Planned giving includes a wide variety of tools that allow you to amplify your impact on future students, faculty, and staff while potentially lowering your tax burden and creating a lifelong income stream. Naming the University of Pittsburgh as a beneficiary in your will or retirement account, making gifts of appreciated stock, and creating a charitable gift annuity are among the most popular planned giving strategies.
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