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Thank you for your interest in Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch. Your prayers and your gifts are integral to helping at-risk children and their families succeed in the name of Christ.

Gift and estate planning can seem overwhelming or intimidating. Yet, gift and estate planning enable you to provide for family, loved ones, and the causes that are most important to you. Gift and estate planning also enable you to pass your values on to future generations and establish an everlasting legacy.

Our goal is to help you in this process so that you can best meet the needs of your unique situation. Through this website we want to serve you by providing valuable information and access to tools and resources that you can utilize in the privacy of your own home.

Many friends of the Ranch have benefitted from life income gifts, gift annuities and other plans. These options may also be valuable as you consider your needs and goals.

Thank you for taking the time to explore the benefits of gift planning and prayerfully considering how you may assist our ministry serve at-risk children and their families.

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Benefits for Family and Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch

There are several tools you can use for gift and estate planning. Many of these tools offer wonderful benefits to donors as well as to our ministry and the children and families we serve.

The scenarios below provide you with some insights about the various tools and the benefits of each one. Reading these stories may provide you with invaluable assistance as you develop your own plan. Just click on the picture and you can view each story.

A Bequest to Further Good Work
Nancy and David Atkins were dedicated volunteers. Over the years, they had seen many individuals impacted by the good work of our organization. They wanted to create a legacy to provide future support to continue our mission. More on A Bequest to Further Good Work >>.

Deferred Gift Annuity
Several years ago Larry and Allison invested $30,000 in what they believed to be an attractive stock. It turned out to be a very wise decision, because the value of the stock increased to $100,000 a few years later. More on Deferred Gift Annuity >>.

Gift Annuity for Real Estate
Jonathan purchased a home many years ago for $80,000. The home has appreciated substantially over the years and is now worth $420,000. Jonathan's wife of 45 years recently passed away. More on Gift Annuity for Real Estate >>.

A Bequest to Save Taxes
Thomas Merrick was a widower who had a great love for our organization. As an individual who had directly benefited from our work, Thomas wanted to thank us with a gift from his estate. More on A Bequest to Save Taxes >>.