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| Lifetime Planned
Gifts Lifetime Income Gifts • Charitable Gift Annuities • Charitable Remainder Trusts • Centre College Pooled Income Fund • Charitable Lead Trusts • Gifts of Life Insurance Policies Other Lifetime Planned Gifts • Gifts of Interest in Real Estate • Bargain Sales Planned Gifts Made at Death • Testamentary Gifts • Testamentary Trusts • Gifts of Tax-Deferred Retirement Accounts |
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| “Centre is a living, learning environment. Our continued support of Centre College will allow students in the future to have the same experience that I have today.” | |
| – Ben Golden '05 | |
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| The College needs
a strong base of future gift commitments to sustain its level of
success. Deferred, or planned, giving also gives those who hold Centre
dear the assurance that the College will continue its valuable work
well into the future. Methods of deferred giving allow donors to make significant contributions now without sacrificing their current standard of living; sometimes their standard of living can even be enhanced. Considering the tax and income benefits of some life income gift plans, many donors can make larger gift commitments to Centre than they would have dreamed possible, often without reducing assets available to pass to their heirs. The gift to Centre need not be deferred, though. Certain methods of giving, particularly charitable trusts, allow a donor to make significant gifts to charity up front, with the remainder paid out to the donor or to the donor’s heirs. During times of low interest rates, it is even more advantageous to utilize charitable lead trusts to provide current support to Centre and future support to children or grandchildren. This allows someone, for example, to use a family business or similar asset to create an endowed scholarship or professorship for Centre during the campaign and, then, pass the assets to heirs at a significant savings of gift and estate taxes. |
Deferred Giving Naming Opportunities Endowed funds can be established by means of a deferred gift, providing an opportunity for donors to structure long-term gifts in ways that are beneficial both to the donor and to Centre. Such gifts can name one or more of the following campaign priorities: • Named endowed scholarship • Named endowed faculty chair • Named endowed professorship • Named endowment for a New Horizons Fund initiative • Unrestricted (area of greatest need) |
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| “I think that people who have experienced the Centre education are motivated to replicate what was done for them. Foundations and others see Centre as a place that’s on the rise, and the idea of our continued success motivates them. They give because of what they believe the College can do and because the College has done so much for them. They love this place.” |
| – William Breeze ’45, Special Assistant to the President for Endowment |
