10/16/2026
If you are 70½ or older and you have an IRA, you can send money directly from that IRA to a qualified charity.
The distribution is not taxable to you, and it can satisfy your required minimum distribution for the year. For clients who are giving anyway and taking RMDs they do not need, it does two jobs at once.
There is an annual cap and the rules are specific, so this is one to walk through before you initiate anything.