Create a better tomorrow by including the UW School of Dentistry in your will today. You can direct your gift to the Dean’s Fund for Excellence and Innovation, which provides a broad base of support for the entire School, or you can choose to support a specific department or purpose. With a gift in your will, you can create a legacy that supports stellar faculty, students in need, or critical research that improves people’s oral health and changes lives.
Your gift will help prepare the next generation of dental leaders, thinkers and doers and inspire solutions to tomorrow’s biggest challenges.
Tell us about your planned gift
The following table gives a brief summary of additional options for a planned gift.
| TYPE OF GIFT | ADVANTAGES | BENEFICIARY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| GIFTS THAT HELP THE SCHOOL IN THE FUTURE | Bequest | Charitable deduction for taxable estates Allows you to make a large gift at no immediate cost to you | UW School of Dentistry is future beneficiary |
| Life Insurance | Allows you to make a large gift at little cost to you | UW School of Dentistry is future beneficiary | |
| Retirement Plans | Avoids double taxation of assets UW applies the full amount of plan assets to the purpose you choose | UW School of Dentistry is future beneficiary | |
| Retained Life Estate | Current income tax deduction Estate tax savings Continued use of property for life | You retain lifetime beneficial use of property UW School of Dentistry is future beneficiary | |
| GIFTS THAT PAY YOU INCOME | Charitable Gift Annuity | Current income tax deduction Portion of payments may be tax free Fixed and predictable payments | One or two annuitant beneficiaries UW School of Dentistry is future beneficiary |
| Charitable Remainder Trust | Current income tax deduction No capital gain recognition on appreciated assets Diversification of investments Payments for life or term of years | One or more beneficiaries UW School of Dentistry is future beneficiary | |
| GIFTS THE SCHOOL CAN USE TODAY | Outright; Tangible Personal Property; or Bargain Sale | Current income tax deduction See gift in operation during your lifetime | UW School of Dentistry is immediate beneficiary |
| Charitable Lead Trust | Potential gift tax savings on transfer of assets to individual beneficiaries | You or your heirs are future beneficiaries UW School of Dentistry is immediate beneficiary |
Please contact Doug Day, Associate Director of Advancement, at 206-543-6017 or daydoug@uw.edu for more information.