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Ways to Give

CASH

Cash gifts, which can be made using a check or credit card, are simple and the most common types of gifts.  These gifts allow the University of Redlands to put the contribution to use for the benefit of students right away.  They are also fully deductible for federal income tax purposes. 

APPRECIATED SECURITIES

Gifts of appreciated securities - stocks and bonds - provide important tax advantages to the donor.  The full fair market value of the donated appreciated securities is fully deductible as a charitable contribution for federal income tax purposes.

REAL ESTATE

Gifting a residence, vacation home, commercial building, land or vacant property can provide many tax advantages.  It can also provide lifetime income.

RETAINED LIFE ESTATES

Donors can contribute a residence, vacation home or farm, while retaining the right to live in and use the property.  Donors may receive an income tax deduction.

BEQUESTS

Setting up an endowment to benefit Redlands students in your family's name, by means of a bequest in your will or living trust, is a wonderful way to support your philanthropic priorities in perpetuity.

RETIREMENT PLAN ASSETS

Using retirement plan assets to make a charitable contribution gives donors financial and tax advantages.  Naming the University of Redlands as a beneficiary of a retirement plan - including IRAs, 401(k)s and profit-sharing plans - may eliminate estate and income taxes.

LIFE INSURANCE

By assigning ownership of life insurance to Redlands, donors can receive tax deductions for the cash value of the policy and the yearly premiums.