Donating shares
Did you know that donating publicly traded shares is as kind as it is smart, both advantageous for the giver while greatly helping sick children?
Why donate shares?
Donating shares allows you to help sick children in a planned, strategic way.
- Easy and effective
Donating securities is easy to do. A simple communication with Enfant Soleil is all it takes to provide the necessary information to your broker, who will then handle the transfer of the designated securities to Enfant Soleil, and that’s it. The organization will then issue a charitable tax receipt for the value of your donation.
- Flexibility
Note that a gift by will or the creation of a personal or family endowment fund can also be made by donating shares.
- A winning choice
Donating shares is more advantageous than donating the proceeds from selling them. Since there is no capital gain, it eliminates the tax you would have to pay on their sale. The money that would have gone to taxes instead goes directly to the cause you support. It's a win-win!
Own a holding company? Your donation can be made through this business.
Example of a share donation calculation
In this example, by transferring your securities to Enfant Soleil with a value of $10,000, you eliminate the capital gains tax that would have been $1,500.
1. We use a tax rate and a tax credit rate of 50% to simplify our examples.
Steps to take to make your donation
See how easy it is to finalize your gift.
Once you receive the transfer information from us, inform your broker of your intention to donate shares and specify which you would like to transfer (name, number of shares, etc.).
When your shares have been officially transferred to Enfant Soleil, they are sold to further the foundation's overall mission. An official tax receipt is calculated based on the closing price of the shares on the day of the transfer, and sent to you.
Brighten children’s lives today and tomorrow
Each year, Enfant Soleil supports more than a hundred projects in healthcare centres and organizations across Quebec to improve the care given to children. The sums entrusted to us are used to finance the equipment, treatment and facilities where thousands of children are cared for each year, and to ensure the sustainability of the support offered to the medical teams who care for them.
Your donation helps sick children and vulnerable babies like Jules
Jules wound up in intensive care at just six days old. His white blood cell count was abnormally low, so he was rushed to the hospital by ambulance in the middle of the night. The tiny four-pound baby was hooked up on all sides: antibiotics, antivirals, a hydration tube, breathing tube, feeding tube... After six days, Jules regained his colour and his appetite and was able to reunite with his twin brother, Marin, who was waiting for him back at home. Today, at seven months old, he's a bright little fellow who marvels at everything and anything.
Your donation helps children like Jules by enabling teams at pediatric centres and regional hospitals to give them the best care when they need it. Your generosity shines through where children can benefit: cozy, comfortable rooms and cutting-edge medical equipment, adapted to their size, to soften the harshness of treatments or reduce the length of care or the time spent in the hospital.
Want to take action?
Let us know about your gesture. We would love to thank you, confirm that we have understood your wishes, and that we can easily honour them.
Catherine Huard
Director of Individual, Major, and Planned Giving
Donor Relations – Quebec and Eastern Quebec Regions1-877-683-2325, ext. 2007
chuard@enfantsoleil.ca