Make a plan for the future that you can be proud of.

If you’re considering the impact of your estate plans, you’re likely making decisions about your family home, your personal belongings, and any secondary properties you may have, like a vacation home, vacant land, or a business space.

A charitable gift of real estate can become a powerful tool to help you achieve your desires for the future, including simplifying your affairs, spending more time with loved ones, and supporting a cause that’s near to your heart.

Make a difference: The impact of a gift of real estate

Training the next generation of investigative journalists

Michael Arnolt, BAJ’67, used gifts of real estate to establish the Arnolt Center for Investigative Journalism.

Michael’s impact

Empowering a veteran and new father to pursue a career in accounting

A longtime supporter of IU Southeast committed a gift of real estate to endow the Monroe Shine Scholarship for decades.

Estate Gift Impact

Reinvigorating geological research after field operations halted during the pandemic

After his retirement, Rocky Orgill, BS’69, MA’71, used gifts of real estate to support ongoing operations at the field station so the next generation of students can enjoy the same experience and develop their skills in geology.

Rocky’s passion

Elyse honors her husband’s memory through a documented estate gift of her home, funding cancer research into the future.