With planned giving, you can provide long-lasting support for Wittenberg University while enjoying financial benefits for yourself.
You may be looking for a way to make a significant gift to help further our mission. A bequest is a gift made through your will or trust. It is one of the most popular and flexible ways that you can support our cause.
For 30 years, Dr. P. Kay Carl, Wittenberg class of 1959, worked in the Clark County School District in Nevada, presiding over its phenomenal growth. As a guidance counselor, principal and, eventually, assistant superintendent, Carl worked with a student population that typically grew to 12,000—15,000 enrollments every year, recalling one year when the district opened 18 new schools.
Carl, who recently teamed with Rick Watson, John R. Gallifent and Jonathan Peters to write Education in the Neon Shadow: The First 50 Years of the Clark County School District, says her liberal arts education at Wittenberg provided her with the fundamental tools necessary for success in every position she held and, perhaps most important, encouraged the development of her curiosity.
"I am so grateful for my time at Wittenberg—from the professors to my sorority to the many different opportunities I had there," she says. "Wittenberg gave me the skills, knowledge and compassion as a strong base to all my experiences and accomplishments. Education has been my passion, and I want future students to have similar opportunities. Therefore, with Tiger Pride and Shifter loyalty, I have made a planned gift to help ensure Wittenberg's future and to provide a solid educational foundation for new generations of Wittenberg students."
A charitable gift annuity is a great way you can make a gift to our organization and benefit. You transfer your cash or property to our organization and we promise to make fixed payments to you for life at a rate based on your age.
An IRA rollover allows people age 70½ and older to reduce their taxable income by making a gift directly from their IRA.
