps giving is better, and it is not only for very wealthy families.
A waqf
An endowment that holds an asset and gives away what it produces, year after year. The property stays. The benefit keeps flowing. We build it so it works under both Islamic principles and United States trust law.
Charitable bequests
A defined part of your estate directed to the masjid, the school, the orphan fund or the relief organisation you already support. Written so it is honoured exactly, without eating into the shares your heirs are owed.
Giving that reduces tax
Structured properly, charitable planning lowers what your estate owes and can increase what your heirs actually receive. Generosity and good planning are not in conflict here.
Your heirs come first. Then the rest is yours to direct.
Islamic inheritance sets aside fixed shares for your mandatory heirs, and that is not negotiable. What you do have is a discretionary third. Most people never use it deliberately, and that is a missed opportunity.
- We calculate exactly how much room you have to give
- We name the causes clearly so nothing depends on someone remembering
- We make sure the giving cannot be challenged out of existence later
- We look at how it interacts with tax so the family is not worse off than it needs to be
Build something that outlives you.
Bring the cause you care about to the first call and we will show you the options.