Capital and endowed gifts to Davidson Academy support future campus construction, faculty endowments, and renovations that improve our campus environment and continue advancing our programs. Capital and endowed gifts can lead to name recognition that honors or memorializes a person of the donor's choosing.

 

The Endowment Fund is an opportunity to invest in the long-term growth and stability of Davidson Academy, planting a legacy through which Kingdom work can continue through the lives of our students. Gifts to the Endowment Fund are carefully invested and can be used toward annual need-based financial aid for deserving families and program enhancements. Other criteria could also be determined. Endowment gifts endure, because the fund principal is invested in perpetuity, with only a portion of the income spent each year. Establish an enduring legacy by designating Davidson Academy as a beneficiary in your will or retirement fund, creating a charitable trust, or donating assets such as stocks, vehicles, or real estate. We would love to talk more with you about planning an endowment gift that plants seeds today and blossoms into fruit for future generations.

If you don't have an estate planner or tax-law advisor, you are welcome to contact Chris Vetetoe for information about how to secure such advice.

 

10 Ways to Plant a Legacy by Making an Endowment Gift:

 1.)  Draft a will that explains how you wish your assets to be distributed.

 2.)  Leave a gift to the Davidson Academy Endowment Fund in your will.

 3.)  Designate the Davidson Academy Endowment Fund as a beneficiary in your retirement plan, 401(K), or IRA.

 4.)  Designate the Davidson Academy Endowment Fund as beneficiary in a life insurance policy.

 5.)  Let your endowment gift create lifetime income for you through a charitable annuity or charitable trust.

 6.)  Endowment fund gifts may be made by cash, stocks, bonds, CDs, real estate, vehicles, art, etc.

 7.)  Consider establishing a donor advised fund or family foundation for creating endowment gifts.

 8.)  Remember those you love  and admire through memorial gifts.

 9.)  Use a professional adviser in order to reap the maximum advantages from your endowment gift.

10.) Become active in charitable organizations and encourage others to join you!