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When you give your home or other real estate to Marquette, you create an enduring testimonial of your interest in the university’s mission. And what’s more, your personal satisfaction is complimented by valuable tax benefits.

Gift of Home Doesn’t Mean You Have to Move Out

Let’s assume you like the tax advantages that a charitable gift of real estate would offer, but you want to continue living in your personal residence for your lifetime. Did you realize you can give your home to Marquette, even though you continue living there? It’s called a retained life estate.

A gift of your home, farm, vacation home or condominium, even with stipulations about occupancy, results in a charitable deduction on your income tax.

The retained life estate may also provide you with a way to let someone other than you or your spouse (perhaps a sibling or a child) have life occupancy of your home with reduced tax obligations.

THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO GIVE

• Charitable Gift Annuity 
• Charitable Remainder Trust
• Charitable Lead Trust
• Estate Planning for Advisers
• Life Insurance
• Personal Property
• Real Estate
• Retirement Planning
• Securities
• Wills
• Gifts of Stock

Benefits

• Income tax charitable deduction for the full fair market value
  
  
• Avoidance of tax on the property’s appreciation
  
  
• No uncertainty or expense of trying to sell the property
  
  
• No gift tax, plus a reduction of your taxable estate

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Make a Gift Online

Choose among three Marquette Today funds: Marquette Fund for strengthening student programs and building faculty and technology resources, the Blue & Gold Athletic Scholarship Fund for supporting student-athletes, and the Scholars Fund to provide scholarship aid. Give online