Painless donations to American Institute for Roman Culture

[caesar novus]

https://ancientromelive.org/about/ is fundraising for it's educational activities, and has set up a tax deductible way for Americans to do this thru nonprofit https://ancientromelive.org/support/. But they don't mention an especially painless way to do this which is a Transfer-On-Death provision to financial accounts such as  retirement or bank. I have done this easily online, allocating various percentages to people and non-profits, with backups in case some recipients expire.

As I understand this is put into action with death certificate long before probate and wills, and can be updated without witnesses (but confirm all independently) To set up you will need the EIN number, and the exact name of American Institute...

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The American Institute for Roman Culture | We are a 501(C)3 US Non-profit Organization, EIN 22-3885181

 

Edited December 4, 2025 by caesar novus

[guy]

Thanks for the link. They do good work.

Edited December 31, 2025 by guy

[caesar novus]

Here is a US gov't search tool I use to kind of sniff out if a charity is currently legit, and it's official name and tax number: https://apps.irs.gov/app/eos/ 

I override it's database choice to "Pub 78 Data" and search by "Organization Name" rather than EIN number. To be US tax deductable, it has to spend most donations in US rather than Italy, but they structure it to somehow benefit Italy or whatever. Even if deductability isn't a concern, this provides some checks due to paperwork they must regularly file. But there are some sketchy organizations that get approved and on the list.