Outright Gifts
When you make an outright gift to EARTH University, your contribution can be put to work immediately — either providing funding for current programs or creating a reliable source of future income by expanding the University’s endowment. Outright gifts may include:

• Cash gifts — the simplest and easiest gifts you can make — can be made on-line with a credit/debit card, cash, personal check, cashier’s check, or money order made payable to EARTH University Foundation. The university also has a wire account.
   
   
• Gifts of appreciated securities, stocks, and bonds also provide considerable tax advantages when transferred to EARTH University Foundation before they are sold. If you have held your securities for more than one year, you may find that your gift will provide a twofold tax benefit, creating an income-tax deduction as well as helping avoid the capital-gains tax that would have been due on their sale. Click here for instructions.
   
   
• Gifts of real estate — including personal residences, second homes, income property, and vacant land — offer a wide variety of tax and other benefits. Gifts of real estate may be made outright, through a bequest, or through a residual interest in the property. Please contact the Foundation for more details about making a gift of real estate.
   
   
• Gifts of personal property — A gift in-kind is a non-cash tangible gift of personal property or a gift of service. Gifts in-kind, if compatible with the University’s mission and needs, may be accepted on a case by case basis. Please contact the Foundation for details.

Planned Gifts
EARTH University Foundation has established the EARTH Legacy Giving Program to assist with the long-term growth of the University’s endowment and to ensure its mission will be supported for generations to come. To learn about deferred or planned gifts, including bequests, life-income plans, and other options for your estate — and for information about increasing your income, earning valuable income-tax deductions, and reducing your estate taxes — please contact EARTH University Foundation.

Hear EARTH University Foundation Trustee, Tim Solso, explain why you should consider EARTH in your estate plans.

Matching-Gift Programs
An easy way to leverage your donation to EARTH is through your company’s matching gift program. Some businesses offer generous matching gifts that may double or even triple your gift to EARTH!

Gift Pledges
EARTH welcomes your gift through a pledge — a formal statement of intention to make a gift to the University through regular payments over time. A pledge may allow you to make a larger philanthropic gift than you might normally be able to do in any single year.

“There comes a time in each of our lives when we consider the kind of legacy we want to leave our children and the mark we want to make on society…Philanthropy is not only an expression of our core values; it is a tangible expression of care for others.”
Tim Solso – Chairman and CEO, Cummins, Inc.

“EARTH surpassed the expectations of those of us and the institutions that contributed to its creation, and has proven to be an excellent investment. We should continue to support the institution’s development.”
Carl Leonard – USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator