Retirement Funds

Changes have been made recently to the Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) for an Individual Retirement Account (IRA). These changes have enhanced the tax advantages of making a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD). All or part of an RMD can be gifted to qualified charities and avoid taxation on the personal income generated from taking an RMD. There are age and handling requirements that must be addressed by the donor.

For information on QCD and RMD, see: https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/reminder-to-ira-owners-age-70-and-a-half-or-over-qualified-charitable-distributions-are-great-options-for-making-tax-free-gifts-to-charity#:~:text=Likewise%2C%20a%20check%20made%20payable,up%20to%20%24200%2C000%20per%20year.

Please consider exploring this gifting opportunity with your financial and tax advisor. 

ARCS Foundation Atlanta is a 501(c)(3) corporation. Donors may deduct contributions to ARCS Foundation as provided in Section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code. 

Address:

ARCS Foundation Atlanta 
P.O. Box 52124
Atlanta, GA  30355 

Sarina Abrishamcar
Northside Hospital Award
Ph.D. Student, Epidemiology
Emory University
First Year ARCS Scholar

Sarina is a doctoral student in Epidemiology. She is interested in how environmental and psychosocial exposures affect health outcomes through genomic mechanisms. She received her B.S. in Pharmacology from University of California, Santa Barbara and her M.P.H. in Epidemiology with a certificate in Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology from Emory University. Sarina was a research assistant at the CDC’s Office of Public Health Genomics and was inducted into The Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health. To date, she has published one first-author, peer-reviewed publication, and co-authored five peer-reviewed publications, and presented her research at four conferences. Sarina serves on the Doctoral Student Advisory Board and sings in the Emory University Choir in her spare time.