Home > Support Redlands >
Information About Giving >
Gift Planning
Gift Planning
We make a living by what we get and we make a life by what we give.
—Winston Churchill
The University of Redlands offers you many different ways to support its educational mission while fulfilling your own philanthropic goals. Working together, we can create a plan that makes sense for you and the university.
Gifts to Posterity : Bequests and Other Testamentary Gifts
Bequests and other testamentary gifts are safe, prac¬tical, and useful estate planning tools.
An unrestricted testamentary gift allows the university the flexibility to use it where it will make an immediate impact, whereas a restricted one allows you to direct it to a program or use that holds meaning for you.
Read more…
Deferred Gifts: Pay Yourself Now, Pay Us Later
Do you remember Wimpy, the character in the Popeye cartoons who would say, “I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today?”
Charitable remainder trusts, the University of Redlands Pooled Income Fund Trust, charitable gift annuities, and the charitable life estates enable you enjoy income (or other beneficial interests) and tax benefits today, while supporting Redlands tomorrow.
Read more…
A Sophisticated Planning Opportunity
Would you be interested in making a substantial gift to Redlands during life, if you could do so without hurting your heirs? With a charitable lead trust, it may just be possible.
Read more…
A Legacy of Legacies: The George P. Cortner Heritage Society
From 1914 to 1946, George P. Cortner served the University of Redlands as business manager. At the conclusion of his tenure, he left behind a legacy of hard work, sacrifice, and service that has characterized the university ever since.
The George P. Cortner Heritage Society honors Cortner for his many tangible and intangible legacies to the university. It also honors those special individuals who have committed themselves to leaving legacies of their own to Redlands.
If you have included Redlands in your estate plans, have made it an irrevocable beneficiary of a charitable or other inter vivos trust, or have named it as a beneficiary of a life insurance contract or qualified retirement account, you are eligible for membership.
Read more…