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Planned Giving

Online

Visit the Giving to Maryland website and select which AGNR Giving Opportunity you would like to support.

Cash

Checks can be made payable to "UMCP Foundation" and can be mailed to:

1221 Symon Hall
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742

If you would like to donate to a specific fund or project please designate the name of the fund on the check's memo line.

Non-Cash Assets

Gifts of non-cash assets let you support the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources while keeping your cash flow intact. In addition, non-cash gifts provide long-term financial planning benefits while ensuring the school long-term funding capacity. These include:

• Land, real estate and personal property
  Gifts of property can result in important tax savings. When you make gifts of property, certain value appraisals are required. These transactions will be handled by you in conjunction with your legal representative.
• Appreciated securities/stocks
  Stocks remain popular as gifts to the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources representing the best value if you want to make a substantial gift yet keep cash flow intact. There are no hard and fast rules for selecting a stock as a gift; the best choices will depend on the overall makeup of your portfolio. Please contact your financial and tax professional to further discuss which option best suits your needs.

Bequests

By making a provision in your will, you may be able to make a substantial gift from your collected assets.  For example, you may commit a percentage of your overall estate value, a sum of cash, or otherwise described property.

Charitable Annuities

A charitable gift annuity is established by transferring assets to the University of Maryland College Park Foundation to administer. The Foundation manages the assets on behalf of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. In return, the Foundation will process regular, fixed payments to you for the rest of your life.

Charitable Lead Trusts

A charitable lead trust is created by placing assets in-trust for a term of time, with a designated payment to the University of Maryland College Park Foundation. At the end of the term, the assets revert back to you or your family.

Charitable Remainder Trusts

You may establish a charitable remainder trust by transferring cash, securities or property to the University of Maryland College Park Foundation. There are two types:

• In a standard charitable remainder trust (or unitrust), you or a designated beneficiary receives a predetermined percentage of the net fair value of the trust assets, as of a specified date, for life or a fixed term.
• In a charitable remainder annuity trust, you receive a fixed dollar amount every year for life or for a fixed term.

With both the charitable remainder trust and the charitable remainder annuity trust, the assets remaining after all disbursements go to the Foundation to benefit the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources as you have designated.

Pooled Income Funds

In a pooled income fund, your contribution is invested along with other contributions, in a manner similar to a mutual fund. These funds pay quarterly income to you or a beneficiary of your choice, based on the fund's earnings, either for life or for a period of time, which you may determine.