You Don't Have to Win the Lottery

to leave your mark at The College of Information Studies. If you could, would you like to have an endowed scholarship named in your or your family's honor, a scholarship that forever helps our students pay for college? People of all means do this by naming us in their will or as beneficiary of life insurance or retirement plan assets, a simple and affordable way to plan a future legacy while leaving open for yourself all financial options.

Planned Giving News

• Obama Pushes to Keep Estate Tax
  President-elect Obama and congressional leaders plan to prevent the repeal of the estate tax scheduled to occur in 2010.  Obama will detail his estate-tax preservation plan next month and propose to lock in the estate tax permanently at the 2009 rate and exemption levels.  
• Charitable Gift Annuity Rates Decrease on February 1, 2009
  The American Charitable Gift Association recently announced a decrease in annual payout rates effective February 1, 2009.  If you have been considering creating a gift annuity, now is the time to take action.  You will receive a higher lifetime income provided your gift is completed by January 31, 2009. 
• Pension Protection Act Extended:  There’s Still Time to Make a Tax-Free Gift from Your IRA
  The opportunity to make a tax-free gift from your IRA is available through December 31, 2009.  Individuals age 70½ or older are permitted transfers up to $100,000 per year directly from their IRA to charity without having to report such amounts as income, regardless of whether minimum distributions are required.