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Planned Giving at 杏吧原创
Plan Your Future Gift. Create a Lasting Legacy.
Leave a Legacy at 杏吧原创
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鈥� Ruth 鈥�67 and Jimmy Sapp, planned giving donors
Explore Your Giving Options
Bequests
The most common听way to make a听planned gift is听including a bequest for 杏吧原创 in your will or trust.听 If you have already included the College in your will, please let us know so that we can welcome you听into the W. Harry and Harriet Hill Society for Planned Gifts.
If you are working with an estate planning attorney, you can access sample bequest language below.
Beneficiary Gifts
Giving assets听飞丑颈肠丑听do not go through the probate process 鈥� like a 401(k) or an IRA account听鈥� can be听a simple way听to help your heirs avoid taxes and benefit organizations like Young Harris. You can usually list a charitable organization as a beneficiary through your account custodian鈥檚 website. 听about听listing听Young Harris as beneficiary of听a听nonprobate听asset.听
Create Your Will or Trust
If you听诲辞苍鈥檛听have a will, Young Harris offers a free online will-writing tool for its friends and alumni.听You may include an optional bequest for a charitable organization like Young听Harris听but you are not听obligated听to do so. By using this tool provided by our partner听FreeWill,听you can write your legally valid will or Revocable Living Trust in fewer than 20听minutes.
Become a member of the W. Harry and Harriet Hill Society for Planned Gifts
Donors who share with听us their intention to include听the College听in their estate plans are welcomed into the W. Harry and Harriet Hill Society for Planned Gifts. Hill Society members are invited to special appreciation events throughout the year and recognized as the College鈥檚 most loyal supporters.
The Impact of Your Gift
Your future gift can be used to:
- Establish,听name听and set criteria for an endowed scholarship fund with a听gift of听$25,000听(estimated value)听or more.听
- Prepare students for future success with a gift designated for our newly launched Professional Readiness and Experiential Programs (PREP). Such gifts are eligible for 1:1 matching funds made possible through the generosity of the Rollins Family Foundations.听
- Address the most pressing needs (unrestricted) of the College.听
鈥淓verything that I have is because of Young Harris,鈥� says Sam Gaston 鈥�20 about why he and his wife Mackenzie Melton Gaston 鈥�19 included 杏吧原创 in their wills.
Save Your Cash - Realize Tax Savings - Give From Your Assets
Giving From Your Assets
Give Stock or Appreciated Assets
When you transfer securities to us, you receive a charitable deduction for their full market value and may avoid capital gains taxes. This means you can make a larger gift at a lower original cost to you. Contact us for stock transfer instructions.
Make a Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) Grant
Receive an immediate tax deduction for what you give to the DAF but recommend grants to organizations like Young Harris over time. Your investment can grow tax-free. Most community foundations and other financial institutions (like the ) can help you set up a donor-advised fund and assist you with making grants to multiple charitable organizations.
Give from your IRA
If you are age 70 陆 or older, you can give up to $110K from your IRA directly to a qualified charity, like 杏吧原创, without paying income taxes on the money. The distribution may count toward a Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) for those subject to an RMD.
Resources for You
Interested in Learning More?
To听have a confidential conversation about听your vision for听a听planned gift听to 杏吧原创, please contact:听
Office of Advancement
Call us: 706-379-5173
