Estate Gift

Estate gift

As the most flexible option for donating property, an estate gift lets you maintain control of your real estate—and your legacy—by making a gift through your will or trust.

How an estate gift can benefit you:

  • You’ll maintain control of your property via a will or trust. Your gift is revocable, so you can change your mind if circumstances change.
  • Planned gifts of real estate give you leverage for your gift to have a greater impact.
  • You’ll be able to extend your generosity beyond your lifetime.
  • You can document your gift in a brief sentence or two, which simplifies your estate administration and ensures your enduring support for IU.

Questions? Contact our team.

Why did I bequeath my property and belongings to Indiana University? To support cancer research. To simplify my estate and spare my family from an onerous task. To bring my heart peace and joy.

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