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When you look at ways to support Northwestern, you should not feel like you have to choose between your philanthropic goals and financial security. One gift that allows you to support the University while receiving fixed payments for life is a charitable gift annuity. This popular gift involves a simple contract between you and Northwestern. In return for a gift of cash or securities, the University agrees to pay you, and up to one other individual, a fixed amount of income for life.
Not only does a charitable gift annuity provide a steady income stream, it also provides a variety of tax benefits, including a federal income tax charitable deduction at the time you make the gift. Your annuity benefits the University as well; at the end your lifetime or that of your beneficiary, Northwestern receives the balance remaining from the annuity.
At Northwestern, the minimum gift required to establish a charitable gift annuity is $15,000.
If you are younger than 60 or do not need your payments now, you can set up a deferred gift annuity. This allows you to delay receiving payments until a later date—such as when you reach retirement. To learn more, view and download the guide Deferred Gift Annuities: Plan Now, Benefit Later.
Access a short video to learn more about charitable gift annuities.
Learn more about the many benefits of a charitable gift annuity in our guide Charitable Gift Annuities: Gifts That Give Back.
“Our scholarships to Northwestern meant everything to us,” says Jean Fiedler, who graduated from Northwestern in 1956 along with her twin sister, Joan Fiedler. In gratitude, the sisters have committed to establishing an undergraduate scholarship at the University with planned gifts, including charitable gift annuities.
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