You can be very creative in the ways you help your favorite charities. You can realize significant financial and personal benefits while helping in very important ways. Consider the following ideas.
Simplest and Best
From a present gift to a life income gift to an estate gift there are many ways to give to charity. A wise person once said "The simplest way to state a principle is the best." In charitable planning that is often the case. Here is a list of basic ways to preserve and advance what is important in your life.
A Present Gift of:
Cash
Stock in a Publicly Traded Corporation
Stock in a Privately Held Corporation
Corporate Bonds
Mutual Fund Shares
U. S. Savings Bonds
Residential Real Estate
Commercial Real Estate
Agricultural Real Estate
A Charitable Remainder Unitrust Funded with:
Cash
Stock in a Publicly Traded Corporation
Stock in a Privately Held Corporation
Corporate Bonds
Mutual Fund Shares
U. S. Savings Bonds
Residential Real Estate
Commercial Real Estate
Agricultural Real Estate
A Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust Funded with:
Cash
Stock in a Publicly Traded Corporation
Stock in a Privately Held Corporation
Corporate Bonds
Mutual Fund Shares
U. S. Savings Bonds
Residential Real Estate
Commercial Real Estate
Agricultural Real Estate
A Charitable Gift Annuity Funded with:
Cash
Stock in a Publicly Traded Corporation
Stock in a Privately Held Corporation
Corporate Bonds
Mutual Fund Shares
U. S. Savings Bonds
Residential Real Estate
Commercial Real Estate
Agricultural Real Estate
An Estate Gift Expressed in Your Last Will and Testament or Revocable Living Trust Gifting:
Cash
Stock in a Publicly Traded Corporation
Stock in a Privately Held Corporation
Corporate Bonds
Mutual Fund Shares
U. S. Savings Bonds
Residential Real Estate
Commercial Real Estate
Agricultural Real Estate
And More
There are many ways to combine these and other planning options with your goals and values to design an estate plan and a charitable gifting plan that is right for you. We would be glad to visit with you, your family and your personal and professional advisors to discuss the possibilities.
Begin with the End in Mind
In a thoughtful conversation with a member of the staff or with a friend or graduate of the College you might find a connection between what is important in your life and Greensboro College. Your interest and your financial support are essential to the continued vitality of the College.
Some Possibilities
You have countless opportunities for helping Greensboro College. Here are some of them:
- Make your gift unrestricted, allowing it to be used where it is needed most.
- Establish an endowment fund to honor your spouse, your parents, or another individual you wish to recognize with a perpetual gift.
- Name a laboratory, a room or another part of Proctor Hall in honor of your spouse, your parents, a professor or another individual you wish to recognize and honor.
- Contribute toward the purchase and renovation of the West Market Street YMCA building.
- Contribute toward the campus beautification plan.
- Endow a permanent scholarship for students of Greensboro College.
- Endow your annual gift so when you are gone your gift will continue.
- Create a permanent endowment to fund a Presidential Scholarship.
- Be publicly recognized for your gift or give anonymously.
Imagine the possibilities!
"The smallest deed is far greater than the grandest intention."
Office of Planned Giving
Greensboro College
815 West Market Street
Greensboro, North Carolina 27401-1875
336-272-7102, extension 223
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