How will you leave a legacy?

Planned Giving

Learn how leaving a legacy with Mount de Sales Academy can help support the causes you care about while continuing to meet your current financial needs.

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Reach Your Philanthropic and Financial Goals with Planned Giving

A legacy gift enables you to support Mount de Sales Academy, secures the financial needs of your loved ones, and provides you with tax benefits. Legacy gifts of all sizes combine to help us meet our current goals and reach further into the future.

By including Mount de Sales Academy in your will or trust, naming MDS as a beneficiary of all or part of a life insurance policy, or taking advantage of other giving opportunities, you can preserve your assets now and support MDS for years to come. Your gift will have a real, lasting impact.

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Join the Burke Society

When you make a gift to Mount de Sales Academy from your will or trust, you'll be welcomed into the Burke Society and join other supporters and friends of our important mission. Is Mount de Sales Academy already in your plans? Please let us know so we can properly thank you and make sure your gift will be used as you've intended.

How to Give

Not only do you have options for how your gift to Mount de Sales Academy will be used, you also have options on what to give and how to give. There are gifts that cost you nothing now, gifts that pay you income, and gifts that allow you to decide what happens when.

General Bequest

Gifts From Your Will

Through a provision in your written and executed will, you can make a gift in the form of cash, securities, real estate or personal property. Choose the one that best fits your needs and intentions.

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Charitable Gift Annuity

Fixed Payments for Life

Support our mission and receive fixed payments for life with a charitable gift annuity. This simple contract benefits you and our organization.

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Donor-Advised Fund

Flexible Giving Account

Recommend grants to support our mission from your donor-advised fund. Enjoy immediate tax benefits and the flexibility to give when it works for you.

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IRA Charitable Rollover

Tax-Free Gifts From Your IRA

If you are 70 1/2 or older, you can make a tax-free gift from your IRA to support our mission. This gift can satisfy your required minimum distribution.

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Life Insurance

Gift of Life Insurance

Name our organization as a beneficiary of your life insurance policy and make a significant impact with a simple designation.

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Real Estate

Gift of Property

Donate real estate such as a home, vacation property, or land to support our mission and receive potential tax benefits.

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Retirement Assets

Gift of Retirement Assets

Designate our organization as a beneficiary of your retirement plan to support our mission and reduce potential taxes for your heirs.

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Appreciated Securities

Gift of Stock

Give appreciated stocks or mutual funds and potentially eliminate capital gains tax while supporting our mission.

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Other Options

Other Planned Giving Vehicles

There are many other ways to support Mount de Sales Academy through a planned giving vehicle. Charitable Gift Annuities, Charitable Trusts, Life Insurance and more may be good options for you.

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Meet Our Donors

Donors just like you have made a real impact just by adding a few words to their will or using one of the many giving options available.

Ryan H. Dodd ’96

Ryan H. Dodd ’96

A Legacy of Leadership — A lifelong servant leader, Ryan H. Dodd ’96 has made plans for a bequest to the Academy in gratitude for the lasting influence of his Mount de Sales experience.

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Judge Betty Willis Ruben ’44

Judge Betty Willis Ruben ’44

A Legacy of Success — The Judge Betty Willis Ruben Center for Global Studies at Mount de Sales was made possible with a generous bequest from alumna Judge Betty Willis Ruben, class of 1944.

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