Recognizing Planned & Legacy Gifts: How Schools Honor Bequest and Estate Donors
A planned gift is unlike any other form of generosity a school receives. A donor who includes your institution in their estate plan may never see the endowment fund open a scholarship, witness the renovation their bequest made possible, or walk through a building their estate gift helped construct. That invisibility creates one of the most delicate stewardship challenges in advancement work: how do you honor a gift that hasn’t arrived yet, from a donor who may not be alive to feel your gratitude?
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