LHS Charitable Remainder Gift Annuities offer donors a simple, inexpensive, and flexible way to support LHS programs and services while providing guaranteed income payments for one or two persons. Donors may fund the gift annuity using cash or marketable securities. In return, LHS Foundation agrees to pay the donor(s) or a friend or family member fixed annual payments for life. Donor(s) may also benefit from immediate and on-going tax deductions. LHS Foundation offers immediate, deferred, and deferred flexible gift annuities.

Immediate Gift Annuities, as the name implies, begin making life-income payments immediately—there is no waiting period. These may be established by donors aged forty-five and older.

Deferred Gift Annuities begin making life-income payments at some designated future time, usually the donor's intended retirement age (e.g., ages 62, 65, or 70). These often serve a valuable role in retirement planning for younger donors and provide the flexibility to receive payments when needed most.

Deferred Flexible Gift Annuities allow donors to defer their decision regarding when to begin receiving life-income payments until some future time. This additional flexibility is often very helpful to those who are uncertain when they want to begin receiving their life-income payments.

LHS gift annuities can be funded with assets of $10,000 or more and may provide life income payments for one or two people.