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The L.D. Miles Value Foundation (MVF) relies primarily on your donations to support our projects and initiatives to achieve our mission “to promote and fund the development of educational programs, new applications, and a research library for the study of the Value Methodology (VM)”. Your donation to the MVF makes you a member and gives you an opportunity to help achieve our mission.

The Foundation is guided by a Board of Directors that serves without compensation. No part of the receipts of the Foundation will go to the benefit of its members, trustees, or officers. In addition, persons (and their firms) currently serving on the Board, or as an Officer, may not be paid salary or consultant fee for services from Foundation funds. Please support the Foundation through your contributions.

American Donors

The Foundation is incorporated in the United States District of Columbia as a charitable organization.

Donations to the Foundation qualify as a charitable deduction (Schedule A) in the United States.
You may make a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) directly, by your IRA Trustee, from your IRA to the MVF. This direct donation does not count as ordinary income to you as a distribution from your retirement plan usually would, thus lowering your adjusted gross income (AGI). And, this QCD will count towards your required minimum distribution (RMD) for those of you older than 70.5. The limit of the contribution (QCD) is $100,000 per person.
Another way to donate IRA assets is through an estate after the donor's death by naming the MVF as the designated beneficiary—or one of them—of the IRA. The MVF will receive whatever percentage of the assets the account owner states on the beneficiary form.

Please consult with your attorney or tax advisor to be sure you understand the tax issues with these donations for your individual situation.

Annual membership gifts include:

Patron member $1,000
Sustaining member $500
Donor member $100
Contributing member $50
Individual member $25

Pay by Credit Card - Click the "Donate" button above, or -

Pay by Check - Make payable to the Miles Value Foundation and send to:

Kathy Bethany, VP Operations)

5658 37th St NE

Hickory, NC

USA

28601

Value Foundation Programs

We have three funds, in addition to our general operating fund, where concentration of resources and work over the next five years would provide wide public benefit. We encourage you to direct your contribution to one of the following funds of Value programs:

1. Miles Value Institute Fund

The intent of this fund is to develop a national center for public training and education in value techniques. Our first project under this fund was to support the Miles research library at the University of Wisconsin. A Virtual Value Institute is in development and could use your support.

2. Education Fund

The primary focus of this fund is to introduce value methodology into curricula at the university level. Funds are needed to endow chairs to teach Value, provide scholarships to deserving students, develop textbooks and curricula, and to provide films, videos and other tools to support classroom instruction. The MVF has provided awards to students by the University Challenge (team event), and a Scholarship to individual students.

3. New Applications Fund

This fund will be used to develop and document applications of value methodology in new areas (i.e., health care, law, etc.) and create a body of literature and examples to cultivate the interest of management and employees in these fields. The Foundation accepts grants to this fund to perform demonstration studies.

Please consider supporting the MVF with a donation. You may donate through SAVE International when renewing your dues, from the MVF website using PayPal, or to the MVF Treasurer

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