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Planned Giving at YHC
Plan Your Future Gift. Create a Lasting Legacy.
Leave a Legacy at Young Harris College
Explore Your Giving Options
Bequests
The most common way to make a planned gift is including a bequest for Young Harris College in your will or trust. If you have already included the College in your will, please let us know so that we can welcome you into the W. Harry and Harriet Hill Society for Planned Gifts.
If you are working with an estate planning attorney, you access sample bequest language below.
Beneficiary Gifts
Giving assets which do not go through the probate process – like a 401(k) or an IRA account – can be a simple way to help your heirs avoid taxes and benefit organizations like Young Harris. You can usually list a charitable organization as a beneficiary through your account custodian’s website. Learn more about listing Young Harris as beneficiary of a nonprobate asset.
Create Your Will or Trust
If you don’t have a will, Young Harris offers a free online will-writing tool for its friends and alumni. You may include an optional bequest for a charitable organization like Young Harris but you are not obligated to do so. By using this tool provided by our partner FreeWill, you can write your legally valid will or Revocable Living Trust in fewer than 20 minutes.
Become a member of the W. Harry and Harriet Hill Society for Planned Gifts
Donors who share with us their intention to include the College in their estate plans are welcomed into the W. Harry and Harriet Hill Society for Planned Gifts. Hill Society members are invited to special appreciation events throughout the year and recognized as the College’s most loyal supporters.
The Impact of Your Gift
Your future gift can be used to:
- Establish, name and set criteria for an endowed scholarship fund with a gift of $25,000 (estimated value) or more.
- Prepare students for future success with a gift designated for our newly launched Professional Readiness and Experiential Programs (PREP). Such gifts are eligible for 1:1 matching funds made possible through the generosity of the Rollins Family Foundations.
- Address the most pressing needs (unrestricted) of the College.
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Giving From Your Assets
Give Stock or Appreciated Assets
When you transfer securities to us, you receive a charitable deduction for their full market value and may avoid capital gains taxes. This means you can make a larger gift at a lower original cost to you. Contact us for stock transfer instructions.
Make a Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) Grant
Receive an immediate tax deduction for what you give to the DAF but recommend grants to organizations like Young Harris over time. Your investment can grow tax-free. Most community foundations and other financial institutions (like the Georgia United Methodist Foundation) can help you set up a donor-advised fund and assist you with making grants to multiple charitable organizations.
Give from your IRA
If you are age 70 ½ or older, you can give up to $110K from your IRA directly to a qualified charity, like YHC, without paying income taxes on the money. The distribution may count toward a Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) for those subject to an RMD.
