Donors may choose among many ways to make gifts to the College of Education. Gifts both small and large make a tremendous impact on our students, our faculty and our community. Below are some sample methods of supporting the College.
OUTRIGHT GIFTS
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Cash Gifts
The most simple and flexible way to make a gift is providing a cash investment. Make out a personal check to the University of Maryland College Park Foundation or use your credit card to make a gift online here.
Gifts of Appreciated Securities
Gifts of publicly traded stock are a convenient way to make a gift to the College. Such charitable transfers of readily marketable securities can be conducted by you directly or through a licensed financial advisor.
Gifts of Real Property
Gifts of real estate to benefit the College may be made after prior approval from the university’s Gift Acceptance Committee. A third party appraisal of the property is necessary.
DEFERRED AND LIFE INCOME GIFTS
Bequests
One may designate the College in their will and leave a lasting legacy. Gifts can be made by providing a specific dollar amount, a specific percentage of the estate, or the remainder interest, choosing a designation of either a general or specific purpose.
Charitable Remainder Trusts
Make a deferred gift to the College and provide yourself and/or others an income for life or a term of years by contributing assets of cash, securities or other property to a trust designed by you in concert with your financial advisors. Charitable Remainder Unitrust permits additional gifts to be made to the trust over one’s lifetime.
Charitable Gift Annuity
In return for your gift to the College, receive an annual income for one’s life and the life of another. Often funded with cash or appreciated securities, this one page agreement is simple to execute.
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